WRC News Rovanperä not expecting to suddenly be dominant It was one of the best performances of Kalle Rovanperä’s World Rally Championship career – but the Finn is not expecting Rally Islas Canarias to… Read more by Luke Barry May 2, 2025 3 min
WRC Opinion The worrying announcement for rallying’s future Measuring the health of a world championship sport goes beyond simply counting the competitors in the field. There are three (or, as is often said… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay May 1, 2025 3 min
WRC News What we can learn from this week’s Saudi test event The World Rally Championship’s return to the Middle East moves a step closer this week, with Rally Saudi Arabia running as a candidate event ahead… Read more by David Evans May 1, 2025 3 min
WRC News Evans’ view on a conflicting weekend On the one hand, he finished 1m17.1s behind a driver in the same car as him. But on the other, although Kalle Rovanperä reduced the… Read more by Luke Barry May 1, 2025 2 min
WRC News EA will not produce next WRC game EA Sports and Codemasters will not produce the next official World Rally Championship game, it has been announced. EA Sports WRC was released in 2023 and… Read more by Luke Barry April 30, 2025 2 min
WRC News Toyota has a new, more aggressive WRC strategy For Sunday after Sunday early last year, Toyota watched as Hyundai reeled it in across the final day of a World Rally Championship round. On… Read more by David Evans April 30, 2025 2 min
WRC Features Hyundai’s Canarias failure explained They weren’t words pre-meditated or planned; instead a brutally honest reaction from Ott Tänak who finished over three minutes off the winner on a dry… Read more by Luke Barry April 30, 2025 5 min
WRC Podcast An all-Toyota race? What Canarias told us about the title fight Elfyn Evans extended his championship lead and Hyundai suffered one of its worst collective performances in recent memory, but the biggest question from Rally Islas… Read more by DirtFish Media April 30, 2025 10 min +
WRC Opinion The good, the bad and the politics from Canarias The breeze blowing in off the Atlantic and through the Rally Islas Canarias service park had nothing to do with westerlies or monsoons last week…. Read more by David Evans April 29, 2025 3 min
WRC News The AI solution to prevent rally spectator issues A new system designed to semi-automate the process of identifying spectators in unsafe locations has completed its first trial on an FIA rally event, ahead… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay April 29, 2025 3 min
WRC News Hyundai threatens to leave WRC if 2027 regulations don’t change Hyundai will not commit to the 2027 World Rally Championship regulations without revisions from the FIA. Talking to DirtFish, Hyundai Motorsport technical director François-Xavier Demaison… Read more by Luke Barry April 29, 2025 3 min
WRC Opinion DirtFish’s Rally Islas Canarias 2025 driver rankings Rally Islas Canarias brought a challenge unique in the World Rally Championship: pure, unblemished and mostly smooth asphalt: for one weekend, the WRC’s best had… Read more by DirtFish Staff April 28, 2025 5 min
WRC Features The one fight even Ogier was never going to win Rally Islas Canarias can best be summarized by comments from Sébastien Ogier after just the opening trio of stages. “It’s two surprises,” Ogier began. “One… Read more by Luke Barry April 28, 2025 10 min +
WRC Photos Toyota changes livery for WRC summer gravel rounds Toyota has switched its livery from black to silver for the upcoming summer season of gravel rallies in the World Rally Championship. Internal cockpit temperatures… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay April 28, 2025 1 min
WRC News Drivers deliver opinion on Canarias’ WRC debut The World Rally Championship’s top drivers have heaped praise on Rally Islas Canarias after it made its WRC calendar debut last week. Rally Islas Canarias… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay April 28, 2025 3 min
WRC Features What we learned from Rally Islas Canarias 2025 For one of the three World Rally Championship teams, Rally Islas Canarias could not have gone any better. For the other two, it’s a rally… Read more by Luke Barry April 28, 2025 5 min
WRC News Kankkunen “not impressed” by Rovanperä’s crushing Canarias win It’s an odd statement on paper. Kalle Rovanperä simply disappeared into the distance on Rally Islas Canarias, not giving anyone so much as a crumb… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay April 27, 2025 3 min
WRC News Rovanperä and Toyota complete dominant Canarias victory Kalle Rovanperä delivered a crushing victory on Rally Islas Canarias, scoring maximum points and outpacing eight-time world champion Sébastien Ogier by 53.5 seconds. The two-time… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay April 27, 2025 3 min
