WRC Features The 365 days of the WRC’s COVID-19 battle Twelve months ago today, Rally México done, I landed back into London, not really sure of anything. Apart from one thing. I was in the… Read more by David Evans March 16, 2021 5 min
WRC Features Why Katsuta’s “50:50” start is far better than he thinks Takamoto Katsuta won’t have it. He just won’t. DirtFish is trying to convince Toyota’s Japanese star that his start to the season has been strong…. Read more by David Evans March 16, 2021 3 min
WRC Features The ace up Paddon’s sleeve for WRC comeback bid Flying home from Rally Argentina in 2016, Hayden Paddon was flying high. Leading the Hyundai Motorsport team with more than double the number of points… Read more by David Evans March 15, 2021 5 min
WRC Features One year on: The battle that led to Mexico’s early finish It’s one year to the day since what was supposed to be the final day of Rally México. Having been beaten on the Monte Carlo… Read more by David Evans March 15, 2021 3 min
WRC News Can Evans bounce back from his unhappy start? This time last year, Elfyn Evans was leading the World Rally Championship. This time two years ago, he was 34 points behind the series leader… Read more by David Evans March 15, 2021 2 min
WRC News The case for two winter WRC rallies Dear FIA and WRC Promoter. We’ve solved the problem of Sweden or Finland for next year’s winter rally slot. Seriously, you can have this one… Read more by David Evans March 14, 2021 3 min
WRC News What has Toyota’s Arctic analysis uncovered? Toyota team principal Jari-Matti Latvala has adopted the opposite approach to his Hyundai counterpart Andrea Adamo did after a disappointing Monte Carlo Rally, insisting Toyota’s… Read more by David Evans March 14, 2021 2 min
WRC Features The dual motivation behind Østberg’s WRC2 defense The winter of 2018 was one of distinct discontent for Mads Østberg. I’d felt similarly before myself. Granted, I hadn’t been dropped by Citroën’s World… Read more by David Evans March 13, 2021 5 min
WRC News Ogier’s verdict on how Oliver compared to Petter Solberg Sébastien Ogier was joking. But, at the same time, he was serious. Seriously joking. How good was Oliver Solberg at last month’s Arctic Rally Finland?… Read more by David Evans March 12, 2021 3 min
WRC News WRC teams frustrated by early hybrid issues First it was week five. Then it was week eight. Finally, it was last Friday. The end of week nine. But DirtFish can now confirm… Read more by David Evans March 11, 2021 3 min
WRC Features Remembering Argentina’s WRC best – Jorge Recalde Much as we love 2021 here at DirtFish, we’re quite partial to be looking back to what happened in our world two decades ago. You… Read more by David Evans March 10, 2021 3 min
WRC News Happiest in years – so what’s next for Lappi? Hopeful of further World Rally Championship outings this season, Arctic Rally Finland star Esapekka Lappi is ready to sacrifice faster events in favor of demonstrating… Read more by David Evans March 10, 2021 2 min
WRC News How Adamo turned “tiger” for the Arctic Thierry Neuville was careful with his words. Understandably. Two cars in the top five and one on the podium on the Monte Carlo Rally didn’t… Read more by David Evans March 10, 2021 3 min
WRC News M-Sport begins running its 2022 Rally1 car M-Sport’s 2022 Rally1 car turned a wheel for the first time on Friday and will undergo initial shakedown running this week. In a groundbreaking week… Read more by David Evans March 9, 2021 2 min
WRC News Gryazin won’t make step from WRC2 until he’s “unbeatable” Russian driver Nikolay Gryazin says he will not look to step up to the World Rally Championship’s top flight until he’s proved himself in WRC2…. Read more by David Evans March 9, 2021 2 min
WRC News Organizer wants Arctic return – but not at all costs Arctic Rally Finland organizers are ready to return their Rovaniemi-based round to the World Rally Championship calendar in the future – but not at the… Read more by David Evans March 9, 2021 2 min
Rally News Fiesta Rally3 debut a ‘mission accomplished’ Eleventh place on a Finnish championship round – three minutes down on the winner – might not sound like the start of a revolution. Trust… Read more by David Evans March 8, 2021 2 min
WRC Features The first time Audi commissioned a rally car An Audi rally program at a class level? Sounds familiar… Mattias Ekström’s EKS JC A1 Quattro is not the first time Ingolstadt’s put its name… Read more by David Evans March 7, 2021 3 min
