The FIA World Rally Championship heads to Rally Finland this weekend (Oct. 1-3), with home hero Kalle Rovanpera aiming to celebrate his 21st birthday with a first win on the fastest event on the calendar.Rovanpera (below) is the hottest property in the WRC right now after becoming its youngest-ever event...

Sport newsThe 2018 FIA World Rally Championship season was officially launched today at Europe’s largest pre-season motor show, Autosport International, and the teams and crews contesting this year’s series are now ready to mount their assault on the 13-round season which kicks off with the famous Rallye Monte-Carlo (25-28 January).‘WRC...

After a faultless drive over Saturday morning's Rallye Deutschland stages, Ott Tanak has pulled ahead of the field and holds a 23-second advantage over Andreas Mikkelsen, the Norwegian dropping time with a couple of small mistakes. The battle between championship contenders Thierry Neuville and Sebastien Ogier came to an abrupt...

Sport newsFiesta WRC driver Elfyn Evans has maintained his Rally Argentina advantage during Saturday morning’s loop of three stages, but the Welshman lost 14 seconds of his lead when he ran wide in the final stage and punctured. Even so, he still heads second-placed Thierry Neuville by 44.1 seconds as...

Sport newsPresent: Jari-Matti Latvala, Toyota GAZOO Racing World Rally Team Sebastien Ogier, M-Sport World Rally Team Dani Sordo, Hyundai Motorsport Kris Meeke, Citroën Total Abu Dhabi World Rally TeamQ: Jari-Matti, you lead the championship as we head into Rally Mexico after a great win in Sweden. Did you expect the...

Tommi Makinen will approach all three Volkswagen refugees about 2017 Toyota World Rally Championship seats, but Juho Hanninen's drive is safe.Champion Sebastien Ogier, Jari-Matti Latvala and Andreas Mikkelsen have been released onto what had seemed a settled WRC driver market with VW's decision to quit the series after 2016.Hanninen has...

Sport newsThe Japanese car maker has a long and illustrious history in rallying where it was first represented in 1972 with the Celica, which finished ninth in the hands of legendary Swede Ove Andersson on the RAC Rally. Toyota Team Europe - following in the footsteps of Andersson Motorsport which...

Toyota Gazoo Racing has confirmed its first World Rally Championship driver for 2017, announcing that Juho Hanninen will drive for the team.The 2010 Intercontinental Rally Challenge winner and '12 European Rally Champion was part of Hyundai's driver line-up when it re-entered the WRC in '14, contesting six rallies.Hanninen's appointment had...

Esapekka Lappi will definitely turn his back on Skoda and WRC2 at the end of this season, as rumours of a Toyota World Rally Championship drive for 2017 increase.The Finn moved firmly into contention for the 2016 WRC2 title with his second consecutive class victory in Germany last week. Toyota...

Pictures of Toyota's all-new Yaris WRC have emerged from the team's latest test in Finland this week.Juho Hanninen and Toyota Gazoo Racing team principal Tommi Makinen continue to drive the first test car on roads close to the team's Puuppola base in central Finland. After an initial week of running,...