Rally News

A US driver has never won Dakar overall – Ford's Mitch Guthrie could be the first to make history

While Ford launches its Red Bull F1 partnership in Detroit later this week, its rally raid squad is aiming to conquer Dakar – will CEO Jim Farley's masterplan pay off?

Ford's Raptor took victory and six of the top seven places in Stage 5 of the 2026 Dakar. The squadron of V8 brutes is a reminder of the brand's 1960s assault on Le Mans, writes James Elson

The 1986 Paris-Dakar Rally was amongst the most treacherous there's ever been – James Elson revisits Gerald Donaldson's incredible diary account of the infamous event

Mathieu Baumel and Guillaume de Mévius clinched a sensational Stage 1 victory at the 2026 Dakar Rally, on what's been an incident-filled event already

Anthony Peacock - Anthony has 25 years of experience as a journalist and author. In his spare time, he enjoys wearing bobble hats The World Rally Championship in 2025 stood…

Public face, private man April 2002 The pocket rocket MG Metro 6R4 was a cult off-roader, but it only achieved one WRC podium – 40 years ago at Rally GB.…

Shunts, breakdowns and competition wear and tear means rallying isn't a cheap game – could the Alpine A290 Rally Trophy be about to change this?

Led by the news of Kalle Rovanperä's unexpected decision to leave the WRC, we explore some of the most shocking retirements in motor sport history

This Audi Quattro might be the definitive WRC Group B car – and you can now buy it

Hannu Mikkola and Arne Hertz kick up the dust on their way to second in the Rally of Portugal. Mikkola would help Ford finish runner-up in the points that year,…

There wasn’t one single moment that convinced Eliott Delecour he would follow in his father’s footsteps. It was always there; more like the acceptance of a destiny. “Rallying was something…

It says a lot about the no-holds-barred François Delecour that even Colin McRae once described him as “probably the craziest guy I know” (Delecour’s long-time Peugeot team-mate Gilles Panizzi was…

Each issue, we nominate a driver from a recent race who deserves recognition for a job well done. This month we’re with Elfyn Evans as he kicks up a (snow)…

  Sponsored by Colin McRae made legends of the cars that he took sideways through the dense forests and gravel roads that made up some of the world's fiercest rally…

A long-awaited WRC round in the US looked like it might finally become a reality, with officials confirming last summer an aspirational timeline that could see racing in Tennessee as…

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…