WRC Features What will Kankkunen bring to his new Toyota role? A couple of years ago Sébastien Ogier and I were walking around the Toyota Museum. It was the day after Rally Japan and there was… Read more by David Evans November 27, 2024 3 min
Rally News McRae impresses legendary Citroën WRC engineer Didier Clément has worked with his fair share of superstars. Sébastiens Loeb and Ogier both have plenty to thank him for, as does the most… Read more by David Evans November 26, 2024 3 min
WRC Opinion DirtFish’s Rally Japan 2024 driver ratings The World Rally Championship has delivered many intense days over the years, but Sunday in Japan was right up there with the best of them. The… Read more by Colin Clark November 26, 2024 5 min
WRC News Abiteboul sees Toyota’s manufacturers’ title as “justice” Hyundai Motorsport president Cyril Abiteboul believes Toyota’s World Rally Championship manufacturers’ title is “justice” and a “fair representation” of the two teams’ respective performance levels…. Read more by Luke Barry November 26, 2024 3 min
WRC Opinion What makes Rally Japan the WRC’s flawed genius I’m writing this while tearing through the Nagoya suburbs at 179mph. What’s not to love about the Shinkansen? What’s not to love about Japan? And… Read more by David Evans November 25, 2024 5 min
WRC Features What we learned from Rally Japan 2024 The new points system implemented for the 2024 World Rally Championship season has been heavily criticized, but what a finale it helped create. The drivers’ title… Read more by Luke Barry November 25, 2024 5 min
WRC News Mälkonen reacts to co‑driving split with Pajari Eight months ago, Enni Mälkönen had swapped her intercom for a podcast microphone. On DirtFish’s SPIN, The Rally Pod, she made her rallying ambitions clear…. Read more by Alasdair Lindsay November 25, 2024 3 min
WRC News Toyota appoints Kankkunen as deputy team principal Four-time World Rally champion Juha Kankkunen will return to the service park with Toyota next season when he joins Jari-Matti Latvala as deputy team principal…. Read more by David Evans November 25, 2024 2 min
WRC News Toyota signs Pajari for fourth full-time 2025 seat Twenty-four hours on from sealing the WRC2 title, Sami Pajari has been announced, alongside Kalle Rovanperä, Elfyn Evans and Takamoto Katsuta, as a full-time Toyota… Read more by David Evans November 25, 2024 3 min
WRC News What being World Rally champion means to Neuville Today is a day that Thierry Neuville will remember for the rest of his life. In truth, it’s a day any World Rally Championship fan… Read more by DirtFish Media November 24, 2024 5 min
WRC News Rally Japan organizers fined €150,000 for van incident Rally Japan organizers have been fined €150,000 – €100,000 of which is suspended – after an incident where a van entered stage 12 in the… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay November 24, 2024 5 min
WRC News Katsuta has never felt pressure like he did in Japan Takamoto Katsuta feels his performance at Rally Japan was career-saving, under more pressure than he’s ever experienced in his life as he feared for his… Read more by Luke Barry November 24, 2024 2 min
WRC News Pajari and co-driver Mälkönen end their partnership WRC2 champions Sami Pajari and Enni Mälkönen will end their partnership after the 2024 season. Pajari has been co-driven by Mälkönen full-time since 2022 – the season after he… Read more by Luke Barry November 24, 2024 2 min
WRC Features Neuville’s title elevates him where he’s always belonged Colorful glasses. That was my first impression of Thierry Neuville. And confident. Supremely confident. My first interview with Thierry was in 2009. It wasn’t my… Read more by David Evans November 24, 2024 5 min
WRC News Toyota beats Hyundai to manufacturers’ title in epic finish Toyota has retained its World Rally Championship manufacturers’ crown after a thrilling battle with Hyundai that was settled on the powerstage of Rally Japan. Thierry… Read more by Luke Barry November 24, 2024 2 min
WRC News Pajari overhauls Solberg to become WRC2 champion Sami Pajari and Enni Mälkönen have become WRC2 champions, beating Oliver Solberg to the title after securing second place at Rally Japan. Pajari, who turns… Read more by Luke Barry November 24, 2024 2 min
WRC News Tänak laments “complete f*** up” after Japan crash Ott Tänak has explained his rally-ending Rally Japan crash which potentially cost Hyundai the World Rally Championship’s manufacturers’ title, branding his mistake a “complete f***… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay November 24, 2024 2 min
WRC News Hyundai and Toyota level in the championship as it stands Hyundai and Toyota’s showdown for the World Rally Championship manufacturers’ title is set to be decided on the Rally Japan powerstage with the two provisionally… Read more by Luke Barry November 24, 2024 2 min
