Rally News Meeke’s 21-year wait to compete in New Zealand For Kris Meeke, the waiting is almost over. It’s been 21 years. But now he’s there. Almost. At the time of writing, he’s probably somewhere… Read more by David Evans April 8, 2024 2 min
WRC Features Can a Safari stage really be too rough? There was utter indignation displayed by multiple World Rally Championship drivers as they drew up to the stop line of Safari Rally Kenya’s Malewa stage…. Read more by David Evans April 8, 2024 3 min
WRC News Millener: The WRC is not broken When the FIA’s WRC working group issued its series of directives for the future of rallying’s top level in February, reactions were understandably mixed. For… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay April 8, 2024 2 min
Off-Road News Al-Attiyah hunts down Portugal W2RC win Nasser Al-Attiyah and Edouard Boulanger came out on top in the BP Ultimate Rally-Raid Portugal to claim their second successive World Rally-Raid Championship victory of… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon April 7, 2024 5 min
WRC Features How far away is a first WRC win for Fourmaux? After three rounds of this year’s World Rally Championship, Adrien Fourmaux lies third in the standings, with two podium finishes to his name. While the… Read more by Mark Paulson April 7, 2024 5 min
Cars News Get sideways at Velocity 2024 DirtFish is heading for California! Thrillseekers wanting to know what it feels like to be strapped into a rally car driven at full tilt can… Read more by DirtFish Media April 6, 2024
WRC Features Greensmith’s combative approach to WRC2 title fight Safari Rally Kenya WRC2 winner Gus Greensmith is primed and ready to fight for the 2024 WRC2 title. While his Toksport Škoda team-mate Oliver Solberg… Read more by Mark Paulson April 6, 2024 3 min
Rally News Kovalainen provides positive update on heart surgery Formula 1 race winner and regular rally competitor Heikki Kovalainen has provided a positive update on recent open heart surgery, confirming that he has the… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay April 6, 2024 3 min
ERC News ERC awaiting Lancia rally return with open arms European Rally Championship manager Iain Campbell has confirmed a warm welcome awaits in the series, should Lancia greenlight a Ypsilon Rally2 in the future. Let’s… Read more by David Evans April 6, 2024 2 min
WRC News WRC teams unify in call to retain Rally1 regulations Toyota, Hyundai and M-Sport Ford have collectively written to the FIA requesting current Rally1 regulations remain in place until the end of the 2026 World… Read more by David Evans April 5, 2024 2 min
WRC News Toyota tests 2025-spec WRC prototypes in Croatia Toyota has tested potential 2025 specification Rally1 and Rally2 cars in the last week. The cars both ran in Croatia as part of Toyota’s wider… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay April 5, 2024 3 min
WRC News Why Solberg was racing Kenya’s deputy president When the deputy president of Kenya comes to take on WRC2 pacesetter Oliver Solberg at his own game, you know the country’s government is taking… Read more by Mark Paulson April 5, 2024 3 min
WRC Opinion Is the WRC’s new points system working? The World Rally Championship’s new-for-2024 points system has been one of the talking points of the season to date. It’s a topic that seems to… Read more by DirtFish Staff April 5, 2024 5 min
WRC Photos Friends reunited after 20 years Twenty years ago, a pair of fresh-faced Frenchmen were on a mission on the stages around Antalya, Turkey. The third round of the 2004 Junior… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon April 4, 2024
Dakar News Sainz getting closer to Ford W2RC deal Carlos Sainz has told DirtFish he’s closing on an agreement with Ford to join the Blue Oval’s Dakar program later this season. The Spaniard, who… Read more by David Evans April 4, 2024 2 min
WRC News Hankook set to test asphalt Rally1 rubber Hankook will real-time test its asphalt-specification tires in Croatia for the first time this week. The Seoul-based firm ran its i*pike snow tire during the… Read more by David Evans April 4, 2024 2 min
WRC Podcast Is the WRC points system inequitable? The World Rally Championship’s new-for-2024 ‘Super Sunday’ is not a level playing field. That’s Colin Clark’s belief in a typically opinionated episode of SPIN, The… Read more by DirtFish Media April 3, 2024 10 min +
Rally Features Lancia’s rally return has an asterisk but the hype is real Calma, calma. Leave the Martini stripes and black Wayfarers where they are. For now. I know it’s difficult. We’ve all waited so long for white… Read more by David Evans April 3, 2024 3 min
