WRC 2018 - FIA World Rally Championship

Never Just Win is a full-length documentary that looks back on the incredible 2024 World Rally Championship, which saw Thierry Neuville and Martijn Wydaeghe lift the Drivers' and Co-Drivers' titles in their Hyundai i20 N Rally1 Hybrid WRC car after an epic battle with their teammates Ott Tanak and Martin Jarveoja that went right to the final day of the season. The film gives you exclusive behind-the-scenes access to the Hyundai Shell Mobis World Rally Team, featuring Esapekka Lappi, Andreas Mikkelsen, Dani Sordo, Christian Loriaux, and Cyril Abiteboul, throughout one of the most dramatic and tense World Rally Championship seasons ever. Pulling no punches, Never Just Win shows you first-hand the ups and downs of the team throughout the year and exactly what it takes to win the WRC title

In the late 1970s, when the question of making a four-wheel drive rally car was raised, Audi engineers contacted FIA to consult on homologation issues. At that time, this technology was banned, and no one raised the problem of making such a car. At the time, the FIA saw no problem in authorizing the little whim, leaving the Germans to build their own toy. Following the publication of the 1979 FIA Yearbook, which lifted the ban on all-wheel drive, Audi went ahead with its design for the revolutionary quattro. Lots of people expected the quattro to look like a Jeep. Many laughed but then there was silence. Audi went ahead with its quattro, the car that will change the face of rallying forever. It was the birth of a legend that captured the imagination and brought out fans in their tens of thousands. The future had arrived.

Looking back at the 1983 World Rally Championship season the quality of the field and the array of stunning cars is simply breathtaking. Besides defending champ Walter Röhrl and eventual victor Hannu Mikkola, there were no fewer than six past or future champions in the field: Stig Blomqvist, Markku Alen, Ari Vatanen, Timo Salonen, Miki Biasion, Björn Waldegård and Juha Kankkunen.

WRC is the benchmark for tyre-shredding, gravel-spitting, mud-slinging action and this all-action official review of the 2013 World Rally Championship gets right into the heart of it. This year, Sebastien Ogier seared his name in to the history books as the man who finally broke Monsieur Loeb's grip on the title - albeit only after Loeb stepped back from his stellar driving career. Across the world from Mexico to Australia, Argentina to Monte Carlo this is WRC 2013 review.

The 2019 World Rally Championship has been packed with excitement right from the start. As defending champion Ogier switched to Citroen and Ott Tanak and Thierry Neuville remained with Toyota and Hyundai respectively, and the calendar expanded to include Rally Chile there was plenty to discuss before a wheel had turned. But there was also Sebastien Loeb searching for a new challenge by moving to Hyundai. The official review of the WRC 2019 features the action, the drama and the scenery from all rounds.

In a year of highs and lows, the World Rally Championship once again delivered another spectacular season of top class rallying, starting with the regular season opener at the legendary Rallye Automobile Monte Carlo. Despite tough competition from Elfyn Evans, Thierry Neuville and Ott Tänak, it would be reigning champion Kalle Rovanperä who would claim the title once more with a round in hand. The 8-time World Champion Sébastien Ogier would also make the occasional appearance throughout this heated championship keeping the new guard on their toes, winning three out of the seven rallies that he competed in. The official review brings you all the best highlights from this dramatic season with over 7 and a half hours of heart thumping action guaranteed to keep you on the edge of your seat.

50 Years of Rallying Five decades of rallying, from the early endurance and regularity tests of well-to-do but slightly bored aristocrats in the mid-fifties, via the first sprints on cordoned-off Scandinavian gravel roads with stars like Tom Trana or Erik Carlsson, to monstrous long distance races and today’s high-tech events in the dust. This movie tells it all over 90 gripping minutes, compiled largely from the archives of Austria’s legendary rally filmmaker, Helmut Deimel. The milestones of this spectacular journey through time are the groundbreaking cars, the great personalities, magnificent places, and the most wonderful moments of the sport. Using special features, Deimel spotlights the dynamism, the magic, the uniqueness of rallying. Interviews with the most important drivers and team bosses add colour and authenticity to the story – from enthusiasts’ intrepid adventures to the merciless sprints of today’s professionals. The movie was conceived and directed by Helmut Deimel.

