ARA News DirtFish Live Center added to Olympus Rally coverage Are you ready? You better be. Next weekend’s a very, very big one for us. DirtFish Live Center will be operating at DirtFish Olympus Rally and… Read more by David Evans April 12, 2023 2 min
WRC Opinion What the WRC will miss without Markko Märtin Markko Märtin isn’t somebody who smiles a lot. I like that about him. I like Ott Tänak for a similar reason. The pair of them,… Read more by David Evans April 11, 2023 3 min
WRC News Tänak and Märtin part company Ott Tänak and his long-term mentor and business partner Markko Märtin have parted company. As well as working together on the management of the 2019… Read more by David Evans April 10, 2023 2 min
WRC News How Rally USA’s first step hit the mark Reliance. Dependence on or trust in something. If you’re a rally fan in the United States of America, you have no idea how reliant you… Read more by David Evans April 10, 2023 3 min
ERC Features Paddon’s task of flying across the world and back again Kiwis are renowned as great adventurers. Sir Edmund Hillary, anybody? Sir Peter Blake? And what about Hayden Paddon? I know, he’s not a natural fit… Read more by David Evans April 9, 2023 2 min
WRC Features Why stats don’t matter to Ogier When are we going to listen to Sébastien Ogier? When? When are we going to understand that nine doesn’t always have to follow eight? He… Read more by David Evans April 8, 2023 5 min
WRC News Tänak calls for Ogier to fight for WRC title Ott Tänak has called on his former team-mate Sébastien Ogier to stick around and fight for this year’s World Rally Championship. Tänak and Ogier shared… Read more by David Evans April 7, 2023 2 min
Rally Features Why don’t all countries adopt just Rally2 rules? Last week’s Otago Rally asked and answered plenty of questions. Hayden Paddon’s decision to drive a Hyundai i20 N Rally2 as opposed to the AP4… Read more by David Evans April 7, 2023 2 min
WRC Features Why Saturday is a big day for the WRC We’re in that innocuous-feeling downtime between rounds of the World Rally Championship, right? It’s a couple of weeks since México, the same until Croatia. Bit… Read more by David Evans April 6, 2023 3 min
Rally Features Does Paddon help or hinder New Zealand rallying? Hayden Paddon. Brilliant benchmark raising the standard of New Zealand rallying or pot-hunter who needs to move on? As the 2016 Rally Argentina winner was… Read more by David Evans April 6, 2023 5 min
ERC News Paddon increases his commitment to the ERC Hayden Paddon’s Portuguese win at the opening round of this year’s European Rally Championship has made his busy schedule even busier – the New Zealander… Read more by David Evans April 4, 2023 2 min
Rally Features The rally that should be on all drivers’ bucket lists Mikko Hirvonen was shaking his head. He stopped. He stared straight ahead just long enough to think he might be able to take in what… Read more by David Evans April 3, 2023 5 min
WRC News What Tänak learned from his Croatia warm-up rally Rain is rain is rain, regardless of whether the weather’s in Croatia or Belgium. If round four turns wet, Ott Tänak’s preparations are already ahead… Read more by David Evans April 3, 2023 2 min
Rally News Paddon wins Otago Rally for a 10th time It’s done. The perfect 10 from the perfect weekend. Hayden Paddon and John Kennard dominated the Otago Rally, winning the Dunedin event for the 10th… Read more by David Evans April 1, 2023 2 min
Rally News Hayden Paddon races ahead on day one of Otago Rally He’s done it nine time already and his pursuit of the perfect 10 began with an undefeated Saturday. Hayden Paddon won all eight stages on… Read more by David Evans April 1, 2023 3 min
Women in motorsport News Inside the delivery of DirtFish Women’s Month 2023 Where’s a leap year when you need one? The moment dawned on Josie Rimmer and I at the same time. March… it’s next week. It… Read more by David Evans March 31, 2023 3 min
Rally Features David Evans: I’m already in love with Otago Rally The Otago Rally hasn’t even started yet and we’re going to talk about the finish. Here’s two words you’re going to hear an awful lot… Read more by David Evans March 31, 2023 3 min
Rally Features The NZ roads even better than WRC Rally New Zealand Cows? No, deer. What’s that log? It’s a seal. Are they birds on that jetty thing? Try blue penguins. And where’s over there, if we… Read more by David Evans March 30, 2023 3 min
