Rally News Daybreaker Rally set for return There’s something special about daybreak. It’s the start of a whole new day. A whole new adventure. When darkness deserts the streets of Manawatu on… Read more by David Evans August 9, 2023 3 min
WRC Features Evans has won Finland before – but this was different The bubble burst. At five o’clock on Friday afternoon, the atmosphere in the Rally Finland service park changed. The Finns were a little bit finished…. Read more by David Evans August 7, 2023 5 min
WRC News Toyota committed to the WRC for the long term Toyota chairman Akio Toyoda has outlined a long-term World Rally Championship future to DirtFish – but admitted he is calling on fellow manufacturers to join… Read more by David Evans August 7, 2023 2 min
WRC Features Why Rally Finland crash prompted Halttunen to shave The moustache is gone. It’s not welcome anymore. Nor was the alarm clock which went off at rally time on Saturday. When Jonne Halttunen and… Read more by David Evans August 5, 2023 3 min
ARA News Gruszka’s push for ARA silver delayed Second place in the Green APU American Rally Association will have to wait a while for Patrick Guszka following his decision to withdraw from this… Read more by David Evans August 5, 2023 2 min
WRC Features Experiencing a Rally Finland stage in a very special car Hannu Mikkola has helped write the Audi quattro Sport E2 into the legend of Rally Finland. On Friday night, I’d like to think I might… Read more by David Evans August 5, 2023 3 min
WRC Features Video The legend of Lankamaa Standing at the bottom of a hill looking back up through the trees, it all made sense. This really was the place. The slight crest just before… Read more by David Evans August 3, 2023 5 min
WRC Features The stage that’s inspired Latvala’s WRC comeback Myhinpää. It’s the road furthest to east on this week’s Rally Finland. But it’s just a road. Just a name. Or is it? Not according… Read more by David Evans August 1, 2023 3 min
WRC Opinion David Evans: My advice to Teemu Suninen Dear Teemu, How are you? Ready? Good. I’ve been thinking about your week ahead. You don’t need advice. You’re surrounded by it. But here are… Read more by David Evans July 31, 2023 3 min
WRC News Tampere greets its hero in Finland warm-up Just over there is the Holy Grail for Finnish rallying. Ouninpohja. Today’s not about that road. Today’s about this road. Savontie. It’s nowhere near as… Read more by David Evans July 31, 2023
ERC News Junior ERC heads for Italian asphalt Want to know how popular this year’s Junior ERC is? Ask Victor Hansen. After towing his Peugeot 208 Rally4 400 miles across Sweden to Royal… Read more by David Evans July 28, 2023 2 min
WRC News Toyota believes in Katsuta ‘with all our hearts’ Takamoto Katsuta wasn’t himself in Estonia. In fact, he wasn’t anywhere near himself. We know all about the Toyota driver’s speed. And we know about… Read more by David Evans July 28, 2023 3 min
ERC News Evans backs Welsh event for ERC inclusion Few feel Wales’ absence from an FIA calendar as keenly as Elfyn Evans. It’s four years since Rally GB last graced the nation’s northern coastline… Read more by David Evans July 27, 2023 2 min
WRC News Katsuta: I should be performing better The honesty of the answer was trademark Takamoto Katsuta, but it was still surprising. Where had he lost time in Estonia last week? Every corner…. Read more by David Evans July 27, 2023 3 min
WRC Features Why Estonia’s support of Latvia isn’t “political bulls***” Many months ago, when Urmo Aava told DirtFish he was pleased for Latvia and its inclusion into the World Rally Championship, I made a mental… Read more by David Evans July 26, 2023 3 min
WRC Features Toyota’s promise that unlocked Rovanperä’s domination For a car made on the world’s fastest rally roads, the Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 simply wasn’t fast enough last year. Watching Hyundai beat them… Read more by David Evans July 26, 2023 3 min
WRC Opinion David Evans: Estonia proved me wrong over the years I’m writing this slap, bang in the middle of the Gulf of Finland. Heading north. The wrong direction. How’s that possible? How can destination Helsinki… Read more by David Evans July 25, 2023 3 min
WRC News What exactly happened to Tänak’s broken engine? The process of stripping the engine which cost Ott Tänak and M-Sport the chance of winning last week’s Rally Estonia is underway back at the… Read more by David Evans July 25, 2023 2 min
