Nitrocross Features Why the WRC’s most successful team principal has moved to Nitrocross Fifteen years ago Jost Capito had an idea. He called ESPN and told them they needed more cars on track. Rallycross at the X Games… Read more by David Evans February 10, 2024 2 min
ARA Features DirtFish Live Center is back in town (and Michigan) Michigan. Again. Lower Peninsula this time. Last time we were Yoopers. This time we’re Trolls – because we’re below the Mackinac Bridge. This all makes… Read more by David Evans February 8, 2024 3 min
WRC Features A WRC postcard from the beach February in Northern Europe. It’s grey, it’s cold, it’s windy and it’s damp. So to warm up those of us still struggling through the depths… Read more by James Bowen February 7, 2024 2 min
WRC Features Evans casts doubt on Sweden speed Friday on the Arctic Lapland Rally started well for Elfyn Evans. Crisp, clean snow coated a thick sheet of ice beneath it on Aittajärvi, one… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay February 6, 2024 3 min
WRC Features Are day points the solution to WRC’s scoring debate? Before the Monte Carlo Rally began, I’d already been slaving over a spreadsheet to calculate how the 2024 points system would have rewarded the drivers… Read more by Andrew Mair February 5, 2024 5 min
Rally Features What makes Irish Tarmac so special? Rallying comes in many different flavors. There are the high-speed jumps of the Finnish forests, the abrasive asphalt of Corsica’s 10,000 turns and, of course,… Read more by James Bowen February 1, 2024 3 min
WRC Features One more magic Monte moment Monte’s done. Isn’t it? So why another Lancia Fulvia mid-French Alps in the sort of snow we could only dream about last week? Turns out… Read more by David Evans January 31, 2024 2 min
WRC Features The thinking behind Sardinia’s new route Somewhat out of the blue, Rally Italy Sardinia dropped a bit of a bombshell. Its Rally Guide 1 document landed, standard procedure where a rally’s… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay January 31, 2024 3 min
Dakar Features Dacia’s anti-Audi approach to Dakar Sébastien Loeb could only look on in envy as Audi’s three musketeers banded together to shepherd Carlos Sainz home to victory. On the penultimate stage,… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay January 31, 2024 5 min
WRC Features How Neuville beat the local hero to secure a masterful Monte victory Would it be a real Monte? Could it be a real Monte with temperatures knocking on the door of 20 degrees on some parts of… Read more by David Evans January 29, 2024 10 min +
WRC Features The unexpected benefit of the farmers strike on WRC Monte To the French farmers, thank you. Didn’t see that one coming, did you? When Monte Carlo Rally clerk of the course Alain Pallanca’s communication number… Read more by David Evans January 25, 2024 3 min
WRC Features A co-driver’s guide to the 2024 Monte route With the base for this year’s Monte Carlo Rally moving to Gap (France), the route for the World Rally Championship’s season opener is almost entirely… Read more by James Bowen January 25, 2024 3 min
WRC Features Monte Carlo Rally 2024 form guide The rallying world descends on Monte Carlo this week for the opening round of the 2024 World Rally Championship. With just eight Rally1 cars entered,… Read more by James Bowen January 24, 2024 3 min
WRC Features An F1 winner’s Monte Carlo cameo Give it a shake. It’s the 1984 Monte Carlo Rally snow globe. Yes, you’re right, we probably could have gone with an Audi from the… Read more by David Evans January 24, 2024 2 min
WRC Features Examining the practical effects of the new WRC points system It was a rotten job, but someone had to do it. After several days of slaving over a spreadsheet, I found the answer to a… Read more by Andrew Mair January 23, 2024 5 min
WRC Features The worst WRC team debut ever The phone rang. Two-time World Rally champion Carlos Sainz was calling. “Are you going crazy or what?” queried Sainz. “What on earth are you doing… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay January 22, 2024 5 min
Rallycross Features Braving DirtFish’s deep freeze Rhys Haydon climbed out of his Porsche 944 and grimaced. Trying to get his coat on, he fumbled the zip and instead pulled it around… Read more by David Evans January 21, 2024 2 min
Features What stopped the start of the WRC? The World Rally Championship wasn’t even a year old when it became clear the 1974 season wouldn’t be starting when it was supposed to. Fifty… Read more by David Evans January 21, 2024 3 min
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