The wait is over – WRC is back!

A week without the FIA World Rally Championship is miserable, the last eight have been tough. Fear not. The good times are ready to roll.

Moving forwards, we have four WRC rounds lined up in the next couple of months. That covers roughly the same period of time from Rally Sweden to today,

The action starts with this week’s Croatia Rally (21 - 24 April), then the WRC turns gravel crazy and we’re into Portugal (19 - 22 May), Sardinia (2 - 5 June) and Kenya (23 - 26 June).

A fortnight on from Safari and we’re on the fast gravel in Estonia (14 - 17 July). Three more weeks and we’re at Jyväskylä for Secto Rally Finland (4 - 7 August). And who’s not looking forward to seeing the most advanced rally cars ever in their natural habitat?

And with Belgium, Greece, New Zealand, Spain and Japan following on, there’s barely time to pause for breath through the rest of the WRC season.

So many more questions will be answered surrounding this hybrid generation of Rally1 cars.

Those answers start in Zagreb. It’s all eyes on Croatia. Let’s go!

• Full coverage from the Croatia Rally will be available on WRC+ All Live here, including every stage broadcast as it happens as well as key interviews, features and expert analysis from the service park