Barbora Holická’s 1979 Citroën 2CV, nicknamed “Duckar” for the large rubber duck on the side and programme to support duck raising programmes, will return to the Dakar Classic next January with Lucie Engová.
The Ultimate Rally Classic by TL’O for vehicles built between 1976 and 2000 will run from late October to early November 2025, starting in France and ending in Morocco.
The FIA will allow cars built between 1991 and 2000 to enter historic motorsport competitions under its sanction, meaning fan favourites from McLaren’s West juggernauts to the Mark Webber’s flying Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR can now be used for racing purposes.
In a race themed around celebrating the Lancia 037, the Porsche 911 of Julien Saunier and Frédéric Vauclare came out on top.
Three years after his début, Ukrainian and world land speed record holder Serhii Malyk is looking to race the Dakar Classic again in 2025 with his Renault Kerax D-50. His team will be dubbed Spirit of Ukraine after the electric bike he built for the Bonneville Salt Flats in 2019.
After a tumultuous 2024 Dakar Classic for their Porsche 924s, P-Rally has opted to replace the 2-litre engine with a 2.5L version without a turbo, among other changes.
Eight months after winning the Dakar Classic, Carlos Santaolalla and Jan Rosa’s Toyota Land Cruiser HDJ80 added another vintage rally raid trophy in Morocco when they won the RallyClassics Africa.
223 Historic Racing Cars, 159 Historic Sports Regularity Vehicles, and 5 Legends, driven by the likes of Jos Verstappen and John Buffum, make up the near-400 vintage rally cars that will race the Tour de Corse Historique.
Porsche 550 Spyder chassis 550A-0137, which was built on order from Yugoslav leader Josip Broz Tito in 1957, will make its racing return at the Tour de Corse Historique classic rally in October.
Jos Verstappen’s rally journey will continue in October when he enters the Tour de Corse Historique in a 1974 Porsche 911 Carrera 3.0 RS.
Adding to his diverse range of commitments is Ken Block, who Tuthill Porsche has announced will race for them at this year’s East Africa Safari Classic Rally.
Pontus Lindroos looks at the calendars of each championship related to the 2021 FIA European Rally Trophy ahead of next season.
The 2020 Lahti Rally Historic is now the seventh event from the 2020 ERC Historic calendar to be cancelled.
Hollywood actor Michael Fassbender heads out on the local roads to where he grew up in a Ford Escort Mk.2 for the Rally of the Lakes.
Talanted rally youngster, Tom Llewellin is targeting a championship challenge as he competes in the British Historic Rally Championship in 2020.
2020 Rally North Wales will feature a new route for the event next month.
Prodrive will display six extraordinary rally cars from their history in rallying at Rallyday in Wiltshire.
