WRC Features What happened to WRC’s obvious Rally1 candidate? There’s an unwritten rule in motorsport that the winner of a championship’s chief support category should, by rights, earn their place in the top tier… Read more by Luke Barry January 12, 2025 5 min
WRC Features How Rovanperä’s bettered himself ahead of 2025 title push The gap year’s done. He’s back. As Kalle Rovanperä prepares to return the #69 Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 to full-time deployment, he takes a moment… Read more by David Evans January 11, 2025 5 min
Dakar Features Dakar’s unexpected leader faces an uphill struggle Amid all the drama of the opening week of the 2025 Dakar Rally, perhaps the biggest surprise of the 47th edition has been that a… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 10, 2025 3 min
Dakar Features How Dakar’s ‘water carrier’ role works, and why it’s used The opening week of the 2025 Dakar Rally has produced more than its fair share of drama and incident. Two of the pre-event favorites, Dacia’s… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 10, 2025 5 min
WRC Features The driver entering three WRC championships in one year Rally drivers will often be called single-minded. Obsessed by their sole goal of winning the stage, rally or championship. Normally, that means just one title… Read more by Luke Barry January 8, 2025 3 min
Dakar Features The Dakar debut echoing the steps of a legend Without sounding too hyperbolic, it has been some start to Toby Price and Sam Sunderland’s new Dakar Rally adventure in the car category. The double… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 6, 2025 5 min
WRC Features What’s new for WRC 2025? On the face of it, not much is changing in the World Rally Championship for 2025. Yes, there’ll be a new reigning world champion (and… Read more by Luke Barry January 6, 2025 5 min
Rally Features Fourmaux eyes title fight with Hyundai In the end, nobody was surprised. The world saw this one coming. But still, seeing Adrien Fourmaux in Hyundai overalls looked odd. Less so for… Read more by David Evans January 5, 2025 5 min
Dakar Features What is the 48-hour chrono stage? Two days and a smidge over 600 miles later, the Dakar Rally caravan will have finally conquered the 48-hour chrono, the second stage of the… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 4, 2025 3 min
Rally Features How Italy’s next rally prodigy is going against convention I have written these words before. I might write them again. Italian rallying has been stuck in a bit of a rut when it comes… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay January 4, 2025 3 min
Dakar Features Dakar 2025 Data + Form Guide Dakar 2025 Data + Form Guide The 2025 Dakar will be the sixth time the event has been held in Saudi Arabia, and promises to… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 2, 2025 10 min +
WRC Features The “paradox” in Ogier’s unusual season What must the mood be like today at chez Ogier? With rallying far from his mind during precious time with family, likely very good. But… Read more by Luke Barry December 31, 2024
Dakar Features Does two-wheel success guarantee wins on four? When two-time Dakar Rally winner Toby Price got the news that KTM would not be renewing his contract for the 2025 event, it seemed only… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon December 30, 2024 5 min
Rally Features How good is Verstappen the rally driver? Love him or loathe him, that Max Verstappen is the best Formula 1 driver in the world right now isn’t really up for debate. Nine… Read more by Luke Barry December 29, 2024
WRC Features The season that unlocked Meeke’s WRC career Drivers weren’t exactly spoilt for career opportunities in the World Rally Championship come 2009. The global financial crisis of 2008 forced Subaru’s hand as it… Read more by Luke Barry December 28, 2024 5 min
WRC Features The culture that created the WRC’s most dominant force Candidly, he points out: “I was only a small cog in the gearbox!” But no gearbox can function without all of its cogs working in… Read more by Luke Barry December 27, 2024 5 min
WRC Features Where Volkswagen was 10 years ahead of the game The primary focus in all forms of motorsport is performance. It’s the ultimate parameter of success. Sébastien Ogier grilling steaks from the engine bay of… Read more by Luke Barry December 27, 2024 5 min
WRC Features WRC drivers rate their own seasons Usually, it’s DirtFish that rates the drivers out of 10 for their performance on each round of the World Rally Championship. But, at the end… Read more by DirtFish Media December 26, 2024 5 min
