Rally News Daybreaker Rally set for return There’s something special about daybreak. It’s the start of a whole new day. A whole new adventure. When darkness deserts the streets of Manawatu on… Read more by David Evans August 9, 2023 3 min
WRC News Hyundai still not as fast as Toyota – Abiteboul Hyundai team principal Cyril Abiteboul feels Toyota’s GR Yaris Rally1 is still a faster car than Hyundai’s i20 N Rally1 after last week’s Rally Finland…. Read more by Luke Barry August 9, 2023 3 min
WRC Podcast Is the WRC championship battle alive again? It was simultaneously Elfyn Evans’ dream and Kalle Rovanperä’s worst nightmare. Just as the championship leader crashed out of a winning position and was unable to restart… Read more by DirtFish Media August 8, 2023 10 min +
WRC News What Evans has achieved in Finland is “quite unique” Although it hasn’t happened since 2017, traditionally a Rally Finland win has always been reserved for a Finn. Of the 72 Rally Finlands there have… Read more by Luke Barry August 8, 2023 3 min
WRC Opinion Colin Clark’s 2023 Rally Finland driver ratings Rally Finland is always one of the highlights of the year. It’s a real treat for us mere mortals to watch the world’s best rally… Read more by Colin Clark August 8, 2023 5 min
WRC News Latvala hopes Toyoda’s passion will lure other WRC manufacturers Jari-Matti Latvala hopes Toyota chairman Akio Toyoda’s passion for rallying will help entice more manufacturers to the World Rally Championship. Toyoda was acting as Toyota’s… Read more by Luke Barry August 8, 2023 3 min
WRC Features Neuville’s 10-year “struggle” between Rally Finland podiums Thierry Neuville’s done it. It’s hard to believe it took him a decade, but in 2023 he returned to the Rally Finland podium for the… Read more by Ida Wood August 7, 2023 5 min
WRC Features What we learned from Rally Finland 2023 So many World Rally Championship drivers long to become a Rally Finland winner. Elfyn Evans has now done it twice. Last weekend was one of… Read more by Luke Barry August 7, 2023 5 min
WRC News Ogier comes back for Greece, Sordo in the Hyundai Sébastien Ogier will return to World Rally Championship action at next month’s Acropolis Rally Greece. Ogier briefly led this year’s WRC after round three in México,… Read more by Luke Barry August 7, 2023 2 min
WRC Features Evans has won Finland before – but this was different The bubble burst. At five o’clock on Friday afternoon, the atmosphere in the Rally Finland service park changed. The Finns were a little bit finished…. Read more by David Evans August 7, 2023 5 min
WRC News Toyota committed to the WRC for the long term Toyota chairman Akio Toyoda has outlined a long-term World Rally Championship future to DirtFish – but admitted he is calling on fellow manufacturers to join… Read more by David Evans August 7, 2023 2 min
WRC Features Winners + losers from Rally Finland 2023 Kalle Rovanperä, Ott Tänak and Esapekka Lappi would’ve been many people’s shouts to be the top three finishers on Rally Finland, rather than the three… Read more by Luke Barry August 6, 2023 5 min
WRC News Fourmaux reprimanded for missing WRC2 podium in Finland Adrien Fourmaux and co-driver Alexandre Coria have been reprimanded, and their M-Sport team fined €2,000, for leaving the finish holding area of Rally Finland and… Read more by Luke Barry August 6, 2023 2 min
Rally News Meeke’s Portuguese title hopes all but over Kris Meeke’s bid to win the Portuguese Rally Championship is all but over after he crashed out from this weekend’s Rali Vinho da Madeira. Round… Read more by Luke Barry August 6, 2023 2 min
WRC Features The Loeb/Tänak club Evans now joins Carlos Sainz, Didier Auriol, Markko Märtin, Sébastien Loeb, Sébastien Ogier, Kris Meeke, Ott Tänak and Elfyn Evans. These are all the non-Scandinavian to have conquered… Read more by Luke Barry August 6, 2023 2 min
WRC News Evans boosts WRC title chances with Rally Finland win Elfyn Evans secured his seventh World Rally Championship win, and second of 2023, with the fastest time on Rally Finland’s powerstage. The Toyota driver had… Read more by Ida Wood August 6, 2023 3 min
WRC News Katsuta repels Suninen for third, Evans still leads Takamoto Katsuta is keeping Teemu Suninen behind in the battle for third on Rally Finland, with Elfyn Evans now just one stage away rally victory…. Read more by Ida Wood August 6, 2023 3 min
WRC News Loubet carrying “small issue” for final Rally Finland morning M-Sport Ford’s Pierre-Loubet has had to start the final day of Rally Finland driving in road mode, and may have to do the whole morning… Read more by Ida Wood August 5, 2023 2 min
