WRC News Abiteboul: We won’t spend one euro testing a Rally1 alternative Hyundai team principal Cyril Abiteboul has talked DirtFish through the thinking behind his team’s plans not to prepare for anything other than a continuation of… Read more by David Evans May 16, 2024 3 min
WRC News M-Sport: Fourmaux now looks like the finished article If M-Sport’s team principal Richard Millener had a haughty look, he’d probably be wearing it right now. And with some justification. His protégé is delivering… Read more by David Evans May 15, 2024 3 min
WRC News Hyundai granted joker dispensation for 2025 Hyundai will have the opportunity to deliver 50% of its new-for-2025 car after a deal was struck with rival manufacturers allowing the Korean manufacturer to… Read more by David Evans May 14, 2024 3 min
WRC Opinion What Evans must do to remain in WRC title fight If Elfyn Evans won the lottery on Saturday night, he’s probably lost the ticket. Nothing went right for Toyota’s Welshman in Portugal last week. There… Read more by David Evans May 14, 2024 2 min
WRC Features Why Rovanperä’s off wasn’t Portugal’s biggest story Saturday morning. It’s just after seven and as the cars depart service for the stages, some of the World Rally Championship’s heavier hitters head inside… Read more by David Evans May 13, 2024 3 min
WRC News Ford hints at bigger ambitions in off-road motorsport Ford Performance and M-Sport revealed half of a four-strong driver line-up for its Dakar program on Friday. Carlos Sainz and Nani Roma are big names…. Read more by David Evans May 11, 2024 2 min
WRC News America gets WRC Promoter push America’s return to the World Rally Championship has been placed at the heart of the series promoter’s strategy. Rally USA’s Chattanooga-based exhibition event will run… Read more by David Evans May 11, 2024 3 min
Rally Features Paddon: why am I doing this? While Portugal focuses the northern hemisphere’s rallying eye, the cat’s back down under. Playtime’s over for the Kiwi mice. Saturday is round two of the… Read more by David Evans May 10, 2024 5 min
WRC News Ogier chasing down Rovanperä for Portugal lead Kalle Rovanperä leads Rally Portugal by a single second from Toyota team-mate Sébastien Ogier, following a frenetic Friday on the roads around Arganil. Both world… Read more by David Evans May 10, 2024 3 min
ARA News Pastrana returns for Oregon Trail Rally Subaru Motorsports USA has confirmed it will return to a two-car team at next week’s Oregon Trail Rally, with Travis Pastrana back in the #199… Read more by David Evans May 10, 2024 3 min
Dakar Features Why Ford and M-Sport signed Sainz It would have been shortly before his 10th birthday. Quite possibly standing in the kitchen at home in Cumbria. Matthew Wilson knew then. And he… Read more by David Evans May 10, 2024 5 min
Dakar News Sainz confirmed for Ford’s Dakar assault Carlos Sainz’s sensational return to Ford has been confirmed, with the four-time Dakar winner joined by countryman Nani Roma. The two Spaniards represent half of… Read more by David Evans May 10, 2024 3 min
WRC News Hyundai gambles on future WRC rules Hyundai has gambled on the current World Rally Championship regulations remaining in place for the next two years – focusing its future development on the… Read more by David Evans May 10, 2024 3 min
Rally News DirtFish is going bigger in Ireland DirtFish is delighted to partner with Onthepacenote to bring further coverage of the remaining rounds of this year’s Irish Tarmac Rally Championship. The DirtFish YouTube… Read more by David Evans May 9, 2024 2 min
WRC Features When Röhrl used Lancia’s tricks against the Italians At some point, the question’s coming. Given the potential for dry and dusty conditions, it’s as inevitable as the consumption of Pastéis de Nata in… Read more by David Evans May 9, 2024 5 min
WRC News Meeke downplays odds of WRC2 Portugal victory Kris Meeke has a message for the watching world: don’t be expecting any heroics at this week’s Rally de Portugal. While the Northern Irishman arrives… Read more by David Evans May 9, 2024 3 min
Rally Photos When Toivonen’s Portuguese stormer went south It was a dream Lancia debut that turned sour soon after Sintra. Four decades ago, Henri Toivonen’s career was at something of a crossroads. David… Read more by David Evans May 8, 2024 3 min
WRC Features Will WRC indecision push Kalle Rovanperä away? What does Kalle Rovanperä think? As the dossier that will dictate the next two years in the World Rally Championship is compiled and completed, what… Read more by David Evans May 8, 2024 5 min
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