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WRC changes gear for Croatia debut 23 Apr 2021 / 16:00 H. PARIS: In another stop-start season with several diversions already to the calendar, the World Rally Championship (WRC) drives into new territory on Friday with the debut of the Croatia Rally. After a two-month break, the competition returns on a very different surface. Toyota’s Kalle Rovanpera leads the standings after two events with Hyundais Thierry Neuville second and Sebastian Ogier third, though level on points with his Toyota...

A full asphalt stop, and an all-new event to boot! Croatia Rally is bound to throw up some surprises. Who has completed the best recce and is set to etch their name into the history books as the maiden champion of this event? Let us know below!

Sesks confident for Croatian encounter Last year’s FIA Junior WRC runner-up Mārtiņš Sesks is looking forward to kick-starting his 2021 campaign at the Croatia Rally (22-25 April). The Latvian narrowly missed out on the title in 2020 after crashing his M-Sport Poland Ford Fiesta Rally4 at ACI Rally Monza whilst battling for the lead with eventual champion Tom Kristensson.  Sesks has used the four months since to carry out a series of successful tests in preparation for another title tilt i...

Mads Østberg will have Citroën’s latest specification C3 Rally2 under him when he starts the defence of his WRC2 title at next week’s Croatia Rally (22 - 25 April).

autoevolution 14 Apr 2021, 9:40 UTC · by 1 photo So WRC 10, which the company has officially announced on YouTube earlier today, will launch on September 2 with content that’s supposed to help highlight the championships magic from 1973 to today. So, in addition to four new 2021 rallies, namely Estonia, Croatia, Belgium, and Spain, WRC 10 also comes with a History Mode that includes 19 historical events, making it more challenging to cope with the changes and conditions that drivers ha...

Estonian rally driver Ott Tänak (Hyundai) and co-driver Martin Järveoja finished second at a rally in Sanremo, Italy, on Sunday, losing to first-place Hyundai teammate Thierry Neuville by 3.9 seconds. Tänak won the first of seven stages with a time of 6:45.7, 3.3 seconds ahead of Neuville and 6.9 seconds ahead of Pierre-Louis Loubet (Hyundai). The Estonian however received 10 seconds penalty for a false start. Tänak took the second speed stage as well, this time with a time of 4:56....

The fourth-generation Toyota Yaris not only adopted the TNGA platform (the GA-B version) along with a sportier demeanor, but it has also proved to be one of the most thrilling installments yet with help from the GR Yaris AWD pocket rocket.

autoevolution Up Next   12 Mar 2021, 16:33 UTC · by Skoda isnt the first carmaker you think about when talking about motorsport, but the Czech brand has been racing its cars since as early as 1901. Thats 120 years of motorsport involvement, which Skoda now celebrates with a limited-edition version of its Fabia rally car. 4 photos As the name suggests, the Fabia Rally2 Evo Edition 120 is a limited-edition version of the Rally2 Evo car that the automaker has been racing in the World Rally...

Organicups in a company promotional photo. Courtesy Photo On International Women’s Day, March 8, WVU Women’s Resource Center held a period panel discussion to kick off the free menstrual cup drive available to students on campus. The Zoom event was co-sponsored by the WRC and OrganiCup, and panelists included Ixya Vega of Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, Holly McKinney from the LGBTQ+ Center and Chantelle Friend of WELLWVU. “These panelists w...

Hyundai starts Croatia build-up in Italy Hyundai Motorsport will warm-up for next month’s Croatia Rally (22 - 25 April) when Thierry Neuville and Craig Breen make guest appearances at this week’s Rally Il Ciocco e Valle del Serchio (12 - 13 March) in Italy. They join a packed entry list in i20 R5 cars for 10 special stages and 92km of Tuscan Tarmac ahead of the sealed surface third round of the FIA World Rally Championship. Neuville will also use the opportunity to spend more time competin...