Rally News Toyota aims to run 2022 car by end of March The race to the rally is on. With all eyes fixed on this week’s Monte Carlo Rally, there’s plenty of focus on the same event… Read more by David Evans January 19, 2021 2 min
WRC Video Hyundai tests co-driver relationships with blindfold challenge There’s a degree of irony in the fact that Nicolas Gilsoul’s final competitive outing in a Hyundai was one where he blindfolded his driver Thierry… Read more by David Evans January 18, 2021 10 min +
Rally News What Bottas made of Pirelli’s rally tires Valtteri Bottas knows a thing or two about making Pirellis work. He knows, for example, that when he charges into one of Formula 1’s most… Read more by David Evans January 18, 2021 1 min
WRC News The WRC’s 2021 co-driver reshuffle Nicolas Gilsoul’s departure from the seat alongside Thierry Neuville might have made the headlines last week, but the Belgian split’s not the only co-driver story in… Read more by David Evans January 18, 2021 1 min
WRC News M-Sport focused on positives after Greensmith’s test crash M-Sport Ford World Rally Team principal Richard Millener has told Gus Greensmith to put Friday’s excursion behind him and focus on the forthcoming Monte Carlo… Read more by David Evans January 16, 2021 1 min
WRC News M-Sport gets clearance to travel to Monte Carlo Rarely have travel regulations been pored over quite so studiously as this week. But it looks to have done the job. The British contingent of… Read more by David Evans January 16, 2021 2 min
WRC News Monte Carlo Rally issued restrictions by local region The Haute-Alpes – the region hosting next week’s Monte Carlo Rally – has laid out the ground rules for next week’s opening round of the… Read more by David Evans January 16, 2021 2 min
WRC News Gilsoul’s exit “big shock” for Hyundai on eve of season DirtFish understands Nicolas Gilsoul’s decision to not continue co-driving Thierry Neuville after 10 seasons together came as a total surprise to the Belgian and wider… Read more by David Evans January 15, 2021 2 min
WRC News Toyota urges Evans to forget WRC title loss pain Toyota Gazoo Racing technical director Tom Fowler has urged Elfyn Evans to forget his feelings about 2020 and focus on the positives of pushing team-mate… Read more by David Evans January 15, 2021 2 min
Rally News Pirelli’s longest studded rally tire debuting this weekend You would think everybody would be talking about the World Rally Championship’s first visit to the Arctic Circle at this week’s Arctic Lapland Rally. But… Read more by David Evans January 15, 2021 2 min
WRC News Will Tänak’s huge 2020 Monte crash affect his return? Nobody could blame Ott Tänak if his horrifyingly spectacular exit from last year’s Monte Carlo Rally wasn’t firmly in his mind as he returns to… Read more by David Evans January 14, 2021 2 min
WRC News Ogier and Ingrassia uninjured in Monte Carlo test crash Toyota Gazoo Racing has confirmed to DirtFish that both Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia were uninjured in a high-speed testing crash on Wednesday morning. The… Read more by David Evans January 13, 2021 1 min
WRC News Monte “wouldn’t seem fair” if one team can’t travel – Tänak Ott Tänak has questioned the fairness of running the Monte Carlo Rally if the British contingent aren’t allowed into France to contest the World Rally… Read more by David Evans January 13, 2021 2 min
WRC News Evans: Cars could be faster in places on Pirelli’s Monte tires Elfyn Evans says Pirelli’s range of Monte Carlo Rally tires has the potential to be quicker than last year’s Michelins in certain conditions. Pirelli has… Read more by David Evans January 13, 2021 2 min
WRC Opinion A moral dilemma – should the WRC go to Monte Carlo? The first time I filed a story with the subject line ‘Brits to Monte’ it involved a couple of McRaes, a Burns and a level… Read more by David Evans January 12, 2021 3 min
WRC News WRC lobbies France over UK travel restrictions British participation in next week’s Monte Carlo Rally hangs in the balance as World Rally Championship officials look to find a way across the English… Read more by David Evans January 12, 2021 2 min
WRC News ‘Everything looking good’ for Wednesday Arctic WRC decision In a week when we learned of the death of the RAC Rally (I think we can call it that again now) in its current… Read more by David Evans January 12, 2021 1 min
Dakar Features The inside line from Prodrive’s first Dakar entry Former World Rally Championship outfit Prodrive has made its first venture into rally raid this year in the Dakar Rally, running the team and developing… Read more by David Evans January 11, 2021 3 min