WRC News FIA, WRC Promoter react to Safari decision An 18-year wait just got 12 months longer with the news that July’s Safari Rally in Kenya has been canned due to coronavirus. Both the… Read more by David Evans May 16, 2020 2 min
WRC News Safari Rally officially called off for 2020 This year’s Safari Rally Kenya has been called off, with Africa’s return to the World Rally Championship now deferred until next season. The announcement, made… Read more by David Evans May 15, 2020 2 min
WRC News Privateers ask for more input into WRC restart plans Private teams competing in the World Rally Championship are calling for a voice in the future direction of a series they feel they provide the… Read more by David Evans May 15, 2020 3 min
WRC News 2021 Toyota already “very close” to current car’s pace Here’s the news Toyota’s World Rally Championship rivals didn’t want to hear: the 2021-specification GR Yaris WRC is already as quick as the car it’s… Read more by David Evans May 15, 2020 3 min
WRC News Safari Rally has completed route survey Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta is expected to discuss immediate plans for this year’s Safari Rally on Friday. All indications from the Naivasha-based event itself –… Read more by David Evans May 14, 2020 3 min
WRC Podcast Breen backs Rally2 future Hyundai Motorsport driver Craig Breen can see the sense in scaling back 2022 Rally1 cars and using a Rally2 base for the sport’s next generation…. Read more by David Evans May 13, 2020 2 min
Rally Features Fassbender Rally of the Lakes short film released Macbeth in a Mk2 Escort. Only Hollywood come could up with such a thing. But, if one of Scotland’s most powerful literary figures was going… Read more by David Evans May 12, 2020 5 min
Rally News Australia unveils strategy for global motorsport return Motorsport Australia president Andrew Papadopoulos is hopeful that his organization’s strategy to resume competition in the country amid the coronavirus pandemic will become the blueprint… Read more by David Evans May 11, 2020 3 min
WRC Features Lifting the lid on Tänak’s Hyundai move Don’t play poker with Ott Tänak. Just don’t. Talking to him in Turkey last September, he quietly, but firmly, poured cold water on speculation of… Read more by David Evans May 11, 2020 10 min +
Rally Features Reid using Burns Rally game in WRC safety training This is a version of Richard Burns Rally you and I will never get to play. This game is about much more than fun. It’s… Read more by David Evans May 11, 2020 5 min
Rally Podcast Solberg beating the F1 stars at their own game The Brabham BT44B might not have a handbrake, but with 450bhp courtesy of the combined brilliance of Mike Costin and Keith Duckworth in its Ford… Read more by David Evans May 10, 2020 3 min
WRC Video Behind the scenes on a classic 1984 WRC rally Let’s zip down under for some mid-1980s Kiwi action courtesy of VHS Rallies. This 45-minuter is based on the 45-stage, 630-competitive mile 1984 Sanyo Rally… Read more by David Evans May 10, 2020 3 min
WRC Opinion Tragedy follows tragedy: The 1987 Tour de Corse Much has been made of the 1986 Tour de Corse in recent days. Here at DirtFish we debated the moment our sport changed forever in… Read more by David Evans May 9, 2020 2 min
WRC Features Getting to know… the real Adamo Somewhere high in the mountains above Turin, a 13-year-old is beneath the duvet listening to Radio Monte Carlo. He’s listening to see if his hero… Read more by David Evans May 7, 2020 10 min +
WRC News Rally Finland gains new hope from football exemption rule A Finnish government minister has given World Rally Championship fans a ray of hope with news that the country’s lockdown restrictions will begin to be… Read more by David Evans May 6, 2020 2 min
WRC News WRC calendar update includes Finland postponement option The FIA and WRC Promoter has laid out the short-term future of the World Rally Championship in a joint document issued to the media on… Read more by David Evans May 6, 2020 2 min
Rally Features 1995 Rewind: Auriol wins Thiry’s Corsican heatbreaker In the hills high above Ajaccio’s Napoléon Bonaparte airport, Bruno Thiry sat in the long grass and turned his back on the world. Like the… Read more by David Evans May 5, 2020 5 min
WRC Podcast The common sense cost cut with DirtFish’s support DirtFish is used to bringing you the news from the world of rallying, but this week former team manager and sporting director George Donaldson has… Read more by David Evans May 5, 2020 5 min
