WRC News Six new cars coming to EA Sports WRC Six new cars are coming to the World Rally Championship’s official video game, EA Sports WRC, including the all-conquering Volkswagen Polo R WRC and iconic… Read more by Luke Barry January 16, 2025 2 min
Dakar News Dakar lead changes hands again with one stage to go Overdrive Racing’s Yazeed Al Rajhi is within touching distance of becoming the first Saudi Arabian driver to win the Dakar Rally after moving back ahead… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 16, 2025 3 min
WRC Features Pajari’s calculated approach to his first full WRC season This is a very, very big moment for Sami Pajari. It’s one he’s been dreaming about since he started rallying in 2016. Back then it… Read more by David Evans January 16, 2025 3 min
WRC Podcast The worst title defenses in WRC history Winning the World Rally Championship is the pinnacle of any rally driver’s career, but fairly soon attention turns to the next challenge: retaining that crown… Read more by DirtFish Media January 15, 2025 10 min +
Dakar News Tactics come to the fore as Dakar lead changes again Amid the raging battle for the 2025 Dakar Rally victory, there’s a game of poker being played at the front. Tactics have been in force… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 15, 2025 3 min
WRC Features Will we see the same Neuville now he’s world champion? He estimates he’d had 11 days off in the seven weeks that have passed since he became World Rally champion. A fitting coincidence given the… Read more by Luke Barry January 15, 2025 5 min
WRC News Why Toyota expects Evans to be faster this year Pressure is for tires… apparently, according to impassioned commentary comments from former England soccer star Alan Shearer. Technically, he’s not wrong. Elfyn Evans was, like… Read more by Luke Barry January 14, 2025 2 min
Dakar News Dakar lead changes hands with just three days to go Overdrive Racing’s Yazeed Al Rajhi has moved into the lead of the 2025 Dakar Rally with three stages remaining after overhauling Toyota Hilux stablemate Henk… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 14, 2025 3 min
WRC News Sesks gets six-round WRC program with M-Sport Mārtiņš Sesks will compete on six rounds of the 2025 World Rally Championship with M-Sport, starting with next month’s Rally Sweden. The 25-year-old Latvian shot… Read more by Luke Barry January 14, 2025 3 min
WRC News Neuville reveals Hyundai 2025 car debut timeline The highly-anticipated evolution of Hyundai’s i20 N Rally1 will make its competitive debut at the second round of the World Rally Championship in Sweden. Hyundai… Read more by Luke Barry January 13, 2025 2 min
Dakar News Al-Attiyah closes on Ekström for Dakar podium The battle for third place in the 2025 Dakar Rally intensified on stage eight as Dacia’s Nasser Al-Attiyah reduced the gap to the M-Sport Ford… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 13, 2025 3 min
WRC News Rovanperä’s support for his only “real friend” in WRC Kalle Rovanperä had to stand on the sidelines and watch it happen. It wasn’t his business, he couldn’t get involved. But it still hurt –… Read more by David Evans January 13, 2025 1 min
WRC Features What happened to WRC’s obvious Rally1 candidate? There’s an unwritten rule in motorsport that the winner of a championship’s chief support category should, by rights, earn their place in the top tier… Read more by Luke Barry January 12, 2025 5 min
Dakar News Dakar leader fumes at organizers’ road book decision It was a decision that was always going to divide opinion. On one side, the rally leader has seen an over-seven-minute lead almost completely evaporate;… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 12, 2025 5 min
Dakar News Road book error blows Dakar wide open As the storm clouds gathered over the Al Duwadimi bivouac, it became clear that stage seven of the 2025 Dakar Rally was going to be… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 12, 2025 3 min
News Toyota reveals all-new GR Corolla Rally Concept Toyota Gazoo Racing revealed its GR Corolla Rally Concept at the Tokyo Auto Salon on Sunday. The all-new car is the first official Corolla since… Read more by David Evans January 12, 2025
Dakar News Al-Rajhi closes in on Dakar lead, Chicherit hospitalized after crash Even when things got a little choppy, it still seemed as if the wind was in Yazeed Al Rajhi’s sails on the Dakar’s sixth stage…. Read more by Alasdair Lindsay January 11, 2025 2 min
WRC Features How Rovanperä’s bettered himself ahead of 2025 title push The gap year’s done. He’s back. As Kalle Rovanperä prepares to return the #69 Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 to full-time deployment, he takes a moment… Read more by David Evans January 11, 2025 5 min
