Rally News A note from the new editor of DirtFish I’ve always loved July. Summer vibes are in full swing in the northern hemisphere where I live, Rally Finland is getting ever closer and it’s… Read more by Luke Barry July 3, 2023 3 min
Dakar News Dacia to enter Dakar in 2025, signs Loeb Dacia will enter the Dakar Rally from 2025, and has signed nine-time World Rally champion Sébastien Loeb and Cristina Gutiérrez as its drivers. It becomes the latest manufacturer… Read more by Luke Barry July 3, 2023 2 min
ERC Features Solbergs set for super Swedish show The Solbergs are known for putting on a show, it’s what they do. But next weekend’s Royal Rally of Scandinavia scales new heights, even for… Read more by Luke Barry July 2, 2023 2 min
Rally News Meeke boosts Portugal title bid with dominant win Kris Meeke has won the first asphalt round of this year’s Portuguese Rally Championship, Rali de Castelo Branco, to strengthen his bid for the title…. Read more by Luke Barry July 1, 2023 2 min
WRC Features Manufacturers to win a WRC rally 10 times Toyota made World Rally Championship history on last weekend’s Safari Rally Kenya, becoming the first manufacturer to score back-to-back 1-2-3-4s on a specific event and… Read more by Luke Barry June 30, 2023 5 min
WRC Features When claims of an illegal recce split a team in two There wasn’t a single dark cloud in the sky when the World Rally Championship landed in Sanremo in the year 2000, but there was a… Read more by Luke Barry June 28, 2023 5 min
WRC Features The three reasons why Ogier’s Safari win meant so much Sébastien Ogier’s used to the feeling of winning World Rally Championship rallies. Before last weekend’s Safari Rally Kenya, he’d stood on the top step of… Read more by Luke Barry June 28, 2023 5 min
WRC News The positives Lappi can take from Safari Rally Esapekka Lappi has four very good reasons to forget last weekend’s Safari Rally Kenya – all four of them propshaft related. But the Hyundai driver… Read more by Luke Barry June 27, 2023 3 min
WRC News Latvala expected another 1-2-3-4 finish to take a decade If there was one man you’d want on your team for a World Rally Championship pub quiz, it’s Jari-Matti Latvala. What the most experienced WRC… Read more by Luke Barry June 27, 2023 2 min
WRC Features What we learned from Safari Rally Kenya 2023 It may not have featured quite as many retirements as had been expected by many, but the World Rally Championship’s third visit to Africa in… Read more by Luke Barry June 26, 2023 5 min
WRC News Neuville disqualified from Safari Rally Kenya Thierry Neuville has been disqualified from Safari Rally Kenya for breaching reconnaissance regulations. The Hyundai driver had finished eighth overall on round seven of the… Read more by Luke Barry June 25, 2023 2 min
WRC News Solberg penalized for using too many tires in Kenya Oliver Solberg has been hit with a two-minute time penalty by Safari Rally Kenya stewards for using too many tires throughout the event. Solberg and… Read more by Luke Barry June 25, 2023 2 min
WRC News Rovanperä: Toyota allowed Ogier fight, but wasn’t keen The final day battle to win Safari Rally Kenya was not what Toyota had envisaged, but the drivers were not told they could not fight… Read more by Luke Barry June 25, 2023 3 min
WRC News Ogier hangs on to win action-packed Safari Rally Sébastien Ogier has beaten Kalle Rovanperä to Safari Rally Kenya victory as Toyota scored a 1-2-3-4 finish on the event for the second year in… Read more by Luke Barry June 25, 2023 3 min
WRC News Fesh-fesh drama for Toyota on penultimate Safari stage Sébastien Ogier holds just a 9.2-second lead over Toyota team-mate Kalle Rovanperä after a late scare on the penultimate stage of Safari Rally Kenya. Ogier… Read more by Luke Barry June 25, 2023 3 min
eWRC Features The WRC manufacturers with the most 1-2-3 finishes Toyota achieved the extraordinary last weekend when all four of its GR Yaris Rally1s finished in a perfect formation on Safari Rally Kenya. A 1-2-3-4… Read more by Luke Barry June 25, 2023 5 min
WRC News Ogier maintains lead going into final Safari loop Sébastien Ogier continues to lead Safari Rally Kenya, but Kalle Rovanperä is refusing to lie down having narrowed his advantage to 13.6 seconds over Sunday’s… Read more by Luke Barry June 24, 2023 3 min
WRC News Ogier hits back at Rovanperä despite losing tailgate Sébastien Ogier has responded to Kalle Rovanperä’s Sunday morning charge on Safari Rally Kenya, extending his lead back up to 17.2 seconds despite losing his… Read more by Luke Barry June 24, 2023 3 min
