WRC News Hyundai abandoned fix for Lappi’s Safari fault in 2023 DirtFish can reveal Esapekka Lappi’s retirement from last week’s Safari Rally Kenya was likely caused by a homologation problem last year. The teams are permitted… Read more by David Evans April 2, 2024 3 min
WRC News Mikkelsen to contest Piemonte rally in Hyundai Rally1 Hyundai driver Andreas Mikkelsen will contest next week’s Rally Regione Piemonte as part of his preparation for his next World Rally Championship outing in Croatia…. Read more by David Evans April 2, 2024 2 min
WRC News Kankkunen: Rovanperä will come back even better in 2025 Four-time World Rally Champion Juha Kankkunen has warned that his countryman Kalle Rovanperä will come back from his part-program 2024 season an even better driver. The… Read more by David Evans April 2, 2024 2 min
WRC Features How Rovanperä rode the rocks to rule the Safari Friday As the cars departed the south-bound side of the Nairobi Expressway, passing Kenya’s parliament building, heading for the Kenyatta International Convention Center, the sense… Read more by David Evans April 1, 2024 10 min +
WRC News Tänak: ‘WRC not under control’ Ott Tänak has been tricky at times in the last couple of years. There’s been a truculence born out of frustration with his working environment…. Read more by David Evans April 1, 2024 3 min
WRC News Neuville: Fuel problem not down to Safari conditions The fuel-related problem which cost Thierry Neuville his hopes of a maiden Safari Rally Kenya win are not specific to this event, according to the… Read more by David Evans March 30, 2024 3 min
Rally News Strategy call helps Edwards to Circuit of Ireland win An inspired tire choice helped Matt Edwards score a maiden Irish Tarmac Championship victory of the season, the Welshman heading series leader Keith Cronin home… Read more by David Evans March 30, 2024 3 min
WRC Features When Grist helped McRae answer a different call Martijn Wydaeghe’s story of steering a rally car from the wrong seat is nothing new. His fellow co-driver Nicky Grist has a very similar story… Read more by David Evans March 29, 2024 3 min
Rally Features The Irish Tarmac event that’s a thorn in Cronin’s side And relax. Everything is as it should be again. It’s Easter weekend and the Safari and the Circuit of Ireland are running simultaneously. Last time… Read more by David Evans March 29, 2024 3 min
WRC News Hyundai drivers told to slow down to save transmission Hyundai’s chances of ending Toyota’s domination of Safari Rally Kenya look to have been spoiled by transmission issues, with the team’s technical director François-Xavier Demaison… Read more by David Evans March 29, 2024 3 min
WRC News WRC instability leaves Hyundai’s future hanging in the balance Hyundai Motorsport is pushing for confirmation of 2025 World Rally Championship regulations as it seeks to clarify its future in the series. The FIA has… Read more by David Evans March 29, 2024 2 min
WRC News Greensmith makes pacenote revamp to address his mistakes Words are important. When it comes to pacenotes, words are everything. That’s why Gus Greensmith has introduced some new ones to his system for this… Read more by David Evans March 28, 2024 2 min
WRC Features How heavy rain would affect Safari Rally Kenya The clouds are gathering. The rain’s coming. The big questions are: how much and for how long? George Donaldson is a man who knows all… Read more by David Evans March 28, 2024 3 min
WRC Features The thinking behind Toyota’s Safari snorkel Unless you’re a Toyota driver, it’s the talk of Naivasha. Forget Kenya’s big five – the GR Yaris Rally1’s big snorkel has dominated service park… Read more by David Evans March 28, 2024 5 min
ERC News McRae confirms European season Just days after starting his British adventure, Max McRae has confirmed he will return to this year’s Junior European Rally Championship to finish the job… Read more by David Evans March 27, 2024 2 min
ERC News Armstrong promoted to factory M-Sport drive Finally, he’s turning virtual to reality. Jon Armstrong has made a career out of making rally fans happy around the world. He’s the guy who… Read more by David Evans March 27, 2024 2 min
WRC Features The event Group B’s supercars couldn’t crack Group B comes along and changes everything, right? Kind of. But not quite everything. There was one event which didn’t exactly embrace the revolution. The… Read more by David Evans March 27, 2024
ERC News ERC champion Paddon reveals 2024 plans After a record-breaking 2023 at both ends of planet earth, Hayden Paddon will return to defend both his European Rally Championship and New Zealand titles… Read more by David Evans March 26, 2024 2 min
