WRC

The team will be ready for the Rally Monte Carlo in January

Hyundai Motorsport conducted gravel testing of its i20 WRC in July in southern France to prepare the car for competition next season. The team's test drivers are Juho Hänninen, Bryan Bouffier and Chris Atkinson. "We have had...

He will be preparing the i20 WRC for 2014

Hyundai has hired Finnish driver Juho Hänninen as a test driver for its 2014 i20 WRC car. The team is headquartered in Alzenau, Germany, and has just begun test driving the car to refine it. “We’re very pleased to welcome Juho...

It is expected to begin competition in 2014

Hyundai Motorsport has taken its new i20 WRC car out of its workshop in Germany and began shakedown tests of the car that is scheduled to debut at the 2014 Rallye Monte Carlo. The test covered 550km over three days. The car is technically comp...

It hopes to recreate its 1988 record-setting run

Peugeot may not be the best automaker financially, but it still knows how to inspire fans. It is sending a Peugeot 208 T16 and Sebastien Loeb to the Pikes Peak Hill Climb and has set the goal to take the overall win at this year’s event on J...

Ogier's second consecutive WRC win

Volkswagen WRC driver Sebastien Ogier and co-driver Julien Ingrassia won the Rally Mexico over the weekend by 3:28.9 over Mikko Hirvonen in a Citroen DS3. Thierry Neuville in a Ford Fiesta RS was 54.9 seconds behind Hirvonen to take third place, h...

Sebastien Loeb Takes Second

After just two rallies Volkswagen has already won its first round of the WRC with the Polo R at the Rally Sweden. To make the feat even more impressive, driver Sebastien Ogier scored the win by 41.8 seconds against WRC juggernaut Sebastien Loeb wh...

Sebastien Loeb wins in final season

Sebastien Loeb added another trophy to surely cramped display case after winning the Rally Monte Carlo this weekend for what will likely be the final time, but Volkswagen put in a stellar performance as well by taking second in the Polo R WRC'...

The first car was just tested on December 15

Peugeot is still very early into testing the 208 R5 rally car that will replace the 207 Super 2000. While the 208 R5 was unveiled at the Paris Motor Show that car was really more of a shell. The first actual, test version was completed on December...

The WRC Street will be limited to 2,500 units with 220hp

Volkswagen revealed the Polo R WRC and Polo R WRC Street in Monte Carlo on December 8. Drivers Sebastien Ogier and co-driver Julien Ingrassia drove the car to the presentation between the Casino and Hotel de Paris with the slogan "The ra...

New livery is gold, orange and white

The WRC season begins in 42 days, and the Citroën WRC team will switching to a gold, orange and white livery next season for its three driver teams Mikko Hirvonen/Jarmo Lehtinen, Dani Sordo/Carlos del Barrio and Sebastien Loeb/Daniel Ele...