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WRC points system change set for FIA vote

The World Rally Championship’s controversial points system is likely to undergo a change for next year The FIA is confident it has an option to present to the World Motor Sport Council to improve and “simplify” the World Rally Championship’s radical points system for next year. This year’s all-new points structure has proved a hot…

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Sesks in discussions for 2025 drive

Latvia’s World Rally Championship hero Mārtiņš Sesks remains in discussions with M-Sport Ford about a potential Puma Rally1 Hybrid seat for next season. The 25-year-old drove a factory Puma on three occasions this year and impressed with a home run which came within a stage of landing him a maiden podium at the sport’s highest…

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WRC set to drop hybrid power in 2025

The World Rally Championship is set to drop hybrid power from its Rally1 cars, beginning from next season. The future of hybrid power in the WRC’s top class has proved to be a long-running saga this year with the debate re-ignited following a mid-season change to the hybrid unit user guide from control supplier Compact…

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Tänak: ‘Neuville holds the cards in WRC title fight’

Ott Tänak will take a direct and flat-out approach to next month’s FORUM8 Rally Japan, but he admits it’s his team-mate Thierry Neuville who sits very much in the driving seat in the race for this year’s WRC title. Tänak scored his second win of the year at last week’s Central European Rally, shrinking Neuville’s…