PortimÃo, December (pre-Christmas) A week before Christmas, I spent two days coaching John Emberson – owner of the ‘Chocolate Drop’ Chevron [see Golden brown, November 2024] – in Portimão, in…
Car of the month – Ford Escort Mk1 Continuation Is this a dream? We know… looks like a fantastic work of fiction, but this is real. The legendary Ford Escort…
No, this isn’t Andy Green’s Thrust SSC Land Speed Record car streaking across the desert but the Toyota Hilux of Yazeed Al-Rajhi and co-driver Timo Gottschalk en route to victory…
Roaring through the breathtaking New Zealand wilderness, the 2024 Silver Fern Rally again provided exciting sideways action from classic off-road machines
Tiphanie Isnard is the trailblazing female team boss of the Dacia Dakar effort – she knows how to win motor sport's toughest event like few others
Dacia's out to show its cars are tough enough, and it's using the Dakar rally to prove it – James Elson spoke to the key players
The WRC has hit crisis point with dwindling entries and a lack of attention compared to other elite motor sport championships – some of its biggest players explain how they'd like to 'fix' it
There are some opportunities in life that you shouldn’t pass up and one of those is the chance to cut two hot laps of the Montalegre track with Spanish rally…
How do you turn a PR disaster into a winning strategy for the future of a racing series? Well, you could do worse than look at what the World Rallycross…
Rally Yorkshire, September Here, I was in my own Hillman Avenger. We were 58th overall and third in the 1600cc class, with young journalist Ryan Standen co-driving. The poor lad,…
1. Thierry Neuville Yes, Kalle Rovanperä won more rallies in 2024 despite the 24-year-old officially being on a ‘gap year’. Yes, Sébastien Ogier also won more despite only rallying part-time.…
Rally GB could return for 2026 – in Scotland. David Evans examines the possible comeback of an iconic WRC round in this month's edition
Up and down the land, Wellington boots and bobble hats sit dormant for yet another year. It’s been this way since 2019. What has happened to Britain’s round of the…
Most people associate that iconic image of Colin McRae pirouetting his Subaru in Saltire-soaked jubilation at Chester race course with the moment that he won the 1995 World Rally Championship…
It was the tenth year of the World Rally Championship and only the fourth season in which the drivers had competed for their own title. And it looked as if…
Jean-Luc Thérier, was one of that select band of rally drivers who can connect with the people in a way that transcends simply driving a car and winning trophies. His…
