WRC Features Winners + losers of WRC’s 2023 shakeup We all know how musical chairs works. When the music stops, everyone rushes to find a seat and whoever’s left standing is out. Now this… Read more by Luke Barry January 6, 2023 3 min
ARA Podcast The legacy Ken Block leaves behind The loss of Ken Block is still being felt all over the world, as motorsport fans, competitors and media personnel alike try to adjust to a… Read more by DirtFish Media January 6, 2023
Dakar News Peterhansel and Sainz both crash out of Dakar Rally Audi’s Stéphane Peterhansel is out of this year’s Dakar Rally following a crash on the sixth stage which injured his navigator Edouard Boulanger. The incident… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 6, 2023 3 min
WRC News FIA retires #43 from WRC in 2023 as tribute to Block The number #43 has been withdrawn from use for this year’s World Rally Championship as a mark of respect to the late Ken Block. Block… Read more by Luke Barry January 6, 2023 2 min
Dakar News Dakar weekend stages altered due to flooding Dakar Rally organizers have made further tweaks to the 2023 route following the flooding of the Al Duwadimi bivouac this week. Friday’s sixth stage of… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 6, 2023 3 min
WRC Features Why WRC2 was Greensmith’s best 2023 move And then there were three. Oliver Solberg jumped first, Adrien Fourmaux swiftly followed, and now Gus Greensmith has become the third Rally1 driver to dial… Read more by Luke Barry January 6, 2023 3 min
Dakar News Floods force Dakar route rethink The Dakar Rally organizer, the ASO, has announced that Friday’s sixth stage of the 2023 edition will be reduced by around 100km as a result… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 5, 2023 2 min
WRC News Greensmith to tackle WRC2 with Toksport Škoda Gus Greensmith will drop back to WRC2 for the 2023 World Rally Championship season, debuting on Rally México with a Toksport Škoda Fabia RS Rally2. After several… Read more by Luke Barry January 5, 2023 2 min
Dakar News Al-Attiyah extends lead, Loeb crashes Nasser Al-Attiyah came out on top in a thrilling three-way scrap with Stéphane Peterhansel and Sébastien Loeb who crashed near the end to win stage… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 5, 2023 3 min
Dakar News Why Audi’s Dakar power increase isn’t controversial Around the Dakar Rally bivouac on Wednesday evening, there was the merest hint of controversy following the FIA and ASO’s joint decision to increase the… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 5, 2023 3 min
WRC Opinion 2023 will show how great Rovanperä really is In becoming world champion, you’d think the questions would stop. After a driver’s proven they can top the world, everything else that happens from here… Read more by Luke Barry January 5, 2023 3 min
Dakar News Audi to receive more power from Dakar stage five All three of Audi’s electric hybrid RS Q e-tron E2 cars will receive an increase in maximum power output from Thursday’s fifth stage of the… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 4, 2023 2 min
WRC Features The current WRC problem that traces back six years Born in the city of Trier, home to Germany’s round of the World Rally Championship for so many years, Karl Marx would have been well… Read more by David Evans January 4, 2023 5 min
Dakar News Loeb wins stage as team-mate retires through injury Bahrain Raid Xtreme’s Sébastien Loeb finally put an end to his run of bad luck on the Dakar Rally by taking his first stage victory… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 4, 2023 3 min
Dakar News “Curious” Mikkelsen would suit a Dakar career Andreas Mikkelsen’s former World Rally Championship co-driver Ola Fløene believes the three-time World Rally winner would be a perfect fit for rally-raid should he decide… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 4, 2023 3 min
Dakar Features The chaotic Dakar stage that washed away two victory chances It was a scene you simply do not expect to see in the desert landscape of Saudi Arabia. Two cars, each from the Red Bull… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 3, 2023 3 min
ARA News Off-road community pays tribute to Block We’re still processing the news that Ken Block has sadly passed away after being involved in a snowmobile accident. The 55-year-old made a huge impact… Read more by DirtFish Staff January 3, 2023
Dakar News Al-Attiyah moves into Dakar lead on shortened third day Nasser Al-Attiyah has moved into the lead of the Dakar Rally despite dropping more than 20 minutes, as Audi’s Carlos Sainz ground to a halt… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 3, 2023 3 min
