Rally Features What one motor club is doing to help British rally drivers Gone are the days of manufacturer-funded drives in British rallying. Gone are the days even of manufacturer participation in British rallying. Gone are the days… Read more by Luke Barry January 8, 2023 3 min
WRC Features When WRC team orders work for driver and team No important decision is ever made with ease, whether you’re working a part-time job or spearheading a manufacturer’s assault in the World Rally Championship. But if… Read more by Luke Barry January 8, 2023 3 min
Dakar Features Why are drivers blacking out on the Dakar? The old adage that “to finish first, first you must finish” has never seemed more pertinent than on this year’s Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia…. Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 7, 2023 3 min
Dakar Features WRC to rally-raid: How hard is it? With 108 World Rally Championship starts to his name, 37 stage wins and a solitary victory, Ola Fløene has seen his fair share of things… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 7, 2023 3 min
WRC Features Winners + losers of WRC’s 2023 shakeup We all know how musical chairs works. When the music stops, everyone rushes to find a seat and whoever’s left standing is out. Now this… Read more by Luke Barry January 6, 2023 3 min
WRC Features Why WRC2 was Greensmith’s best 2023 move And then there were three. Oliver Solberg jumped first, Adrien Fourmaux swiftly followed, and now Gus Greensmith has become the third Rally1 driver to dial… Read more by Luke Barry January 6, 2023 3 min
WRC Features The current WRC problem that traces back six years Born in the city of Trier, home to Germany’s round of the World Rally Championship for so many years, Karl Marx would have been well… Read more by David Evans January 4, 2023 5 min
Dakar Features The chaotic Dakar stage that washed away two victory chances It was a scene you simply do not expect to see in the desert landscape of Saudi Arabia. Two cars, each from the Red Bull… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 3, 2023 3 min
ARA Features Remembering Ken Block I knew Ken Block. I knew all about this guy. I didn’t need an interview to confirm the content of the book matched the cover…. Read more by David Evans January 2, 2023 3 min
WRC Features What’s changing in WRC this year Compared to the World Rally Championship season that came before it, 2023 may feel rather stagnant given how much was changing this time 12 months… Read more by Luke Barry January 2, 2023 5 min
WRC Features 10 things to look forward to in 2023 Happy New Year dear DirtFish reader. Welcome to another year; welcome to the fourth year of the DirtFish media project. And what a year we… Read more by Luke Barry January 1, 2023 3 min
WRC Features How accurate our WRC 2022 predictions were 2023 is just a matter of hours away, meaning we’re just three weeks out from a new World Rally Championship season bursting into life. Like… Read more by DirtFish Media December 31, 2022 5 min
Dakar Features Dakar Rally 2023 form guide For the fourth time since moving to the Middle East, the Dakar Rally will be disputed on Saudi Arabian soil. Just how the rally will… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon December 31, 2022 5 min
WRC Features Video When Oliver took on Petter Solberg at DirtFish The Solbergs. Lovely family. Just one question: who’s the fastest? Petter, Pernilla or Oliver? Oliver’s the here and now. Petter’s a world champion… two decades… Read more by David Evans December 30, 2022 3 min
Dakar Features Should the Dakar stretch beyond Saudi Arabia? Perhaps the biggest change to this year’s Dakar Rally route is that it is significantly longer and more challenging to the previous Saudi Arabia-based editions…. Read more by Stephen Brunsdon December 30, 2022 3 min
Dakar Features The unique challenge of working on the Dakar Sometimes, actually quite a lot of the time, I really do need to pay just a little more attention. And if I had paid a… Read more by Colin Clark December 29, 2022 3 min
Dakar Features Dakar Rally 2023 data: Running order + itinerary The 45th edition of the Dakar Rally is just around the corner, with the longest route since 2014 set to provide the toughest challenge to… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon December 29, 2022 5 min
Dakar Features A beginner’s guide to the Dakar Rally The 46th edition of the Dakar Rally is the fourth time the iconic rally raid has visited Saudi Arabia and, with the event just around… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon December 29, 2022 5 min