WRC News M-Sport’s 2026 plan for its latest young WRC prospect M-Sport is taking a cautious approach to promoting its prodigious talent Romet Jürgenson, suggesting a promotion to its main World Rally Championship lineup for 2026… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay October 7, 2025 2 min
WRC News Rovanperä aware time is running out At no point this season has Kalle Rovanperä led the World Rally Championship drivers’ standings. But he’s been close behind team-mate Elfyn Evans and erstwhile… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay October 6, 2025 2 min
ARA News Mission complete with Michele’s first rally Pulling up to the stop line, Michele Abbate loosened her belts and relaxed. She’d done it. She’d written her story: from road racer to rally… Read more by David Evans October 5, 2025 3 min
ERC News Marczyk the new ERC champion despite Armstrong win The 2025 European Rally Championship went down to the wire in Croatia, but it was Miko Marczyk who prospered to become the new European Rally champion…. Read more by Luke Barry October 5, 2025 3 min
WRC News The knock on the door that changed Kankkunen’s career Even today, Juha Kankkunen can’t help but chuckle as he tells the story. It’s 36 years since that knock at the door. After returning –… Read more by David Evans October 4, 2025 5 min
Rally News Entire nation blocked from rallying amid license furore Cypriot drivers are being prevented from international competition due to an ongoing dispute with the country’s national governing body of motorsport. All Cypriot entrants to… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay October 3, 2025 2 min
WRC News The Rovanperä comparison Pajari’s holding himself to Is experience an excuse? The common thinking in the World Rally Championship today is yes. With drivers effectively able to memorize stages now, knowledge of… Read more by Luke Barry October 3, 2025 3 min
ARA News Excitement building ahead of DirtFish ace’s first ever rally Her energy is infectious. Experiencing ‘rally week’ for the very first time, the nerves are nil. In their place is pure excitement and an underlying… Read more by Luke Barry October 2, 2025 3 min
WRC News Rallying’s first live phone-in show Got an opinion on how a driver is performing? Think a team is headed in the wrong direction or have a strong point of view… Read more by DirtFish Media October 2, 2025 2 min
WRC Opinion The historic and current challenge of promoting the WRC The 1999 season was a big one for the World Rally Championship. World Rally Car regulations, launched in ’97, were coming into their own. Peugeot… Read more by DirtFish Media October 2, 2025 5 min
WRC News Ogier’s championship lead not concerning Evans When Elfyn Evans guides his Toyota out of the service park in Passau next month, it’ll be just the third time this season that he’s… Read more by Luke Barry September 30, 2025 2 min
WRC News WEC program impacting Hyundai’s WRC performance – Neuville Hyundai’s efforts elsewhere in motorsport is having an effect on its World Rally Championship program, its technical director has conceded. Genesis, Hyundai’s luxury brand, will… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay September 30, 2025 3 min
WRC News Rossel torn on his future: Lancia factory status or WRC27 bid? Yohan Rossel, one of the protagonists of the WRC2 title fight until Oliver Solberg clinched the crown on Rally Chile, is expected to switch to… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay September 29, 2025 2 min
Rally News Verstappen claims his first title in rallying Jos Verstappen has claimed his first title in rallying by winning the 2025 Belgian Rally Championship. The 53-year-old, father of four-time Formula 1 world champion… Read more by Luke Barry September 28, 2025 2 min
Rally News Lappi plans to defend his Finnish title Esapekka Lappi plans to defend his Finnish Rally title, having won the national championship for a second time. The two-time World Rally Championship event winner… Read more by Luke Barry September 27, 2025 2 min
Rally News Meeke’s chances of retaining his Portuguese title Next month’s Portuguese Championship decider will be a three-way, winner-takes-all shootout as Kris Meeke, Dani Sordo and Armindo Araújo go head-to-head on the all-asphalt finale…. Read more by David Evans September 27, 2025 2 min
WRC Podcast How to turn a distant dream into Rally1 reality It started with cleaning windshields. Then he was sending emails, and generally doing whatever he possibly could just to get closer to rally cars. A family… Read more by Luke Barry September 26, 2025 10 min +
ARA News The next step for a promising prospect What’s next? A phrase now commonly associated with Formula 1 driver Valtteri Bottas, but equally applicable to DirtFish Women in Motorsport Driver Aoife Raftery. The… Read more by Luke Barry September 26, 2025 3 min
