2026 WRC News & Rumours

[Eli]

https://rallyitaliasardegna.com/2026...degna/?lang=en
Probably should be in a new thread but main headline is the rally returns to Alghero.

[deephouse]

https://www.motorsport.com/wrc/news/...-gap/10798036/

So basically whole Hyundai doesn't know how to fix their issues?

[EstWRC]

https://www.motorsport.com/wrc/news/...-gap/10798036/

So basically whole Hyundai doesn't know how to fix their issues?

https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/hyund...pions-in-2026/

[wyler]

https://www.motorsport.com/wrc/news/...-gap/10798036/

So basically whole Hyundai doesn't know how to fix their issues?

they probably know the general problem (during sweden everyone pointed at dampers) but they can't redesign it. so the problem is what to do without redesign it.

[deephouse]

https://rallyjournal.com/toyota-sign...eam-principal/

What a unusual move from Toyota. Hiring Yves Matton despite having already WRC27 project with another team. (He is hired for W2RC programme)

[rallyfiend]

https://rallyjournal.com/toyota-sign...eam-principal/

What a unusual move from Toyota. Hiring Yves Matton despite having already WRC27 project with another team. (He is hired for W2RC programme)

Overdrive is as much 'Toyota' as M-Sport is 'Ford'....

Private company hiring who they want, and I suspect this is him no longer involved in WRC27 project. I wonder if they're realised how difficult it is, so he's gone elsewhere for a job....?

[EstWRC]

“I’m working with Ott [Tänak] now quite a lot,” Katsuta revealed to DirtFish, “and basically every stage he’s been chatting a bit. Actually, it’s working very well and thanks to him.”

https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/tanak...uta-this-year/

[flat_right]

“I’m working with Ott [Tänak] now quite a lot,” Katsuta revealed to DirtFish, “and basically every stage he’s been chatting a bit. Actually, it’s working very well and thanks to him.”

https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/tanak...uta-this-year/

And at the end of the 2025 season he said that all of his vacations are planned on the rally weekends so he wouldn't have time to watch or participate

[COD]

they probably know the general problem (during sweden everyone pointed at dampers) but they can't redesign it. so the problem is what to do without redesign it.

Dampers should be one of the easiest things to change. If it is geometry thing that should be more difficult

[wyler]

Dampers should be one of the easiest things to change. If it is geometry thing that should be more difficult

i'm not sure they can homologate new parts without jokers...