ARA News The reasons to get excited about US rallying in 2024 With just over a month to go before the American Rally Association descends on Michigan for the season opener, ARA competition director Preston Osborn has… Read more by David Evans January 6, 2024 2 min
Dakar News A taste of what’s to come from Dakar 2024 Day zero, as it were, of the Dakar Rally is behind us. The Prologue stage is done and dusted. With such an open and competitive… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay January 5, 2024 2 min
Dakar News Price heading into the unknown as Dakar adventure begins Sara Price couldn’t be more honest: she simply doesn’t know what to expect from Dakar. Actually, Price does know one thing. In the next fortnight,… Read more by DirtFish Media January 5, 2024 3 min
WRC News Greensmith reveals his plans for 2024 WRC season Gus Greensmith has confirmed he will remain with the Toksport Škoda team for the 2024 season. There had been speculation that the Englishman could return… Read more by David Evans January 5, 2024 2 min
WRC News First Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 driver confirmed Quite possibly the service park’s worst-kept secret is out: Sami Pajari will drive a Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 run by the Finnish-based Printsport Racing team…. Read more by David Evans January 5, 2024 2 min
WRC News How Toyota selected its latest stars So, no pressure then. Shotaro Goto and Takumi Matsushita have landed rallying’s dream ticket as the latest drivers to be selected for Toyota’s WRC Challenge… Read more by David Evans January 4, 2024 3 min
Dakar News René Metge obituary: Three-time Dakar champion dies aged 82 On Wednesday, January 3, my colleague James Bowen pointed out the symbiosis between car and driver; that to think of one driver is often to… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay January 3, 2024 2 min
WRC News Why this year’s Monte is so unpredictable Given that we’re just hours away from the start of Monte Carlo – admittedly 450 hours at the time of typing – is this a… Read more by David Evans January 3, 2024 2 min
WRC News Ireland WRC calendar bid makes step forward A potential return to the World Rally Championship calendar for Ireland is progressing, with a decision on three bids being considered by WRC Promoter and… Read more by James Bowen January 2, 2024 3 min
Dakar News Meeke excited for Dakar return Off the bench for the third time, a Dakar-bound Kris Meeke is just grateful he wasn’t on a ski lift and he’s not being asked… Read more by David Evans December 30, 2023 3 min
WRC News Why Ogier thinks a WRC title without Rovanperä has value Sébastien Ogier knows a thing or two about winning world championships. He’s done it eight times. So, when he offers an opinion on a season-long… Read more by David Evans December 30, 2023 2 min
ARA News Hyundai customer team planning 2024 ARA program French-based Hyundai team 2C Competition is aiming to bring two cars to next year’s ARA series – with team manager Florent Peronnet confident they can… Read more by David Evans December 28, 2023 2 min
WRC News Latvala speaks out on WRC points change Toyota team principal Jari-Matti Latvala has confirmed to DirtFish that the Japanese manufacturer was not in favour of the change in points structure which has… Read more by David Evans December 22, 2023
Rally News M-Sport unveils its 2024 WRC driver line-up M-Sport has unveiled its full line-up for the 2024 World Rally Championship, with Adrien Fourmaux and Grégoire Munster both confirmed as full-season drivers. The duo… Read more by James Bowen December 22, 2023 2 min
WRC News Toyota provides Evans injury update ahead of Monte Toyota star Elfyn Evans missed last week’s winter test while recovering from a bike accident earlier this month – but the team is confident the… Read more by David Evans December 21, 2023 2 min
WRC News Solberg stays with Škoda for 2024 title shot WRC2 paceman Oliver Solberg will remain in a Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 for next season’s World Rally Championship. The 22-year-old Swede, who posted the most… Read more by David Evans December 21, 2023 2 min
WRC News Halttunen calls for WRC format change Clover leaves don’t last forever, so a quarter of a century is good going. The World Rally Championship should be proud. But it’s time to… Read more by David Evans December 20, 2023 3 min
WRC News Management reshuffle at Hyundai gives Abiteboul new role Cyril Abiteboul has been promoted to president of Hyundai Motorsport amid a company restructuring, replacing outgoing leader Sean Kim. Kim, who was installed as Hyundai… Read more by DirtFish Media December 20, 2023 2 min