WRC Photos Gallery: A local look through Rally New Zealand history New Zealand has to be one of the most picturesque places on planet Earth. It’s got everything. It’s the place that brought Tolkein’s ring thing… Read more by David Evans October 10, 2022 3 min
WRC Opinion What does Nagle retiring mean for Breen? Just over a decade ago, a piece of Craig Breen died. When his co-driver Gareth ‘Jaffa’ Roberts was killed on the Targa Florio Rally there… Read more by David Evans October 8, 2022 3 min
WRC News Neuville has three drivers in mind who could join Hyundai Thierry Neuville says a return to the Hyundai Motorsport team for Andreas Mikkelsen could be a way forward for the beleaguered Korean manufacturer in 2023…. Read more by David Evans October 6, 2022 3 min
WRC Features Making sense of Hyundai’s Solberg split – and what comes next Dear Hyundai. Chicken meet egg. Egg meet chicken. The decision to drop Oliver Solberg for a more experienced driver shines a light on one of… Read more by David Evans October 6, 2022 3 min
WRC News Solberg and Hyundai to part ways at end of 2022 Oliver Solberg and Hyundai Motorsport have parted company after two years, with the Korean manufacturer citing a change of direction for their World Rally Championship… Read more by David Evans October 6, 2022 3 min
WRC Opinion What Rally New Zealand got right…and wrong This is one of those heading north from NZ, eight-day weeks. A times-two Tuesday. Landing in Seattle before I’d left Auckland offered the opportunity for… Read more by David Evans October 5, 2022 5 min
WRC Features David Evans: Watching Rovanperä grow to greatness Kalle Rovanperä opened the door and motioned me in. We were a couple of days out from Rally Finland, and this was his downtime. Opportunities… Read more by David Evans October 4, 2022 5 min
WRC Features Did Rally New Zealand deliver on the hype? Sébastien Ogier thought about it. It was a difficult decision. Conditions were shocking and he had completely the wrong rubber beneath him. What to do?… Read more by David Evans October 3, 2022 5 min
WRC Features The symbolism in what Rovanperä has achieved Good as he was at driving rally cars, Marcus Grönholm was – and probably is – rubbish at lighting cigars. Two decades ago I sat… Read more by David Evans October 2, 2022 3 min
WRC Features How the purpose-built Jack’s Ridge powerstage was made This story comes to you live from a tent at the side of the Rally New Zealand powerstage. Welcome to Jack’s Ridge. This, my friends,… Read more by David Evans October 1, 2022 3 min
WRC Features Unexpectedly meeting a hero at Rally New Zealand Simon Larkin, I’m very sorry. It’s thanks to Simon that I’m standing in Helensville, New Zealand on a Thursday morning, readying myself for some of… Read more by David Evans September 30, 2022 3 min
WRC News Breen expected to restart New Zealand on Saturday Craig Breen is expected to return to Rally New Zealand action tomorrow despite putting his Ford Puma Rally 1 Hybrid off the road on the… Read more by David Evans September 29, 2022 2 min
WRC Features The WRC’s decade-long wait for paradise is over For Europeans – especially the ones from the chillier parts to the north – the sense of occasion is enormous. A day, possibly a day… Read more by David Evans September 29, 2022 3 min
WRC Features When McRae created a legacy in New Zealand August was a busy month for Colin McRae in 1993. He turned 25. He changed British rallying history forever. And he began a three-year reign… Read more by David Evans September 28, 2022 5 min
WRC News WRC victory drought won’t change Evans’s approach The departure gate ahead of a day on a plane’s never the best time or place to catch up with a rally driver and Elfyn… Read more by David Evans September 28, 2022 3 min
WRC News Would Toyota take Tänak back? The swirling speculation the Acropolis Rally whipped up has Toyota team principal Jari-Matti Latvala slightly bemused. When DirtFish asked Ott Tänak if he would be… Read more by David Evans September 28, 2022 5 min
WRC News How to follow New Zealand from the US and Europe Sir Sanford Fleming has a lot to answer for. Don’t get me wrong, I’m sure he thought he was being all high-tech and avant garde… Read more by David Evans September 27, 2022 2 min
WRC Features Why prior New Zealand experience won’t be an advantage Three drivers landed into Auckland airport knowing they needed to turn left towards the city, the service park and their hotel. The rest of them?… Read more by David Evans September 27, 2022 3 min
