2026 WRC News & Rumours

[GigiGalliNo1]

Rumour has it Seb will have his own separate livery as well. With the brand that was on the Fords....

True. Keep an eye out!

[Fast Eddie WRC]

According to information obtained by RallyJournal.com, Hyundai has now said goodbye to Finland. For the 2026 season, Hyundai’s permanent test site will instead be located in France.

RallyJournal.com has asked Hyundai for official confirmation, but the team has not yet commented on the matter.

https://rallyjournal.com/goodbye-fin...rprising-move/

This has now been confirmed...

“We have moved the test base to the south of France from Finland with the objective to help us in the second part of the championship where there will be a lot of rough gravel,” Hyundai’s spokesperson explained.

https://rallyjournal.com/hyundais-wr...aving-finland/

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Possibly this is why in the last serie of MthM Millner was talking about importance of having good performance in Saudi Arabia because they had a risk of loosing partners.
It will be interesting to see what sponsors they have this year. Possibly both cars will be painted in Irish flag only.

Maybe these two drivers in WRC will attract an Irish company to take some space on the cars. If not its probable that Castrol will be the main sponsors.

(In ERC Jon Armstrong's Fiesta had MI Rally Academy and MS-RT, plus some Seacon UK.)

[macebig]

Don't think Red Bull will drop M-Sport now. Especially since they're starting their Ford partnership officially next week. Unless,Ford has decided to quit WRC for good, that is... BP sold their majority shareholding of Castrol, so this deal may have done its course, instead.

[Steve Boyd]

The Castrol deal was linked to Ford as Castrol are the lubricant suppliers to Ford for production car manufacture. Any change in marketing policy from either, or a new deal for somebody else to supply Ford production cars could result in a change to the M-Sport rally car branding.

[deephouse]

RedBull was always on winning vehicles or at least on those who was close to winning, not on those who doesn't even stand a chance.

[wyler]

RedBull was always on winning vehicles or at least on those who was close to winning, not on those who doesn't even stand a chance.

there was a big red bull on the pumas till 1 month ago...

[Eli]

https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/canar...ar-until-2029/

The boring tarmac round stays with us for another 3 seasons.....*sigh*....but they say Island rallies are to expensive no? that's why we don't see Corsica since 2019....

[106 sport]

https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/canar...ar-until-2029/

The boring tarmac round stays with us for another 3 seasons.....*sigh*....but they say Island rallies are to expensive no? that's why we don't see Corsica since 2019....

Sorry, but I don't think you know anything about rallies.

Rally Islas Canarias 2025 was a success in every way. Lots of fans, media interest, safety, the beauty of the landscapes of Gran Canaria, etc.

[Negaiss]

Today in latvian podcast Martins Sesks told that he indeed was involved in talks with Hyundai about 2026