Dakar News How Defender did on its first Dakar There was a familiar face on the top step of this year’s Dakar Rally, but a new badge stitched onto his overalls. Nasser Al-Attiyah conquered the world’s… Read more by Luke Barry January 20, 2026 2 min
WRC News Marcus Grönholm column comes to Club DirtFish New signings are always big news in motorsport. Last year, Lewis Hamilton’s move to Ferrari was huge. Oliver Solberg landing into planet Toyota for the… Read more by David Evans January 20, 2026 2 min
Cars News How we proved a Bentley stereotype wrong Demonstrably, this was wrong. This shouldn’t be happening. It would have been like… King Charles riding a skateboard. Yet there it was: a beautiful Bentley… Read more by David Evans January 20, 2026 3 min
WRC News Get Club DirtFish for $1 as new WRC season begins You can forget Christmas, you can forget New Year or even your birthday. To us as rally fans, this is the most exciting week of… Read more by DirtFish Media January 19, 2026 2 min
Features WRC 2026 is about evolution, not revolution This is the last season of a regulation cycle. The last season of Rally1. This year is evolution, the next one revolution. But the World… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay January 19, 2026 3 min
WRC News Hyundai tried to sign Solberg for 2026 How different would things be if Oliver Solberg was returning to Rally1 this week in a Hyundai, not a Toyota? The Sweden had the chacne,… Read more by Luke Barry January 19, 2026 3 min
ARA News Toyota’s ARA signing wants to build US rallying Toyota driver Seth Quintero has talked of his desire to help build the ARA National Championship into a powerhouse domestic series. While also competing in… Read more by David Evans January 18, 2026 2 min
WRC News Hyundai considered 35 drivers for its third car The 2026 return of Hayden Paddon, Esapekka Lappi and Dani Sordo to Hyundai Motorsport understandably raised questions among some of the sport’s younger drivers: why… Read more by David Evans January 17, 2026 3 min
Dakar News Dacia wins Dakar as Al-Attiyah clinches sixth title Nasser Al-Attiyah has secured a sixth Dakar victory aboard a Dacia Sandrider, resisting a rally-long challenge from the armada of Ford Raptors. Al-Attiyah had already… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay January 17, 2026 5 min
WRC News Toyota will still run five cars in Sweden without Ogier The second entry list of the 2026 World Rally Championship has been published, excluding Sébastien Ogier for the first time since July. As expected, the… Read more by Luke Barry January 16, 2026 2 min
WRC News Sesks remains in WRC with M-Sport in 2026 Mãrtiņš Sesks will continue with M-Sport in the 2026 World Rally Championship, tackling exactly the same events as 2025. The Latvian’s season will therefore start in… Read more by Luke Barry January 16, 2026 2 min
Rally Features When I drove on ice with future F1 driver Carlos Sainz Carlos Sainz smiled at me. He understood what I’d just experienced. So did his son. And so can you. Right now, you can start your… Read more by David Evans January 15, 2026 3 min
WRC News Hyundai unveils fresh look for 2026 WRC season Hyundai Motorsport has revealed a new livery design for the 2026 World Rally Championship season. Since it rejoined the WRC in 2014, Hyundai’s liveries have… Read more by Luke Barry January 15, 2026 2 min
WRC Features What we learned from pre-season testing The scores are reset to zero and the story is waiting to be written. World Rally Championship 2026 is just one week away. Commencing at… Read more by Luke Barry January 15, 2026 3 min
WRC News The Ogier mistake Evans won’t make again Having learned the hard way, Elfyn Evans is going to treat Sébastien Ogier as a World Rally Championship title contender from the get-go in 2026…. Read more by Luke Barry January 14, 2026 3 min
New Cars Opinion Win on Sunday, sell on Monday is alive and well It’s rare that I’m sufficiently moved by a road car that I just have to write about it. It happened last week. I mean… have… Read more by David Evans January 14, 2026 2 min
WRC News M-Sport reveals new livery for 2026 WRC season M-Sport has taken the covers off its 2026 World Rally Championship challenger, sporting a new livery. The Ford squad is usually the most creative WRC… Read more by Luke Barry January 14, 2026 1 min
Dakar News Ford assumes Dakar 1-2 after leaders hit trouble Ford duo Nani Roma and Carlos Sainz have moved to the head of the Dakar field after stage nine, with key rivals running into trouble… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay January 13, 2026 3 min
