The FIA has ratified a low-cost tech package for the 2027 World Rally Championship conceived to increase the number of entries chasing overall wins by putting current-spec Rally2 machinery on a competitive level with the series’ all-new WRC27 rules set.

Sport newsSébastien Ogier has extended his advantage at the top of the Rallye Monte-Carlo leaderboard and now heads Ott Tänak, second position having changed hands twice during the morning’s three stages. Dani Sordo remains third, team-mate Andreas Mikkelsen being forced into retirement.Today’s first full day of competition takes in two...

Esapekka Lappi has clinched the 2014 European Rally Championship ahead of this weekend's Corsica finale after a testing crash sidelined his Skoda team-mate and title rival Sepp Wiegand.Following his Valais win last month, Lappi only needed five points from Corsica to clinch the crown, but that was made academic when...