From the snow-laden roads of Monte Carlo to the dusty tracks of Spain, the 1987 World Rally Championship provided entertainment to rival any previous race series. This review travels the full 12 rounds, with superb camerawork from the very heart of the action. Lancia were favourites but BMW, Mazda and Audi were intent on blocking runaway success for the Italian marque. Reigning champion Juha Kankkunen was the driver they all wanted to beat, but team orders demanded that on occasion he be 'allowed' to win. At other times Micki Biasion led as the HF4WDs were put into front running places. All of the flips, dips and hard-core dirt road action is captured during the battle for finish line honours. Not until the very last round of the RAC Rally could the champion be guessed at, in what turned into a thrilling season finale.

Emerging talent from the East challenges the front-running rally teams in this riveting review of the 1988 World Rally Championship. Although Lancia took both manufacturers' and drivers' titles, they were under serious threat from the Japanese built Toyota Celica GT4s and Mazda 323 4WDs. All 13 of rallysport's most famous races are covered, from Monte Carlo to Harrogate. On-board cameras show the teams battling through sleet, snow, gravel and mud, while helicopter cameras capture the action from the air. Alex Fiorio was in fine form driving a Jolly Club Lancia. Frenchmen Bruno Saby and Didier Auriol each won one title round, while the Spaniard Carlos Sainz was probably the most spectacular driver of the year in his Ford Sierra. Crowd favourites Kankkunen, Alen and Mikkola were a force to be reckoned with, in what became an epic showdown between the old and new.

In 1989 Japanese teams took the rallying world by storm, sparking one of the most exciting series in rally history. The Italian camp had pinned their hopes on LanciaÍs new 16-valve Integrale in an attempt to counter the growing challenge from Japanese manufacturers Toyota, Mazda and Mitsubishi. Outstanding performances were produced by world favourites Jorge Recalde, Juha Kankkunen, Hannu Mikkola and Ari Vatanen. The sensational Carlos Sainz, Didier Auriol, Alex Flori and Miki Biasion also appear in record-breaking form. On-board and helicopter cameras follow the action through over 28,000 km of snow, mud and dust from Sweden and Africa to Australia and New Zealand. The East vs West battle reaches a thrilling finale, topping off a highly successful season.

Enjoy all 12 rounds of the 1990 FIA World Rally Championship. If you missed any of the action the first time round, this is the way to catch up all in one go. And what a year to catch up on! 1990 was set to be a fantastic season, with Toyota taking on Lancia and the Europeans taking on the Scandinavians head-to-head. Manufacturer interest was hotting up again with five entering the championship, and the name Subaru was beginning to make a mark on the world rally stage for the first time. Rallying came alive again as spectators enjoyed the spectacle of such brilliant drivers as Carlos Sainz, Timo Salonen, Didier Auriol, Colin McRae, Hannu Mikkola, Juha Kankunnen and Tommi Makinen, behind the wheel of machinery with performance on a par with the old Group B "supercars" which so entranced world audiences in the mid-80s. In this review every round is covered in detail, with event-by-event updates of championship positions letting you see how the title race developed.

From the first special stage on the Monte-Carlo, to the final chequered flag on the RAC, Carlos Sainz (Toyota Celica GT4) and Juha Kankkunen (Lancia Delta 16v Integrale) waged a year-long battle for the Drivers World Championship, a battle destined to be won and lost on the very last event of the year, the RAC Rally. Auriol, Schwarz, Biasion, Eriksson, Wilson, Mitsubishi, Ford, Mazda, Subaru gave chase all the way through the 14 round series. The highs and lows of another incredible rally season are yours on this spectacular, newly re-vamped programme, featuring all rounds of the championship.