Rally News Paddon’s absence opens door for Otago’s local hero Emma Gilmour knows this could be the moment. For two decades she’s chased a home win in Dunedin and with Hayden Paddon competing on another… Read more by David Evans April 12, 2024 2 min
WRC News Hyundai to run Irish flags in Croatia as Breen tribute All three factory Hyundai i20 N Rally1 cars will run Irish flags during Croatia Rally, as a tribute to Craig Breen a year on from… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay April 12, 2024 2 min
WRC News Sainz’s recipe for making the WRC great again Between dominating Dakar and watching his son winning Formula 1 races with Ferrari, Carlos Sainz doesn’t have as much time to follow the World Rally… Read more by David Evans April 12, 2024 2 min
Rally News Why Otago Rally is worth watching It’s sometimes easy to overlook the backbone of the Central Machine Hire Otago Rally when you’re staring at Kris Meeke in that Escort. Or Brandon Semenuk in… Read more by David Evans April 11, 2024 2 min
WRC News Katsuta’s strategy to clinch a first WRC win When Takamoto Katsuta crashed out of the Rally Sweden lead battle, he was a broken man. Back in the Umeå service park, there were tears… Read more by Mark Paulson April 11, 2024 3 min
ARA News Why Semenuk’s looking forward to his vacation Brandon Semenuk blows his cheeks. He’s the guy who will happily ride a bike off a cliff, but Sunday’s Otago Rally finale might have him… Read more by David Evans April 9, 2024 2 min
WRC News What’s at stake on this WRC Tuesday? So, no pressure then. It’s just the World Rally Championship’s immediate future on the line. Fortunately, Pernilla’s driving the meeting. It’s Tuesday. It’s Geneva. It’s… Read more by David Evans April 9, 2024 3 min
Rally News Meeke’s 21-year wait to compete in New Zealand For Kris Meeke, the waiting is almost over. It’s been 21 years. But now he’s there. Almost. At the time of writing, he’s probably somewhere… Read more by David Evans April 8, 2024 2 min
WRC News Millener: The WRC is not broken When the FIA’s WRC working group issued its series of directives for the future of rallying’s top level in February, reactions were understandably mixed. For… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay April 8, 2024 2 min
Off-Road News Al-Attiyah hunts down Portugal W2RC win Nasser Al-Attiyah and Edouard Boulanger came out on top in the BP Ultimate Rally-Raid Portugal to claim their second successive World Rally-Raid Championship victory of… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon April 7, 2024 5 min
Cars News Get sideways at Velocity 2024 DirtFish is heading for California! Thrillseekers wanting to know what it feels like to be strapped into a rally car driven at full tilt can… Read more by DirtFish Media April 6, 2024
Rally News Kovalainen provides positive update on heart surgery Formula 1 race winner and regular rally competitor Heikki Kovalainen has provided a positive update on recent open heart surgery, confirming that he has the… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay April 6, 2024 3 min
ERC News ERC awaiting Lancia rally return with open arms European Rally Championship manager Iain Campbell has confirmed a warm welcome awaits in the series, should Lancia greenlight a Ypsilon Rally2 in the future. Let’s… Read more by David Evans April 6, 2024 2 min
WRC News WRC teams unify in call to retain Rally1 regulations Toyota, Hyundai and M-Sport Ford have collectively written to the FIA requesting current Rally1 regulations remain in place until the end of the 2026 World… Read more by David Evans April 5, 2024 2 min
WRC News Toyota tests 2025-spec WRC prototypes in Croatia Toyota has tested potential 2025 specification Rally1 and Rally2 cars in the last week. The cars both ran in Croatia as part of Toyota’s wider… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay April 5, 2024 3 min
WRC News Why Solberg was racing Kenya’s deputy president When the deputy president of Kenya comes to take on WRC2 pacesetter Oliver Solberg at his own game, you know the country’s government is taking… Read more by Mark Paulson April 5, 2024 3 min
Dakar News Sainz getting closer to Ford W2RC deal Carlos Sainz has told DirtFish he’s closing on an agreement with Ford to join the Blue Oval’s Dakar program later this season. The Spaniard, who… Read more by David Evans April 4, 2024 2 min
WRC News Hankook set to test asphalt Rally1 rubber Hankook will real-time test its asphalt-specification tires in Croatia for the first time this week. The Seoul-based firm ran its i*pike snow tire during the… Read more by David Evans April 4, 2024 2 min
