The news came at a press conference in Sardinia on Thursday 1 October. Ford Europe president Jim Baumbick and Ford Racing global director Mark Rushbrook were joined by WRC people on stage. The plan has three steps. Next year, Ford starts supporting M-Sport again while they race a Ford Fiesta under the new rules. In 2028 it steps up to full factory backing. In 2029 the new car arrives, and Ford says it will come from one of five multi-energy "rally-bred" road cars due in 2028

16 stages around Talcahuano in the Biobío region produced a rally win for Oliver Solberg, a 10th manufacturers' title for Toyota, and a puncture for championship leader Elfyn Evans that turned a two horse title race into three.

Kimi Antonelli won the first ever Spanish Grand Prix at the new Madring circuit after Lando Norris was denied by a Virtual Safety Car that landed at the worst possible moment, and this episode works through exactly whose fault that really was, along with Ferrari's costly gamble with Charles Leclerc, Lewis Hamilton's early exit and a first look ahead to Baku.

Croft has a habit of throwing up the round nobody quite predicts, and the championship's return to the circuit for rounds 22 to 24 kept that reputation fully intact, not least because Tom Ingram arrived as the reigning lap record holder in both qualifying and the race itself.

The Voly Grampian Forest Rally has always been one of the standout forest rallies in Scotland, but the 2026 event carried considerably more significance than usual.

Sami Pajari won the 2026 Secto Rally Finland on home soil, backing up his maiden World Rally Championship victory in Estonia two weeks earlier with a second straight win in front of his own fans.

The British Touring Car Championship spent its first weekend back from the summer break doing what Thruxton always seems to do, turning a simple return to racing into one of the most talked about rounds of the year.

The 2026 Hungarian Grand Prix felt like one of those weekends that could shape the rest of the Formula 1 season. McLaren finally turned their pace into a race win as Lando Norris secured his first victory of the year, but the conversation didn't stop with the chequered flag.

Spa-Francorchamps always finds a way to deliver something worth talking about, and this year was no different. Kimi Antonelli took the win in Belgium and stretched his championship lead, Charles Leclerc brought Ferrari home second, Max Verstappen completed the podium, and Lewis Hamilton finished fourth after a race full of early contact, pressure, and more than one moment that had the paddock talking.

The 2026 edition of the Miami Grand Prix delivered one of the season’s most competitive and high-profile weekends, blending intense on-track action with Miami’s trademark spectacle. Mercedes rookie Andrea Kimi Antonelli emerged as the standout performer, securing pole position and converting it into victory on Sunday after holding off reigning world champion Lando Norris in the race.

Thierry Neuville claimed a dramatic Vodafone Rally de Portugal victory on Sunday to revive his season and deliver Hyundai Shell Mobis World Rally Team’s first win of 2026.

The roads around Duns will once again echo to the sound of rally cars later this month as the 2026 Borders Competitions Jim Clark Rally returns for another hugely anticipated weekend in the Scottish Borders.

The Severn Valley Stages made a thrilling return to the British rallying calendar this weekend (11 April), delivering a thrilling 51st edition of the rally and providing the season opener to the 2026 British Rally Championship.

It has broken today that former Alliance Racing driver Dan Rowbottom, has signed for the all new Plato Racing team, confirming what we said just a week ago.

Solberg returned home as a hunted man on the lightning-fast Rally Sweden. Oliver Solberg returned home to Rally Sweden (12 - 15 February) with the championship lead in hand, but he also faced the challenging task of clearing the road for what was expected to be one of the fastest winter events in FIA World Rally Championship history.

Things kick off this weekend with a bumper entry for the Yeats Ridge Forest Rally, a brand new event that has attracted a bumper entry for Connacht Motor Club.

While no longer an endurance marathon, its core remains ever present: remaining the most demanding gravel event on the calendar, indeed the world. In 2026, the route undergoes its most significant alteration since returning to the calendar, with the ceremonial start and the Kasarani Super Special in Nairobi being replaced by a route concentrated solely on Naivasha.

A s the players took to the benches for their break at the Superbowl, it was this moment that Cadillac F1 had chosen to reveal the brand new livery for their new challenger. After the hype of the numerous mock ups that have appeared online perhaps expectation were inflated. For many though, myself included, the final reveal left me wanting. Wanting more. More effort, more cross branding with their other teams, more vision....just.....more. The design is reminiscent of BAR's 1

A lot of the social media noise prior to this year’s Monte Carlo rally surrounded Lancia’s return to the WRC in a Rally 2 Ypsilon HF. But what was the source if this interest?

Show notes for Series 1 Episode 1