Dakar News Loriaux joins Toyota for Dakar development role Christian Loriaux has spent three and a half years battling with Toyota – and now he’s joining the Japanese manufacturer. But the amiable Belgian won’t… Read more by David Evans December 30, 2024 5 min
Dakar Features Does two-wheel success guarantee wins on four? When two-time Dakar Rally winner Toby Price got the news that KTM would not be renewing his contract for the 2025 event, it seemed only… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon December 30, 2024 5 min
Rally Features How good is Verstappen the rally driver? Love him or loathe him, that Max Verstappen is the best Formula 1 driver in the world right now isn’t really up for debate. Nine… Read more by Luke Barry December 29, 2024
WRC Features The season that unlocked Meeke’s WRC career Drivers weren’t exactly spoilt for career opportunities in the World Rally Championship come 2009. The global financial crisis of 2008 forced Subaru’s hand as it… Read more by Luke Barry December 28, 2024 5 min
WRC Features The culture that created the WRC’s most dominant force Candidly, he points out: “I was only a small cog in the gearbox!” But no gearbox can function without all of its cogs working in… Read more by Luke Barry December 27, 2024 5 min
WRC Features Where Volkswagen was 10 years ahead of the game The primary focus in all forms of motorsport is performance. It’s the ultimate parameter of success. Sébastien Ogier grilling steaks from the engine bay of… Read more by Luke Barry December 27, 2024 5 min
WRC Features WRC drivers rate their own seasons Usually, it’s DirtFish that rates the drivers out of 10 for their performance on each round of the World Rally Championship. But, at the end… Read more by DirtFish Media December 26, 2024 5 min
WRC Podcast The DirtFish 2024 Rally Quiz However you are choosing to celebrate the festive season (or indeed if you are at all), one thing that always goes down well is a… Read more by DirtFish Media December 25, 2024 10 min +
WRC Video A ‘dirty’ Martini delivered by a Ford Focus WRC The Girardo & Co. Christmas film has become as much a part of the holiday season as turkey and all the trimmings. And this year’s… Read more by David Evans December 24, 2024 2 min
WRC Features How close did Loeb come to racing in F1? Somewhere, over there, in a parallel universe, Sébastien Loeb isn’t just a nine-time World Rally champion. Because had his 2009 WRC season not turned upside down, or… Read more by Luke Barry December 24, 2024
Rally Features Why Paddon’s dad ended a 22-year retirement Context is everything. Twenty two years is deemed absolutely nothing in terms of the amount of time elapsed between Kalle Rovanperä’s birth and his first… Read more by Luke Barry December 23, 2024 5 min
Rally News Rovanperä to start 2025 with 24-hour race debut Dubai. It’s a long way from the frozen twists and turns of a Thursday night run over the Bréziers stage, but it’s where Kalle Rovanperä… Read more by David Evans December 23, 2024 3 min
WRC Features Overcoming an “impossible” challenge to enter WRC2 What will Santa Claus bring Rachele Somaschini? Everybody knows, rule number one for the big fella in red is about being good for a year…. Read more by DirtFish Media December 23, 2024
Dakar Features Getting to know Ford’s non-superstar Dakar driver When Mitch Guthrie Jr drives his Ford Raptor off the start podium in Saudi Arabia next month for his maiden assault on the Dakar Rally… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon December 22, 2024 5 min
WRC News The season that cost Latvala his passion First stage after lunch on Friday afternoon in Sardinia five years ago – that’s where Jari-Matti Latvala’s career ended. Remember that one? Tula, second time… Read more by David Evans December 22, 2024
Learn Features The magic of driving on ice Counter-intuitive doesn’t quite cover this one. A frozen lake is, correct me if I’m wrong, the slipperiest place on planet earth to walk, let alone… Read more by David Evans December 21, 2024 2 min
WRC Features Getting to know WRC’s 60-year-old outlier Nineteen years the senior of his next 2024 Rally1 rival, and with fewer career points than Thierry Neuville managed to score in Sardinia alone –… Read more by Luke Barry December 21, 2024
WRC News Will no hybrid remove a Rovanperä advantage? He might be a two-time world champion who’s already taken half a year out, but Kalle Rovanperä is still only 24. And still very much… Read more by David Evans December 20, 2024 2 min
