WRC News Akio Toyoda steps down as Toyota CEO Akio Toyoda has announced that he is stepping down as CEO of Toyota. Toyoda, grandson of Toyota’s founder Kiichiro Toyoda, has held the role of… Read more by Rob Hansford January 26, 2023 2 min
Rally News Al-Attiyah crashes on first stage of Oman International Rally Are you sitting down? If you’re not, it might be wise. Nasser Al-Attiyah’s not leading a rally in the Middle East. Heading directly to Oman from… Read more by David Evans January 26, 2023 2 min
WRC News Why Loubet sees his Monte as positive Pierre-Louis Loubet’s first rally of the 2023 World Rally Championship was eventful to say the least. Although he had a tentative opening few stages he… Read more by Rob Hansford January 26, 2023 3 min
WRC News Ogier wants Monte Carlo re-match with Loeb Sébastien Ogier is hoping Sébastien Loeb will rejoin him on the start list of next year’s Monte Carlo Rally. Ogier won a record-breaking ninth Monte Carlo… Read more by Luke Barry January 26, 2023 2 min
WRC News Latvala welcomes FIA president’s pledge to the WRC Toyota’s team principal Jari-Matti Latvala has expressed his happiness at hearing that FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulyaem wants to commit more of his time to… Read more by Rob Hansford January 26, 2023 2 min
WRC News Drivers want Monte to move further north Monte Carlo Rally winner Sébastien Ogier and second placed Kalle Rovanperä have both called for the famous event to be moved further north in the future… Read more by Luke Barry January 26, 2023 3 min
WRC News Rovanperä and Halttunen to drive zero cars on Finnish rally World Rally champions Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen will both drive as zero cars on an upcoming round of the Finnish Rally Championship. Rovanperä has experience… Read more by Luke Barry January 25, 2023 2 min
WRC News DirtFish’s Luke Barry wins coveted UK journalism award DirtFish deputy editor Luke Barry has been named as British motorsport governing body Motorsport UK’s Young Journalist of the Year for 2022. Luke joined the… Read more by DirtFish Media January 25, 2023
WRC News Abiteboul regrets not being more aggressive on Monte Hyundai team principal Cyril Abiteboul regrets not being more aggressive with the i20 N Rally1’s setup sooner on last weekend’s Monte Carlo Rally. The Monte… Read more by Luke Barry January 25, 2023 3 min
Rally News What’s next for DirtFish Live Center Last week’s Monte Carlo Rally marked the start of something completely new for DirtFish.com. DirtFish Live Center was an all-new innovation for us. Three years in… Read more by David Evans January 25, 2023 3 min
WRC News Neuville: WRC testing regulations not reducing costs Thierry Neuville is not a fan of the World Rally Championship’s reduced testing regulations, saying they are having the opposite effect as intended. For this season, each… Read more by Luke Barry January 25, 2023 3 min
WRC News Ogier confirms he’ll return in México Sébastien Ogier has confirmed to French television that his next World Rally Championship round will be Rally México in March. Ogier is contesting a part-time WRC… Read more by Luke Barry January 24, 2023 2 min
WRC News M-Sport expected Loubet to give up in Monte M-Sport team principal Rich Milliner didn’t expect Pierre-Louis Loubet to continue after he picked up a power-steering issue on the Friday of Monte Carlo Rally…. Read more by Rob Hansford January 24, 2023 2 min
WRC News Tänak heads for Otepää Rally as Sweden preparation M-Sport’s Ott Tänak will contest the Otepää Rally in Estonia as pre-event preparation for the second World Rally Championship event, Rally Sweden. Rally1 drivers are beginning… Read more by Luke Barry January 24, 2023 2 min
WRC News Lappi and Katsuta enter Finnish national rally in Rally1 cars Hyundai’s Esapekka Lappi and Toyota’s Takamoto Katsuta will both compete on the Kuopio Rally in Finland with Rally1 cars, one week before Rally Sweden. Testing… Read more by Luke Barry January 23, 2023 1 min
WRC News FIA president Ben Sulayem: We can fix the WRC FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem made time for an exclusive interview with DirtFish’s Colin Clark in Monte Carlo last week. The 14-time Middle East Rally… Read more by David Evans January 23, 2023 5 min
WRC News Rossel lodges protest against Gryazin and steals WRC2 win Nikolay Gryazin has lost his WRC2 class win on the Monte Carlo Rally to Yohan Rossel who protested the result on the grounds of corner… Read more by Luke Barry January 22, 2023 3 min
WRC News Why Loubet retired for a second time M-Sport Ford’s Pierre-Louis Loubet has explained that a broken water pump, coupled with a fuel issue, is what forced him out of the Monte Carlo… Read more by Luke Barry January 22, 2023 3 min