WRC News Mäkinen sidelined as Toyota takes control of WRC program Tommi Mäkinen’s time in charge of Toyota’s World Rally Championship program will come to an end following this season. The Japanese manufacturer announced on Tuesday… Read more by David Evans September 22, 2020
WRC News Tänak’s slow-driving tactics “absolutely stupid” – Mäkinen Toyota team principal Tommi Mäkinen labelled Ott Tänak’s decision to drive slowly through Sunday’s Çetibeli stage as “absolutely stupid”. Tänak, who won last year’s drivers’… Read more by David Evans September 21, 2020 2 min
WRC Features Why the WRC’s reluctant hero was the right Turkey winner There was a spare seat on Jet2’s flight back from Dalaman to Manchester on Sunday night. Having spent a week in Marmaris among holidaying Brits,… Read more by David Evans September 21, 2020 5 min
Rally Features Rally Turkey Sunday stage guide One stage that can throw literally anything at World Rally Championship crews, who can find it too easy to throw their cars off the road,… Read more by David Evans September 19, 2020 1 min
WRC News Adamo certain Tänak steering problem an isolated case Hyundai Motorsport director Andrea Adamo has told DirtFish he is confident the steering issue which forced Ott Tänak off the road was a one-off and… Read more by David Evans September 19, 2020 2 min
WRC Features The emotions that say more about Tänak issue than he will A fortnight earlier – pretty much to the minute – Ott Tänak had been busy rebuilding the defence of his World Rally Championship. And he’d… Read more by David Evans September 19, 2020 5 min
WRC Features Rally Turkey Saturday stage guide The two-stage Friday itinerary in Turkey is followed by six competitive runs on Saturday, and the first time the frontrunning World Rally Championship drivers will… Read more by David Evans September 18, 2020 3 min
WRC News Rally Turkey start intervals increased to four minutes Rarely has a section-two start list for a World Rally Championship round been so eagerly anticipated but, at 10pm local time on Friday night, Rally… Read more by David Evans September 18, 2020 3 min
WRC News M-Sport duo expect rough roads to be “more forgiving” It’s not often that a Finn relishes the chance to swap the big, fast, wide roads native to rallying’s spiritual homeland for the tight, twisty,… Read more by David Evans September 18, 2020 3 min
WRC News Neuville: ‘The more rallies WRC can get, the happier I am’ Staring down the barrel of a 37-point deficit, one thing made Thierry Neuville’s eyes light up in this week. Two things, actually. The potential for… Read more by David Evans September 18, 2020 2 min
WRC News Visibility issues may prompt Turkey gap changes Rally Turkey officials will monitor dust levels on Friday’s opening stage of the fifth round of the World Rally Championship, with the clerk of the… Read more by David Evans September 18, 2020 3 min
WRC News Tänak: i20’s Turkey spec “pretty different” to Mexico In preparation for Rally Turkey, most World Rally Championship contenders are talking tactics, discussing the need to stay ahead of their nearest rivals; the potential… Read more by David Evans September 17, 2020 3 min
WRC Opinion Could Rally Turkey be Loeb’s WRC farewell? We’ve been here before. A couple of times. But this time it really does like the end could be upon us. Could this week’s Rally… Read more by David Evans September 17, 2020 2 min
WRC Features What to expect from Rally Turkey this weekend Sunshine. That’s what to expect in Turkey. Lots of sunshine. And rocks. Lots and lots of rocks. Surprises? Yep, lots of those too. Actually, the… Read more by David Evans September 17, 2020 3 min
WRC News Citroën now using title-winning WRC ideas in WRC2 When you’ve enjoyed as much World Rally Championship success as Citroën Racing, it’s worth looking back over your shoulder every now and then to learn… Read more by David Evans September 16, 2020 3 min
WRC News Rally Italy Sardinia announces it will now be closed to fans The flight will be the same, the atmosphere quite different. Micky’s Jump will be silenced this season following the decision not to allow any spectators… Read more by David Evans September 16, 2020 2 min
WRC News Loeb co-driven by sports minister in Acropolis push There’s nothing like riding shotgun with a nine-time World Rally Champion to fully realize the potential for bringing the Acropolis Rally back to the sport’s… Read more by David Evans September 16, 2020 3 min
WRC Features 1995 rewind: Eriksson shows McRae way in Australia DirtFish is reliving the 1995 World Rally Championship season in real-time. And six weeks on from Rally New Zealand all are back in Oceania, this… Read more by David Evans September 15, 2020 5 min
