FIA World Rally Championship Archives - RNW | RacingNewsWorldwide.com | Your latest racing news https://racingnewsworldwide.com/tag/fia-world-rally-championship/ Motorsports news from around the world Sat, 17 Mar 2018 00:45:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.3 https://racingnewsworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/cropped-web-optmizedbig-Rm1-32x32.jpg FIA World Rally Championship Archives - RNW | RacingNewsWorldwide.com | Your latest racing news https://racingnewsworldwide.com/tag/fia-world-rally-championship/ 32 32 152545424 Heat on WRC star Hayden Paddon to earn new contract https://racingnewsworldwide.com/rally/wrc/motorsport-heat-on-wrc-star-hayden-paddon-to-earn-new-contract/ https://racingnewsworldwide.com/rally/wrc/motorsport-heat-on-wrc-star-hayden-paddon-to-earn-new-contract/#respond Fri, 16 Mar 2018 17:00:00 +0000 https://racingnewsworldwide.com/?p=126829 Kiwi rally driver Hayden Paddon has three more chances to press his claims for a new WRC contract for 2019 and beyond.

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]]> https://racingnewsworldwide.com/rally/wrc/motorsport-heat-on-wrc-star-hayden-paddon-to-earn-new-contract/feed/ 0 126829 Meeke wins Mexico warm-up https://racingnewsworldwide.com/rally/wrc/meeke-wins-mexico-warm/ https://racingnewsworldwide.com/rally/wrc/meeke-wins-mexico-warm/#respond Fri, 09 Mar 2018 17:13:07 +0000 https://racingnewsworldwide.com/?p=123843 Meeke, who triumphed at this third round of the FIA World Rally Championship in dramatic circumstances in 2017, topped the times through the 5.31km Llano Grande test in his Citroën C3 by 0.4sec.

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]]> https://racingnewsworldwide.com/rally/wrc/meeke-wins-mexico-warm/feed/ 0 123843 Loeb and Ogier play down tensions https://racingnewsworldwide.com/rally/wrc/loeb-ogier-play-tensions/ https://racingnewsworldwide.com/rally/wrc/loeb-ogier-play-tensions/#respond Fri, 09 Mar 2018 17:11:07 +0000 https://racingnewsworldwide.com/?p=124042 Between them, the pair have won the last 14 WRC titles, with Loeb, 44, claiming nine in a row between 2004 and his full-time WRC retirement in 2012 and 34-year-old Ogier collecting the five since.

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]]> https://racingnewsworldwide.com/rally/wrc/loeb-ogier-play-tensions/feed/ 0 124042 Loeb ‘more confident’ after C3 test https://racingnewsworldwide.com/rally/wrc/loeb-confident-c3-test/ https://racingnewsworldwide.com/rally/wrc/loeb-confident-c3-test/#respond Mon, 26 Feb 2018 20:33:12 +0000 https://racingnewsworldwide.com/?p=120934 Sébastien Loeb has given the thumbs up to suspension modifications Citroen Racing has made to its C3 WRC, saying the latest gravel set-up inspired confidence.

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]]> https://racingnewsworldwide.com/rally/wrc/loeb-confident-c3-test/feed/ 0 120934 Sweden debrief: Part Two https://racingnewsworldwide.com/rally/wrc/sweden-debrief-part-two/ https://racingnewsworldwide.com/rally/wrc/sweden-debrief-part-two/#respond Thu, 22 Feb 2018 18:15:40 +0000 https://racingnewsworldwide.com/?p=120036 Rally Sweden's signature test, Vargåsen was in tip-top condition this year and highlighted the unique appeal of this rally brilliantly. Run twice on Saturday, a fresh dusting of snow created a perfect winter scene, while the flat out section near the start and a series of corners and crests deep in the forest made it a favourite with drivers.

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]]> https://racingnewsworldwide.com/rally/wrc/sweden-debrief-part-two/feed/ 0 120036 ‘Annoying’ end as Kiwi rally driver Hayden Paddon fades to fifth place in Sweden https://racingnewsworldwide.com/rally/wrc/annoying-end-as-kiwi-rally-driver-hayden-paddon-fades-to-fifth-place-in-sweden/ https://racingnewsworldwide.com/rally/wrc/annoying-end-as-kiwi-rally-driver-hayden-paddon-fades-to-fifth-place-in-sweden/#respond Sun, 18 Feb 2018 19:43:30 +0000 http://stuff.co.nz/101552321 Hayden Paddon and Seb Marshall enjoyed a generally positive weekend at Rally Sweden. A minor mistake had major consequences for Kiwi rally driving star Hayden Paddon as he faded to fifth in his first event of the 2018 FIA world championship season.

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]]> https://racingnewsworldwide.com/rally/wrc/annoying-end-as-kiwi-rally-driver-hayden-paddon-fades-to-fifth-place-in-sweden/feed/ 0 118821 Hayden Paddon seventh after opening test https://racingnewsworldwide.com/rally/wrc/motorsport-hayden-paddon-seventh-after-opening-test/ https://racingnewsworldwide.com/rally/wrc/motorsport-hayden-paddon-seventh-after-opening-test/#respond Thu, 15 Feb 2018 23:01:06 +0000 https://racingnewsworldwide.com/?p=118218 Kiwi Hayden Paddon posted the seventh fastest time in the opening stage of Rally Sweden on Friday morning. The Hyundai factory driver was 2.1s slower than stage winner Ott Tanak's Toyota Yaris over the short, 1.9km city test.

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]]> https://racingnewsworldwide.com/rally/wrc/motorsport-hayden-paddon-seventh-after-opening-test/feed/ 0 118218 Co-drivers the unsung stars of rallying https://racingnewsworldwide.com/rally/wrc/motorsport-co-drivers-the-unsung-stars-of-rallying/ https://racingnewsworldwide.com/rally/wrc/motorsport-co-drivers-the-unsung-stars-of-rallying/#respond Wed, 14 Feb 2018 17:00:00 +0000 https://racingnewsworldwide.com/?p=117855 Our very own Hayden Paddon is back in action in the World Rally Championship this weekend at Rally Sweden. As motorsport fans are well aware, Paddon is only contesting seven rounds of the WRC in 2018.

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]]> https://racingnewsworldwide.com/rally/wrc/motorsport-co-drivers-the-unsung-stars-of-rallying/feed/ 0 117855 TOYOTA GAZOO RACING READY FOR THE TRACK AND SPECIAL STAGE IN 2018 RACE AND RALLY PROGRAMME https://racingnewsworldwide.com/news/toyota-gazoo-racing-ready-for-the-track-and-special-stage-in-2018-race-and-rally-programme/ https://racingnewsworldwide.com/news/toyota-gazoo-racing-ready-for-the-track-and-special-stage-in-2018-race-and-rally-programme/#respond Thu, 08 Feb 2018 10:24:29 +0000 http://sportscarracingnews.com/?p=50113 Toyota Gazoo Racing know that motorsports provides the experience and know-how to build ever-better cars, an ethos that has helped deliver a series of sports-focused road-going cars, including the new Yaris GRMN – the first GRMN model to be built and sold in Europe.

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