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• Paddon ends eight-year wait with shock WRC return

  05-12-2025 11:05 via speedcafe.com
  Eight years on from his last start at the highest level of the FIA World Rally Championship, New Zealand’s Hayden Paddon is set to return.
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• Ogier wins record-equalling ninth World Rally Championship

  30-11-2025 00:35 via speedcafe.com
  Sebastien Ogier has clinched his ninth FIA World Rally Championship, matching compatriot Sebastien Loeb for the most titles.
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• Lia Block hops off F1 ladder to pursue WRC

  25-11-2025 04:36 via speedcafe.com
  F1 Academy race winner Lia Block will leave the Williams Racing Academy to pursue a rally career.
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• Randle scores ‘insane’ WRC drive in the UK

  19-11-2025 09:45 via speedcafe.com
  Thomas Randle has sampled a current-spec Ford WRC car in the UK in between the final two Supercars rounds.
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• Toyota names Rovanpera replacement in WRC line-up

  10-11-2025 08:31 via speedcafe.com
  The Toyota Gazoo Racing World Rally Team has named Oliver Solberg as its replacement for Kalle Rovanpera.
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• Ogier reduces WRC deficit to three points with Japan win

  10-11-2025 05:31 via speedcafe.com
  The FIA World Rally Championship is poised to go down to the wire after Toyota’s Sebastien Ogier won a wet and wild Rally Japan.
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• ‘Not a final goodbye’: WRC champ announces career break

  09-11-2025 23:27 via speedcafe.com
  FIA World Rally Championship winner Ott Tanak has announced he will take “a break” from full-time competition.
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• ‘For Possum’: Paddon pays tribute to rally legend with ARC win

  09-11-2025 07:14 via speedcafe.com
  Hayden Paddon has been crowned the EROAD Australian Rally Championship winner with co-driver John Kennard.
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• Bates and Taylor lead ARC finale at halfway point

  08-11-2025 08:05 via speedcafe.com
  Harry Bates and Coral Taylor hold a two-second lead at the end the Tasmania’s first day.
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• Bates and Taylo lead ARC finale at halfway point

  08-11-2025 08:05 via speedcafe.com
  Harry Bates and Coral Taylor hold a two-second lead at the end the Tasmania’s first day.
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• REPLAY: EROAD Australian Rally Championship, Rally Tasmania

  07-11-2025 07:55 via speedcafe.com
  Tune into live coverage of Rally Tasmania where Hayden Paddon will look to wrap up the EROAD Australian Rally Championship.
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• LIVE: EROAD Australian Rally Championship, Rally Tasmania

  07-11-2025 07:55 via speedcafe.com
  Tune into live coverage of Rally Tasmania where Hayden Paddon will look to wrap up the EROAD Australian Rally Championship.
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• Lillie and Exner too good in the Great Tarmac Rally

  27-10-2025 11:47 via speedcafe.com
  Their victory in the Australian Tarmac Rally fourth event, it wasn’t enough to overall the points leaders
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• Taylor Gill loses Junior WRC title by 1.6 seconds

  20-10-2025 07:39 via speedcafe.com
  In a dramatic conclusion to the title race, Australia’s Taylor Gill came up short in his second shot at the FIA Junior WRC Championship.
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• Vale: George Shepheard

  20-10-2025 03:00 via speedcafe.com
  The 83-year-old champion rally navigator and race and rally car constructor passed away from Parkinson's Disease
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• Two championships won at Coffs Coast Rally

  16-10-2025 01:55 via speedcafe.com
  The NSW and Queensland Rally Championships were decided at the one-day event that finished in the night
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• WRC champ sensationally ditches rally for single-seaters

  09-10-2025 09:23 via speedcafe.com
  FIA World Rally Championship winner Kalle Rovanpera has decided to retire from rallying to race single-seaters.
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• Hayden Paddon closes in on Australian Rally Championship

  06-10-2025 06:55 via speedcafe.com
  Hayden Paddon and co-driver John Kennard have tightened their grip on the EROAD Australian Rally Championship with another win in the Adelaide Hills Rally.
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• REPLAY: Australian Rally Championship, Adelaide Hills Rally

  04-10-2025 22:00 via speedcafe.com
  Watch live coverage of the Adelaide Hills Rally, the penultimate round of the EROAD Australian Rally Championship.
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• Toby Price survives scary barrel roll, co-driver hospitalised

  04-10-2025 21:56 via speedcafe.com
  Dakar Rally champion Toby Price and his co-drive Holly Kilbride escaped serious injury after a terrifying crash on Saturday at the Adelaide Hills Rally.
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• VIDEO: Molly Taylor’s Drive Like a Girl documentary trailer

  01-10-2025 08:40 via speedcafe.com
  Get a first look at Molly Taylor’s documentary Drive Like a Girl, set to premiere at 11:00am on October 6 via 7mate and 7plus Sport.
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• AFL great ‘Boomer’ Harvey to make motorsport debut

  23-09-2025 01:39 via speedcafe.com
  AFL legend Brent “Boomer” Harvey is poised to make his competitive racing debut in the Alpine Rally of East Gippsland.
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• Toby Price makes Australian Rally Championship move

  19-09-2025 03:00 via speedcafe.com
  Red Bull athlete Toby Price’s fledgling EROAD Australian Rally Championship career is set to level up.
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• You’ve never heard a Subaru rally car like this

  18-09-2025 00:56 via speedcafe.com
  It’s been dubbed the Subaru RS-H6 by its builder and it looks and sounds like rally car heaven.
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• Is Sebastien Ogier about to win WRC title as a part-timer?

