Rally Video When Otago reunited Mouton with the Audi Quattro Back in the day, the Audi Quattro A2 was never really at home on the asphalt. That wasn’t the case when Michèle Mouton wound the… Read more by David Evans April 9, 2022 5 min
Rally News Otago Rally begins with Dunedin city start This year’s Winmax Otago Rally and the ENEOS Otago International Classic Rallies are underway following a well-supported ceremonial start in Dunedin. The Friday night ceremony… Read more by David Evans April 8, 2022 2 min
Rally News How to follow the Otago Rally with DirtFish Steep? You don’t know steep until you’ve strolled up Baldwin Street in Dunedin. That’s steep. And nobody strolls the world’s steepest street: for every 2.86… Read more by David Evans April 8, 2022 2 min
Rally Features All you need to know about 2022 Otago Rally Every rally needs a Roger. In fact, every rally needs a pair of Oakleys. Roger and Norman Oakley are the backbone of the Otago Rally…. Read more by David Evans April 8, 2022 5 min
Rally Features The lost win that gives Max McRae hope for the future Max McRae’s relaxed about the situation. He’s not stressing. He knows he’s got time. And he knows he’s still got the march on Dad and… Read more by David Evans April 7, 2022 3 min
WRC News Guerra returns to WRC for full WRC2 campaign México might be missing from the World Rally Championship this season, but a Méxican will be at the sharp end of the WRC2 field with… Read more by David Evans April 6, 2022 2 min
Rally Podcast What the rest of the WRC can learn from Mexico The world of rallying returned to Guanajuato for the Rally of Nations last week. The event offered 23 national teams the chance to win big… Read more by David Evans April 6, 2022 10 min +
Rally Video The world’s most famous Mk2 Escort DKP 191T? Or maybe POO 505R? Actually, neither. Try IB780. What am I talking about? The world’s favorite Ford Escort RS1800. The world’s most famous… Read more by David Evans April 5, 2022 10 min +
WRC Features Why Mexico’s WRC case is impossible to ignore Walking high into hills above León, there was a moment of doubt at leaving the comfort of our all-American hire car. GM’s Tahoe, for those… Read more by David Evans April 5, 2022 3 min
Rally News Europe grabs unlikely Rally of Nations win from Norway Which flag? Which cowboy boots? Rally of Nations Guanajuato manager Gilles Spitalier smiled at the irony of his Sunday afternoon. He’d wanted the closest possible… Read more by David Evans April 3, 2022 3 min
Rally News Norway’s lead under threat by Brynildsen retirement Team Norway’s grip on Rally of Nations Guanajuato has been loosened by Eyvind Brynildsen’s retirement after his Mitsubishi wouldn’t start out of parc fermé on… Read more by David Evans April 3, 2022 2 min
Rally News Norway in control of Rally of Nations Guanajuato Norwegian neighbors Mads Østberg and Eyvind Brynildsen have combined to power their country to the top of the Rally of Nations Guanajuato rankings at the… Read more by David Evans April 3, 2022 3 min
Rally News Mexican team takes early lead in Rally of Nations Dear Paris. Need some help organizing the opening ceremony for your Olympic Games? Guanajuato has the answer. The World Rally Championship’s acknowledged standard-bearer for opening… Read more by David Evans April 2, 2022 3 min
Rally Features Why Mexico wants Mads Østberg for president It’s not a line you hear every day. But on Friday morning just south of León the line was sung long and loud by Mexicans… Read more by David Evans April 1, 2022 3 min
Rally Features What to expect from this weekend’s Rally of Nations Forget Benito Guerra ves Matthew Wilson battling Harri Rovanperä against Adrien Fourmaux taking on Mads Østberg. This week’s Rally of Nations Guanajuato is about México… Read more by David Evans April 1, 2022 3 min
WRC Features When the WRC trumped James Bond México and México City in particular is understandably proud of its main square. London has Trafalgar. New Yorkers call it Time. And for Venetians it’s… Read more by David Evans March 26, 2022 3 min
WRC Features The Mexican city that provides one of rallying’s greatest stages The Lucha Libre. Few embraced it quite so fully as eight-time World Rally Champion co-driver Julien Ingrassia. Next week’s Guanajuato ceremonial start won’t be quite… Read more by David Evans March 25, 2022 2 min
WRC Podcast Revised penalties aren’t the answer to WRC’s hybrid issue The FIA’s recent decision to cut the penalty for hybrid failure from 10 to two minutes is a disincentive for Compact Dynamics to fix the… Read more by David Evans March 25, 2022 3 min