RNW Staff

Frenchman Fourmaux dominated Friday’s action, leading for most of the day with a composed drive that put him on early the road to what would be a maiden WRC victory. But 3.5 kilometres from the finish of the penultimate stage, a rock impact punctured one of his Hyundai i20 N Rally1’s tyres and handed the […]

Season resumes on Friday at Zandvoort The team returned to racing following the mandatory summer shutdown with Friday practice at Zandvoort. Today’s sessions were focused on understanding tyre and balance limitations on a day that threatened wet weather but ultimately stayed dry. Both drivers started FP1 on C3 tyre compound, focused on single lap work. […]

PART ONE – Ollie BEARMAN (Haas), Max VERSTAPPEN (Red Bull Racing), Gabriel BORTOLETO (Kick Sauber)   Q: Max, can we start with you, please? So, back to business, 10 races to go. What’s your mindset coming into the second half of this 2025 season? Max VERSTAPPEN: Just try to make the best of it. Every […]

The team becomes the first on the grid to use an electric truck to transport its cars to a European race weekend. Following a successful pilot at the British Grand Prix in July, the team’s W16 race cars have been transported from Brackley to Zandvoort – a 673km journey – using an all-electric Mercedes-Benz Trucks […]

Top Fuel – Callin narrowly leads JonesAfter her victory at Tierp Arena, Susanne Callin leads the FIA European Top Fuel standings with a narrow two-point advantage over Liam Jones. The two RF Motorsport teammates have been closely matched all season, and the fight is expected to continue at Hockenheim. Adding even more excitement, reigning FIA […]

The penultimate round of the six-event series has attracted an impressive 29-car entry with eight Rally 2 machines at the front of a field that will see competitors from eight nations tackling 11 demanding asphalt stages in the mountains and valleys to the north and east of Beirut. The stages are tricky, specialised, often bumpy […]

DATE TIME DRIVER / TEAM MEMBER Thursday, 28 August 1330hrs  1400hrs Oliver Bearman (Haas)Gabriel Bortoleto (Kick Sauber)Max Verstappen (Red Bull) Lando Norris (McLaren)Isack Hadjar (Racing Bulls)Alex Albon (Williams) Friday, 29 August Press Conference: 1430hrs TV Pen: 1500hrs Flavio Briatore (Alpine)Toto Wolff (Mercedes)James Vowles (Williams) Saturday, 30 August Post-Qualifying Top three fastest drivers Sunday, 31 August Post-Race First three finishing drivers  

       

The second half of the season will see teams returning to the windy Zandvoort circuit. Toto Talks Netherlands We’re ready to get back racing this weekend at Zandvoort. We start the run to the end of the season, and this current era of regulations, determined to end both strongly. It will be an intense 10 […]

Hearing Case ICA-2025-01: Appeal lodged by SRP Racing Shop (Formula K SRP Factory Team) against Decision No. 83 dated 17 May 2025 of the Stewards of the 2025 KZ European Championship event which took place in Valencia (Spain). On 17 May 2025, during Qualifying Heat 1 of the 2025 KZ European Championship in Valencia, Driver […]

A win in heat three helped Veiby to climb from fourth to third in the intermediate classification, behind weekend pace-setter Kristoffersson and Grönholm, with Kevin and Timmy Hansen as well as Juha Rytkönen – the Suonenjoki native driving the only combustion-engined entry in the field at the KymiRing, in his sustainably-fuelled, PGRX-run Hyundai i20 – […]

The Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA), the global governing body for motor sport and the federation for mobility organisations worldwide, has today announced that a tender process will be run for a new commercial rights holder of the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC). This follows an extensive period of discussions with Red Bull and KW25, […]

The victory for the Mini JCW Rally+ driver, who claimed two stage wins in punishing heat over the weekend, delivered a priceless haul of points towards his challenge for honours in the Drivers’ Championship and the Ultimate category in the European series. Krotov said: “We finished the Hungarian Baja. It was my first time competing […]

The FIA European Historic Rally Championship checked into Finland this weekend for its first gravel event of the 2025 campaign. With fast, sweeping gravel roads, high crests and tight turns, Lahti Historic Rally promised to be one of the standout events of the historic calendar-and delivered a thrilling showcase for the passionate Finnish fans. Across […]

Driving a Škoda Fabia RS Rally2, the 2013 ERC champion, co-driven by Jiří Hovorka, secured a stunning 12th Barum win after edging Armstrong by 10.7sec across 13 challenging asphalt stages. “I’m shaking now because after last year I was not expecting I could be as fast as this during this year. For sure, thanks a […]

Kopecký, driving a Škoda Fabia RS Rally2, proved to be the driver to beat as the 11-time event winner set the pace on Zlín’s tricky asphalt roads to edge the overnight advantage ahead of Jon Armstrong and Andrea Mabellini. “I think I have enough experience, I’m not getting nervous because I love this sport and when […]

Featuring high-speed forest sections, narrow stretches through villages, bumpy and sometimes broken roads, plus unpredictable weather, Barum Czech Rally Zlín has tested the ERC stars and their cars since 1984. Forty-seven crews have entered round six of the 2025 ERC season including 11-time Barum Czech Rally Zlín winner Jan Kopecký, the 2013 ERC champion, overall […]

The FIA EHRC moves to the loose-surface classic of Lahti Historic Rally this week, where high-speed gravel roads weave through the pine forests of the Päijät-Häme region. Renowned for its flowing corners, blind crests and jumps, Lahti is a driver’s rally in the purest sense. On gravel, crews must balance commitment with precision, constantly adapting […]

The Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA), the global governing body for motor sport and the federation for mobility organisations worldwide, has today reaffirmed its long-term commitment to the World Rallycross Championship and confirmed that the final rounds of the season will be run as a climactic double-header at Istanbul Park in Türkiye from 20-21 September.  The 2025 calendar […]

Top Fuel – Home victory for Callin The Top Fuel final was set between Sweden’s Susanne Callin and Britain’s Liam Jones. Qualifying hinted at a close contest, with Callin’s 3.880-second E.T. and Jones’ 3.887. However, the final proved to be an anticlimax as both drivers encountered issues. With Jones dropping out right after the start […]