WRC Photos Grönholm’s lesser-known factory chance It is common for top drivers in the World Rally Championship to drive for multiple manufacturers, as the notoriously fickle makes come and go, or… Read more by Mark Paulson April 10, 2024 2 min
WRC Photos Friends reunited after 20 years Twenty years ago, a pair of fresh-faced Frenchmen were on a mission on the stages around Antalya, Turkey. The third round of the 2004 Junior… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon April 4, 2024
WRC Photos Ferrari’s WRC heyday Mention “Ferrari” and “1982” around any seasoned motorsport fan, and only one story comes to mind. Villeneuve and Pironi; Imola and Zolder. The tale and… Read more by James Bowen March 27, 2024 2 min
WRC Photos When Mazda got its moment in the Swedish sun Timo Salonen rarely believed in convention. The 1985 World Rally champion is primarily famous for three things: driving a Peugeot 205 T16, chain smoking, and… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay February 14, 2024 2 min
WRC Photos Calling home from Argentina It’s Didier. On the phone. And what a telephone. The archive at Girardo & Co. is a quite extraordinary place. It’s packed, wall-to-wall, with some… Read more by David Evans December 27, 2023
WRC Photos Africa’s other marathon challenge Can you feel the dust clinging to your sweaty body and choking your lungs? This is the Ivory Coast Rally, also known as the Bandama… Read more by Mark Paulson December 20, 2023 2 min
WRC Photos The summer snow of a classic WRC event December is perhaps the most difficult month of the year for rally fans. With the World Rally Championship season over there’s no action to feast… Read more by James Bowen December 13, 2023 2 min
WRC Photos 10 of rallying’s best black liveries As you can imagine, we quite like black cars here at DirtFish Rally School. Our fabulous fleet of Subaru WRXs and BRZs all rip up… Read more by David Evans December 12, 2023
WRC Photos A love letter to a Kit Car hero I’ve had to give myself a good talking to. How can it be that we’ve been running the Girardo & Co. picture of the week… Read more by Luke Barry November 29, 2023 2 min
WRC Photos When unexpected manufacturers competed in WRC If you were lucky enough to make it to last weekend’s Rallylegend, you would have been treated to a mesmerizing display of heroic cars from… Read more by James Bowen October 18, 2023 2 min
WRC Photos Sordo’s forgotten comeback drive One of the standout performers at this year’s Acropolis Rally Greece was undoubtedly Dani Sordo. Having faced his fair share of scrutiny at the start… Read more by Hamir Thapar September 20, 2023 2 min
WRC Photos An out of context WRC legend Tarmac, donuts, champagne and a Peugeot. Ask me to play any sort of word association game for Gilles Panizzi, and these would be high on… Read more by Luke Barry September 6, 2023 2 min
WRC Photos The cunning nature of M-Sport’s first WRC win Coming in from the recce for the 1997 Acropolis Rally, Ford drivers Carlos Sainz and Juha Kankkunen were concerned. The Greek roads might have been… Read more by David Evans August 30, 2023 2 min
WRC Photos The WRC rally I miss from the calendar I miss it. There’s plenty of excitement for the all-new Central European Rally later this year which could well allay these thoughts. But Rally Germany… Read more by Luke Barry August 16, 2023 2 min
WRC Photos Childhood memories of a flying Finn Flying Finn. It’s an overused term I’m sure you’ll agree. But here, right before your very eyes, quite literally is a flying Finn. And, big… Read more by Luke Barry August 9, 2023 2 min
WRC Photos The WRC’s missed mixed-surface challenge I think I’ve got an addiction. Last week I picked a Subaru for our picture of the week feature from the Girardo & Co. Archive…. Read more by Luke Barry July 26, 2023 2 min
WRC Photos Struggling on through Indonesian heat and mud Listening to the voice of Mark James is a brilliant way to start any morning. Apologies if that embarrasses you, Mark, but it’s true. One… Read more by Luke Barry July 19, 2023 2 min
Rally Photos Citroën’s most iconic rally car? I saw something on Twitter over the weekend. The question was simple, but greatly intriguing. Which is the most iconic rally car from Citroën Racing?… Read more by Luke Barry July 12, 2023 2 min