rally News and Analysis

Motorsport Australia will make a number of key changes to tarmac rallying in response to the three fatalities at Targa Tasmania in April this year.

The Australian Rally Championship has unveiled an expanded seven-round 2022 schedule.

The Motorsport Australia Tribunal investigating the death of three competitors at this year's Targa Tasmania is calling for submissions.

Supercars star Shane van Gisbergen is contemplating a start in the Australian Rally Championship.

The special investigatory tribunal formed in response to the three deaths at this year's Targa Tasmania met for the first time on Monday.

Motorsport Australia will establish an investigatory tribunal to look in to the three fatalities during last week's Targa Tasmania.

A double fatality on Saturday has further rocked the Targa Tasmania tarmac rally in Australia.

A driver has been tragically killed in a crash during the Targa Tasmania rally in Australia.

Former WRC venue Coffs Harbour will host the final round of the FIA Asia Pacific Rally Championship this season.

Hayden Paddon has entered the opening round of the 2021 Australian Rally Championship.

Renowned Australian rally co-driver Coral Taylor has been appointed to the board of Motorsport Australia.

The Australian Rally Championship will undergo an overhaul of its class structure ahead of its 2021 season.

Former Volkswagen and Hyundai World Rally Championship driver Andreas Mikkelsen is set to make his first rally appearance of 2020 on next month’s Rally Hungary.

Rallying ace Molly Taylor will feature in a new fitness-based reality TV show called SAS Australia.

The Australian Rally Championship has released a revised 2020 schedule, with the season now set to start in September.

Mercedes Formula 1 driver Valtteri Bottas finished ninth on this weekend's Arctic Lapland Rally in Finland, which was won by new Toyota WRC recruit Kalle Rovanpera.

Subaru won't field a factory team in next year's Australian Rally Championship.

Mercedes Formula 1 driver Valtteri Bottas claimed his first win in rallying in the Paul Ricard-based Rallycircuit Cote d'Azur.

BMW GT racer Tom Blomqvist followed in the footsteps of his World Rally Championship-winning father by contesting his first rally last weekend.

The Americas Rallycross Championship won’t continue next year, it has been revealed by the series’ promoter.

Hayden Paddon’s team is developing a world-leading all-electric Hyundai Kona EV rally car.

Former Toro Rosso Formula 1 driver Scott Speed has broken his back following a heavy jump landing in a standalone rallycross event in America.

Multiple Isle of Man TT winner Michael Dunlop will return to the Isle of Man’s Southern 100 races in a fortnight's time, despite suffering a “serious” injury in a Rally Donegal crash that will mean he misses this weekend’s Pikes Peak Hillclimb in the USA.

Australian Rally champion Molly Taylor has labelled her TCR Australia debut a "baptism of fire" and says she is "relearning everything" as part of her circuit racing transition.

Dreyer & Reinbold Racing will enter its regular Indy 500 driver Sage Karam in four ARX2 Rallycross rounds this year starting at Mid-Ohio in June.

Formula 1 driver-turned Super GT racer Heikki Kovalainen will contest a part-campaign in the All-Japan Rally Championship this year.

The Australian Rally Championship has launched new branding ahead of its 2019 season.

Molly Taylor will drive for a new team during the 2019 Australian Rally Championship, as part of a shake-up of Subaru's factory programme.

MotoGP legend Valentino Rossi has claimed his seventh victory in the Monza Rally Show, sweeping all nine stages of the event's 2018 edition.

The governing body of UK motorsport has had a rebrand, a refresh and a refocus. Can its quest to promote the sport and stimulate the grassroots help change the course of its potentially troubled future?

Toyota has confirmed its return as a full-blown manufacturer in the Australian Rally Championship.

Toyota is set to make a full-blown return to the Australian Rally Championship, with Harry Bates to drive a Toyota Gazoo Racing entry from Rally Australia onwards.

Former Toro Rosso Formula 1 driver Scott Speed has signed for Subaru’s works team to defend his Americas Rallycross title next season. 

The path from Formula 1 to rallycrossing a Volkswagen Beetle, via NASCAR’s Cup series and Formula E, is trodden by very few. Well, one person, to be precise.

Travis Pastrana, 17-time X Games medalist, will make his Americas Rallycross debut at Circuit of The Americas on July 14 in a Subaru WRX STI.

An electric rally car piloted by an all-female crew will tackle the Finke Desert Race in Australia next month.

Team Penske’s three-time Indy 500 winner Helio Castroneves says he’s “already having so much fun” testing the Olsbergs MSE rallycross car in Norway, just a week after teammate Josef Newgarden’s debut in the RallyX on Ice series.

The deaths of Shawn Rayner and Steve Dear on the Loco 2 Stages Rally on December 29 have rocked the world of UK historic rallying.

MotoGP legend Valentino Rossi scored a record-breaking sixth victory in the Monza Rally Show, overcoming a late 10-second penalty for having an underweight car.

Despite an engine failure two stages from the end, Sebastien Loeb fulfilled his goals with the Peugeot 306 Maxi: putting on a show and fighting for the win.

India’s Gaurav Gill (co-driver Stephane Prevot) retained the FIA Asia-Pacific Rally Championship title, his third since 2013.

Team MRF’s Gaurav Gill (co-driver Stephane Prevot) led the Coffee Day India Rally after Saturday’s action.

Team MRF’s Gaurav Gill (co-driver Stephane Prevot) gave an indication of things to come by winning the 2.1Km Super Special Stage of the Coffee Day India Rally 2017 on Friday.

Ahead of this weekend's Rallye du Var, Sebastien Loeb and his team took to the roads in the Vosges region to test with the iconic Peugeot 306 Maxi they had dismantled and then thoroughly upgrated.

Hyundai Motorsport will field one car and two drivers when Thierry Neuville and Andreas Mikkelsen share an i20 WRC at the Monza Rally next month.

Sebastien Loeb's long-time co-driver Daniel Elena will partner the nine-time WRC champion again in Rallye du Var, in which they will campaign the Peugeot 306 Maxi rebuilt by Sebastien Loeb Racing.

Sebastien Loeb Racing co-founder Dominique Heintz has spoken to Motorsport.com about the early stages of the Peugeot 306 Maxi project ahead of the Rallye du Var.

Sherco TVS Rally Factory team’s Joan Pedrero (Spain) and Adrien Metge (France) bagged the top two places respectively in the PanAfrica Rally 2017 in Morocco.