WRC Features Will Abiteboul’s Acropolis dream come true? Nightmares weren’t exactly uncommon at Hyundai early last year. Sleeping’s become a considerably less troublesome prospect since then. And now team principal Cyril Abiteboul has… Read more by David Evans September 6, 2023
WRC Features Acropolis Rally Greece 2023 data: Running order + itinerary After a lengthy five-week break, the World Rally Championship is finally back this week! And we go from one classic to another, from the flat… Read more by Luke Barry September 5, 2023 3 min
WRC Features Where every Junior WRC champion ended up The World Rally Championship has evolved greatly since 2001, and so has the Junior support category that has existed since then. But one thing has… Read more by Luke Barry September 4, 2023 5 min
WRC Features WRC2’s six-way showdown – who can still win? If the renewed fight for the overall World Rally Championship title between current trophy holder Kalle Rovanperä, his Toyota team-mate Elfyn Evans and Hyundai’s Thierry… Read more by Luke Barry September 4, 2023 5 min
WRC Features How difficult is it to create a WRC calendar? Is there such a thing as the perfect World Rally Championship calendar? Many of us likely think there is. We even made a podcast about… Read more by Luke Barry September 2, 2023 5 min
WRC Features When Sainz almost ignored team orders favoring McRae Colin McRae, Carlos Sainz and team orders. Immediately you’re thinking of the title run-in of 1995, right? When Colin refused to slow and let Carlos… Read more by Luke Barry September 1, 2023 5 min
WRC Features The day I realized McRae was the new Toivonen It’s January 1986 and Ian Grindrod’s telephone rings. Lanark’s calling. It’s Jimmy. Would Ian consider sitting with McRae Jr on the Snowman? The dates work…… Read more by DirtFish Media August 31, 2023 2 min
WRC Features Will there be any WRC driver moves for 2024? Back in the day, the material for this corner of cyberspace would have been garnered while sheltering from the rain and hiding a little bit… Read more by David Evans August 31, 2023 3 min
Rally Features Co-driving your rallying hero when you’re only 19 Feeling old happens to us all. But nothing will make you feel more ancient than when you discover the man on the other end of… Read more by Luke Barry August 30, 2023 5 min
WRC Features Quiz: Name all WRC drivers to have competed in a Rally1 car One of the biggest criticisms levied at the Rally1 formula is the lack of drivers competing in them. Introduced in 2022 and bringing hybrid technology… Read more by DirtFish Media August 29, 2023 2 min
WRC Features The noble way to spend WRC’s summer break The ‘summer break’ is a common concept in Formula 1. In the World Rally Championship; less so. But the month of August has been a… Read more by Luke Barry August 27, 2023 3 min
WRC Features When the Subaru Impreza first emerged in the WRC Thirty years ago, today was a Friday and today was the start of a whole new world for Subaru. Down the last three decades, the… Read more by David Evans August 27, 2023 3 min
WRC Features The ice hockey player who briefly tried WRC rallying Famous names from other disciplines trying their hand at rallying is not especially unusual, even at world championship level. Formula 1 drivers Robert Kubica, Kimi… Read more by Mark Paulson August 26, 2023 3 min
WRC Features Remembering an unsung WRC co-driver Not every World Rally Championship competitor is destined for greatness. Some will fall through a lack of the required talent, but normally poor timing or… Read more by Luke Barry August 25, 2023 10 min +
Rally Features I feel like a rally driver – and it’s all thanks to DirtFish Alasdair Lindsay took DirtFish Rally School’s three-day program this week, here’s what he made of the whole experience: Can you go from zero to rally… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay August 25, 2023 3 min
Rally Features The story of Colin McRae’s first rally car This Chrysler Sunbeam is the very car Colin McRae used to make his rallying debut. It must be. It must be because, when his parents… Read more by David Evans August 24, 2023
Rally Features Applying your skills on a rally stage Doing the final day of a three-day DirtFish program the week of the Ojibwe Forest Rally was apt timing. After two days of hitting the… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay August 24, 2023
WRC Features The WRC beginnings of a current driver’s father To me Gwyndaf Evans has always been a Seat man. That has an awful lot to do with B-7501-TK – the Seat Ibiza Kit Car… Read more by Luke Barry August 23, 2023 2 min