Rallying (WRC)
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How to Win a Championship in WRC?
Winning the WRC championship comes down to the total of points distributed according to the results of every rally run throughout the season: the top 10 finishers of each rally score 25-17-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1 points, while the five fastest drivers in …
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What Does a Rally Weekend Look Like? From Recce to the Final Podium
A WRC rally weekend consists of a Thursday reconnaissance run (recce), shakedown, time controls, service park and the podium ceremony that follows the final stage. The race is essentially an exam given against the clock: cars start one or two minutes…
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Asphalt or Gravel: How Surfaces Determine Rally Strategy?
The question of asphalt versus gravel in WRC is essentially the very question of "how do you race on each surface?": Because the championship is contested across four continents, on surfaces ranging from gravel to asphalt, from snow to ice, teams reb…
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What Have Rally Cars Left to the Roads?
If you ask what the greatest legacy rally cars have left on our roads, I'll give you the answer in one sentence: most of the four-wheel-drive, turbocharged cars with electronic safety systems you see on the street today are the civilianized versions …
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From Loeb to Ogier: Legendary Drivers at the Top of the WRC
Who are the greatest drivers in WRC history? Sébastien Loeb stands at the top with nine consecutive world championships; he is followed by Sébastien Ogier, who reached the same number in 2025. Tommi Mäkinen and Juha Kankkunen's four championships eac…
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The Voice of the Road Book: What Do Rally Co-Drivers Do?
A rally co-driver is the co-pilot who reads pace notes aloud to the driver at high speed, ensuring the driver knows every corner, crest and dip of the road in advance. Since rally is run on hundreds of kilometers of unfamiliar roads, driving at the l…
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The Anatomy of Rally1 Cars and the WRC Format
Rally1 is the top rally class, competing in the WRC since 2022, adding a hybrid electric power unit alongside its production-based body. These cars add a 100 kW electric motor to the power of the 1.6-liter turbo engine, becoming the face of both the …
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From Ephesus to Istanbul Park: Türkiye's WRC Journey
Rally Türkiye is Türkiye's world rally adventure: it featured on the FIA World Rally Championship, i.e. the WRC calendar, between 2003-2010 and 2018-2020, starting in Kemer and continuing on Marmaris's brutal gravel stages. Although it is not on the …
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Group B: The Monsters That Shook Rallying Before the Ban
Group B is a vehicle class introduced by FIA for rallying in 1982 that managed to survive only four seasons; thanks to the technical freedom allowed by the homologation rule, by 1986 race cars producing over 500 horsepower had emerged, and two fatal …
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