WRC News “Magic” New Zealand stages even better than expected Gus Greensmith was expecting big things. Rally New Zealand, he’d told DirtFish, was that one rally remaining on his bucket list to tick off. But… Read more by Luke Barry September 29, 2022 3 min
WRC News Rovanperä doesn’t plan to break Loeb’s WRC records Kalle Rovanperä doesn’t think he will ever surpass Sébastien Loeb’s record of World Rally Championship wins and titles, suggesting he may not stick at rallying long enough… Read more by Luke Barry September 29, 2022
WRC News Tänak edges Breen to win New Zealand opener Ott Tänak leads Rally New Zealand after Thursday night’s superspecial stage, as World Rally Championship title rival Kalle Rovanperä made a small mistake. Pukekawa Auckland… Read more by Luke Barry September 28, 2022 3 min
WRC News Rovanperä pips all three Hyundais on NZ shakedown Kalle Rovanperä set the pace on the Rally New Zealand shakedown stage with all three Hyundais right on his tail. This weekend marks the first… Read more by Luke Barry September 28, 2022 3 min
WRC Features Why Rovanperä’s early season weapon has since lost its edge Running first on the road on a gravel rally was supposed to be the lifeline for Kalle Rovanperä’s World Rally Championship rivals after he’d pulled… Read more by Luke Barry September 27, 2022 3 min
ARA Features How it really feels to make your rally debut Her eyes light up, replaying the experience she’d never thought she’d have. An experience she’s aware she’s had, but hasn’t quite come to terms with… Read more by Luke Barry September 27, 2022 5 min
WRC Features Five Rally New Zealand moments you might’ve forgotten It’s the week we’ve been waiting for for a long, long, time – it’s Rally New Zealand week! For a decade, this beautiful country has… Read more by Luke Barry September 26, 2022 5 min
WRC Features Rally New Zealand 2022 data: Running order + itinerary Round 11 of the 2022 World Rally Championship takes rallying’s finest drivers, engineers and mechanics to the ‘other side of the world’ for the first… Read more by Luke Barry September 26, 2022 3 min
WRC Features Ogier’s “unfinished business” on Rally New Zealand Sébastien Ogier, famously, has never won Rally Argentina – despite contesting it 10 times in his career. For years, it was the one round of… Read more by Luke Barry September 26, 2022 3 min
WRC Features Drivers to have led but not won a WRC event in 21st century Takamoto Katsuta joined an elusive, yet unenviable, club of drivers to lead a round of the World Rally Championship but not win on last weekend’s… Read more by Luke Barry September 25, 2022 5 min
WRC Features Why title defeat hasn’t floored this youngster WRC2. If you’re an aspiring World Rally Championship driver, it quite simply is the place you need to be. Particularly nowadays with the influx of… Read more by Luke Barry September 24, 2022 5 min
BRC Features Manx 1997: An epic five-way title fight remembered In the Ford corner, there was Gwyndaf Evans. Reigning British Rally champion, out to make it two. Across the service park lurked the championship leader:… Read more by Luke Barry September 23, 2022 10 min +
WRC News What really hampered Toyota in Greece? Jari-Matti Latvala wasn’t shying away from the realities of Toyota’s performance on the Acropolis Rally when he faced the media in Lamia. “It has been… Read more by Luke Barry September 23, 2022 3 min
WRC Features Why 2022 has been Lappi’s best season to date We join Esapekka Lappi in his home, virtually of course, three days after the news broke that his World Rally Championship season has come to… Read more by Luke Barry September 23, 2022 3 min
WRC News Lappi knew when his WRC season would end three months ago Esapekka Lappi has revealed he knew his World Rally Championship season would be ending after Acropolis Rally Greece all the way back “in May or… Read more by Luke Barry September 22, 2022 3 min
WRC Features Kajetanowicz on his tactical strategy to win WRC2 Here’s a simple way to look at this year’s intensifying WRC2 title fight: Kajetan Kajetanowicz is David and Andreas Mikkelsen is Goliath. Kajetanowicz, although a… Read more by Luke Barry September 22, 2022 3 min
WRC Features Tänak’s role in the latest Junior WRC champion’s success Saaremaa isn’t a big place. At just over 1000 square miles, that it’s the largest island in Estonia is no suggestion that it’s large at… Read more by Luke Barry September 21, 2022 3 min
WRC News Sordo not sure he will remain in WRC in 2023 Dani Sordo isn’t sure if he will remain in the World Rally Championship next season, with his home rally in Spain key to helping him… Read more by Luke Barry September 20, 2022 3 min
