WRC Features Toyota’s new heroes made short Sweden a classic As the days passed in the run up to Rally Sweden, the clearer it became: the event was history. Financial ruin and World Rally Championship… Read more by David Evans February 16, 2020 5 min
WRC News Tänak feared he’d miss Sweden after Monte crash Reigning World Rally champion Ott Tänak has revealed to DirtFish that he wasn’t even sure he would be starting Rally Sweden. He ultimately drove to… Read more by David Evans February 16, 2020 3 min
WRC News Powerstage to go ahead despite weather fears The Rally Sweden powerstage will go ahead despite heavy rain and high temperatures in Likenas. The threat of the conditions had already prompted the itinerary… Read more by David Evans February 16, 2020 2 min
WRC Video FIA president keen WRC returns to USA It’s been a long time since Miki Biasion took more than five hours to beat Lancia team-mate Alex Fiorio by five minutes on the 1988… Read more by David Evans February 15, 2020 5 min
WRC News WRC commercial chief Ciesla to step down Changes are coming at the very highest level of the World Rally Championship’s commercial operation, DirtFish can reveal, with WRC Promoter CEO Oliver Ciesla stepping… Read more by David Evans February 15, 2020 5 min
WRC News Todt declares snow-less Sweden won’t be repeated FIA president Jean Todt has told DirtFish there will be no repeat of this week’s snow-less Rally Sweden. Todt was quick to praise the efforts… Read more by David Evans February 15, 2020 3 min
WRC News First Sunday stage cancelled The final day of Rally Sweden will comprise just one run of the Likenas stage, with the planned first pass being cancelled. Organizers have been… Read more by David Evans February 15, 2020 2 min
WRC Features Video Swedish legend Blomqvist wants an Evans victory Seven-time Rally Sweden winner Stig Blomqvist wants Elfyn Evans to win this week’s World Rally Championship event to finish the job his father Gwyndaf Evans… Read more by David Evans February 14, 2020 5 min
WRC News History repeating for the Rovanperä family? On a Friday night, 19 years ago this month, a Rovanperä was running second on the International Swedish Rally. Fast forward from 2001 to 2020… Read more by David Evans February 14, 2020 3 min
WRC Features Q&A: Evans on taking control of Rally Sweden Elfyn Evans made an outstanding start to the 2020 World Rally Championship season by leading much of the Monte Carlo Rally on his Toyota debut… Read more by David Evans February 14, 2020 5 min
WRC News Toyota gives Latvala extra rally as apology Toyota team principal Tommi Mäkinen has apologized to Jari-Matti Latvala for his early retirement from Rally Sweden and promised the Finn a run at Rally… Read more by David Evans February 14, 2020 3 min
WRC News Mäkinen lauds “new stars” Rovanperä and Evans Toyota World Rally Championship team boss Tommi Mäkinen thought about his answer, but realised he didn’t have to think too long. Fastest time on two… Read more by David Evans February 14, 2020 3 min
WRC News Latvala’s car withdrawn from Friday’s final stage Jari-Matti Latvala withdrew his Toyota Yaris WRC from Friday’s final Rally Sweden stage so the team could investigate the car’s issues. After losing time with… Read more by David Evans February 14, 2020 3 min
WRC Features Saturday stage guide with Craig Breen Here at DirtFish we think we know a little bit about the stages. And we do know a bit. But we don’t know as much… Read more by David Evans February 13, 2020 3 min
WRC Video Latvala on the start of his new WRC chapter Rally Sweden is the beginning of a new chapter for Jari-Matti Latvala – fielding his own Toyota Yaris after dropping out of the World Rally… Read more by David Evans February 13, 2020 5 min
WRC News Ogier: Short route leaves no margin for error Rally Sweden’s shortened route means drivers will have to be neater, tidier and faster than ever to win, according to six-time World Rally champion Sébastien… Read more by David Evans February 13, 2020 3 min
WRC Video What we learned from shakedown Kalle Rovanperä caused a stir when he blitzed the rest of the World Rally Championship field on the Rally Sweden shakedown. DirtFish experts Colin Clark… Read more by David Evans February 13, 2020 10 min +
WRC Video Expert guide to Rally Sweden’s studded tires With the unprecedented conditions on Rally Sweden, good use of the studded tires used by all crews is going to be decisive on round two… Read more by David Evans February 13, 2020 5 min