  15-09-2025 03:56 via speedcafe.com
  With just three rounds remaining, Sebastien Ogier’s has edged ahead in the FIA World Rally Championship title race.
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• Bates family dominate Narooma Forest Rally

  14-09-2025 12:50 via speedcafe.com
  Harry and Lewis Bates, along with their father Neal finished first, second and fourth.
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• Herridge and Hill go one better in Sunraysia Safari

  14-09-2025 01:45 via speedcafe.com
  Dean Herridge and Sam Hill won the 2025 Sunraysia Safari Cross Country Rally
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• Paddon beats Bates brothers for third straight ARC win

  24-08-2025 11:08 via speedcafe.com
  Hayden Paddon and John Kennard have won the fourth round of the EROAD Australian Rally Championship by more than a minute.
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• REPLAY: Australian Rally Championship, Gippsland Rally

  24-08-2025 07:50 via speedcafe.com
  Watch live coverage of SS7, SS12, and SS16 at the Gippsland Rally, the fourth round of the EROAD Australian Rally Championship.
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• Paddon holds one-minute lead halfway through Gippsland Rally

  23-08-2025 16:13 via speedcafe.com
  Hayden Paddon and co-driver John Kennard lead by more than one minute in The Middle of Everywhere Gippsland Rally at the halfway mark.
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• Bates brothers not ready to make season-defining call

  21-08-2025 07:44 via speedcafe.com
  Toyota Gazoo Racing Australia driver Lewis Bates says it’s too early to decide whether he or his brother Harry gets priority in their quest to win the EROAD Australian Rally Championship.
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• Rally stars ready for format change, night stages

  20-08-2025 08:04 via speedcafe.com
  There will be no second chances for EROAD Australian Rally Championship competitors at the Gippsland Rally with a return to the traditional two-day format.
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• Liam Lawson opens up on ‘unbelievable’ WRC experience

  08-08-2025 10:33 via speedcafe.com
  Liam Lawson has shown he can match more than just F1 drivers, coming within touching distance of a rally stage winner’s pace in his first-ever outing behind the wheel of a WRC car.
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• Why Canberra lost its Australian Rally Championship round

  05-08-2025 03:37 via speedcafe.com
  Canberra will not host a round of the EROAD Australian Rally Championship in 2026 in response to feedback.
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• Toyota sweeps top five in history-making Rally Finland

  04-08-2025 03:45 via speedcafe.com
  Toyota recorded its most dominant performance ever in the FIA World Rally Championship, sweeping the top five places at Rally Finland.
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• Australian Rally Championship reveals new-look 2026 calendar

  01-08-2025 01:00 via speedcafe.com
  The EROAD Australian Rally Championship has revealed its six-round 2026 calendar, headlined by the inclusion of a New South Wales event.
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• No new events on WRC calendar for 2026

  31-07-2025 07:44 via speedcafe.com
  WRC Promoter has revealed the 2026 FIA World Rally Championship will not feature any new events.
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• VIDEO: Molly Taylor takes on truck influencer

  23-07-2025 10:05 via speedcafe.com
  Can Molly Taylor reverse a B-double? Can CJ Smith drive a rally car? There's only one way to find out...
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• Why Rally2 is all the rage in new-look Australian championship

  22-07-2025 08:19 via speedcafe.com
  The EROAD Australian Rally Championship is enjoying an influx of Rally2 cars that rule the roost – and that looks unlikely to change soon.
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• Solberg stuns with first WRC win on Toyota debut

  20-07-2025 13:22 via speedcafe.com
  More than four years on from his debut in 2021, second-generation FIA World Rally Championship driver Oliver Solberg finally has his first premier class win.
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• ‘Definitely still interest’ in WRC return to New Zealand

  16-07-2025 05:37 via speedcafe.com
  Hayden Paddon says there is still interest from Rally New Zealand organisers to bring the FIA World Rally Championship back. However, it comes with a caveat.
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• Paddon dominates second heat to win Rally Queensland

  06-07-2025 10:09 via speedcafe.com
  In their Hyundai i20N AP4, Hayden Padden and John Kennard took five of the six stages and won the rally overall.
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• Bates and Paddon battle in incident-packed Rally Queenland

  05-07-2025 12:12 via speedcafe.com
  Just 3.7 seconds split leaders Harry Bates and Coral Taylor, and Hayden Paddon and John Kennard in the Accent Benchtops Rally Queensland
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• REPLAY: Rally Queensland Gympie SS1

  05-07-2025 01:00 via speedcafe.com
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• Kiwi rally legend hatches plan to start WRC team

  01-07-2025 05:07 via speedcafe.com
  It might seem far-fetched against the might of Toyota, Hyundai, and Ford, but Hayden Paddon is very serious about starting his own FIA World Rally Championship team.
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• Taylor Gill goes clear in JWRC title race

  30-06-2025 07:30 via speedcafe.com
  Australia’s Taylor Gill has built a seven-point buffer in the FIA Junior World Rally Championship with a runner-up finish in the Acropolis Rally Greece.
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• Coroner rules ‘driver error’ caused four Targa Tasmania deaths

  20-06-2025 00:28 via speedcafe.com
  Driver error was the primary cause of four deaths in separate crashes across two Targa Tasmania events, a coroner has found.
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• Dakar legend Toby Price commits to rally return

  10-06-2025 03:30 via speedcafe.com
  Toby Price has confirmed he will continue competing in the EROAD Australian Rally Championship after a successful debut.
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• WRC part-timer Ogier beats Tanak to Sardegna win

  09-06-2025 02:27 via speedcafe.com
  Sebastien Ogier may only be competing part-time in the FIA World Rally Championship this year, but his latest win might make him want to reconsider.
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• Four Fords crash in catastrophic start to rally

  07-06-2025 00:34 via speedcafe.com
  The M-Sport Ford World Rally Team could be forgiven for wanting to pack its bags early after a horror show on day one of Rally Italia Sardegna.
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