WRC News Toyota: Pressure is on Hyundai not us in Japan Hyundai is in the winning position, but it has the most to lose. That’s the mindset Toyota team principal Jari-Matti Latvala is carrying into next… Read more by Luke Barry November 14, 2024 2 min
Women in motorsport News DirtFish Women in Motorsport Summit finds a bigger home for 2025 LeMay America’s Car Museum will host the 2025 DirtFish Women in Motorsport Summit on Saturday May 24. The Summit’s popularity and growth has exceeded expectations… Read more by David Evans November 13, 2024
World RX News World RX to get a new promoter from 2025 The World Rallycross Championship will have a new promoter in 2025, replacing Rallycross Promoter – a separate arm of WRC Promoter. Rallycross Promoter took over… Read more by Luke Barry November 13, 2024
WRC News Junior WRC frontrunner planning two Rally1 drives in 2025 Turkish driver Ali Türkkan is targeting two Rally1 drives in 2025 after testing an M-Sport Ford Puma Rally1 at a sponsor event. Held at M-Sport’s private Greystoke… Read more by Luke Barry November 10, 2024 3 min
WRC News Loriaux calls for change in WRC testing regulations The World Rally Championship’s testing regulations should be reviewed to stop teams ‘wasting money’ on entering national events, according to Hyundai WRC program manager Christian… Read more by DirtFish Media November 8, 2024 3 min
WRC News Rovanperä headlines ‘the Ryder Cup of rallying’ Kalle Rovanperä’s World Rally Championship season is over. Having already started the seven rallies he had a contract to drive in 2024, he will not… Read more by DirtFish Media November 7, 2024 2 min
WRC News Rovanperä tests a Red Bull F1 car Two-time World Rally champion Kalle Rovanperä has tested a Formula 1 car, driving a Red Bull around the Red Bull Ring last week. The Toyota Gazoo… Read more by Luke Barry November 6, 2024
WRC News Hyundai needs Mikkelsen to step up in Japan With Thierry Neuville zeroing in on a maiden drivers’ title, and team-mate Ott Tänak still mathematically able to stop him, the onus is on Andreas Mikkelsen to… Read more by Luke Barry November 6, 2024 2 min
WRC News Why no hybrid in WRC would worry Neuville As the World Rally Championship edges closer towards a future without hybrid, world champion elect Thierry Neuville has explained why he would prefer it stayed…. Read more by Luke Barry November 6, 2024 3 min
WRC News Latvala to be Toyota team principal part-time in 2025 If he’s honest, it wasn’t the job he wanted. Team principal’s nice, but World Rally Championship driver is better. Having signed off on the driving… Read more by David Evans November 5, 2024 2 min
ARA News ARA calendar set to stay the same for 2025 The calendar for next year’s American Rally Association National Championship is expected to run to the same eight-event format as this season. A Monday meeting… Read more by David Evans November 5, 2024 2 min
WRC News Who is M-Sport’s target if Fourmaux leaves? Adrien Fourmaux is an M-Sport Ford driver. At least for one more rally. Beyond Rally Japan? That’s speculation. The wider world seems sure he’s Hyundai-bound…. Read more by David Evans November 4, 2024 2 min
WRC News Tänak laid-back over Hyundai’s third car Adrien Fourmaux knows. Andreas Mikkelsen doesn’t. Esapekka Lappi might. Dani Sordo probably does. Ott Tänak’s not fussed either way. The Estonian’s phlegmatic approach to the… Read more by David Evans November 4, 2024
WRC News Is change afoot for Solberg in 2025? These are important, albeit strange, weeks ahead for Oliver Solberg. He leads a championship heading into the season finale, but can have no influence over… Read more by Luke Barry November 1, 2024 5 min
WRC News FIA selects its Rally Star candidates for 2025 Junior WRC champion Romet Jürgenson and title contender Taylor Gill will be joined by Max Smart next year in the FIA Rally Star program, as… Read more by Luke Barry October 31, 2024 2 min
WRC News Why Pajari needn’t fear for his future Sami Pajari stood looking at the twisted wreck of his white Toyota GR Yaris Rally1. Minutes earlier he’d understeered wide into a field – but… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay October 30, 2024 3 min
WRC News Inside Hyundai and Toyota’s shared festival Waving away the tire smoke, two of the most powerful men in the automobile world emerged from a Toyota Yaris WRC and stepped up onto… Read more by David Evans October 29, 2024 3 min
WRC News What’s going on with Ogier? Jari-Matti Latvala has been both fortunate and unfortunate to have seen the very best of Sébastien Ogier up-close. When they were team-mates at Volkswagen, the… Read more by DirtFish Media October 28, 2024 2 min
