Category Rally

What we know about Royal Rally of Scandinavia

It’s new, yet it isn’t. It’s an international rally in Sweden, but not as you know it. It’s the new European Rally Championship event that… Read more

by Luke Barry December 4, 2022 5 min

Rally

Breen denied emotional Killarney win by last stage drama

Craig Breen was denied an emotional win on Killarney Historic Rally as his ex-Frank Meagher Ford Sierra RS Cosworth broke a driveshaft at the arrival… Read more

by Luke Barry December 3, 2022 2 min

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The former WRC talent emerging from retirement

The last time I spoke to Fredrik Åhlin was all the way back in April, 2020. Working for my previous employer, Motorsport News, the sudden… Read more

by Luke Barry December 3, 2022 5 min

Opinion

Why was Japan boring to watch?

It feels like a lot has happened since Thierry Neuville and Martijn Wydaeghe proudly stood on the sills of their Hyundai as winners of Rally… Read more

by DirtFish Media December 3, 2022 5 min

Rally

The quirk in Paddon’s latest success

Plonk Hayden Paddon in a Hyundai anywhere in the Asia-Pacific, and more often than not he’ll end that weekend with a win. New Zealand is… Read more

by Luke Barry December 2, 2022 5 min

WRC manufacturers with the most wins per season

Hyundai’s 2022 World Rally Championship campaign ended up being a record breaking one. Not in terms of championship trophies, instead because of how many individual… Read more

by Luke Barry December 2, 2022 5 min

Toyota’s new car that’s a lottery to own

It’s a lottery. No seriously, it’s a lottery. If you live in Japan and you want one of the most sought after road cars in… Read more

by David Evans December 2, 2022 2 min

Meeke won’t do Monte Carlo with Škoda

Not for the first time, Kris Meeke came close to breaking the internet earlier this week. Spotted testing Škoda’s Fabia RS Rally2 in the French… Read more

by David Evans December 2, 2022 2 min

Top 5 WRC debuts by Formula 1 drivers

The demands placed on a Formula 1 driver are very different to what’s expected of a frontline World Rally Championship pilot. The objective is the… Read more

by Luke Barry December 1, 2022 5 min

How Central European Rally was born

It’s always fun to imagine that not all business ideas were born in the boardroom, isn’t it? Sure, there’s a great degree of logic and sense… Read more

by Luke Barry December 1, 2022 5 min

Kankkunen keen for Toyota testing role

Juha Kankkunen was embarrassed. This wasn’t part of the plan. He had shown himself up at what was a big moment for Toyota – the… Read more

by David Evans December 1, 2022 3 min

Why a Rally2 car is important to Toyota

Toyota technical director Tom Fowler believes opening up the use of the team’s new GR Yaris Rally2 to customers is an “important” step to support… Read more

by Stephen Brunsdon November 30, 2022 3 min

When will Škoda’s new Rally2 car be available?

The mixture of satisfaction and frustration is as obvious as it is unavoidable. Škoda’s all-new Fabia RS Rally2 showed its pace and potential with a… Read more

by David Evans November 30, 2022 3 min

WRC’s new 24/7 channel to launch mid-2023

The World Rally Championship’s evolution of its All Live platform will make its debut midway through 2023, with the rebranding also incorporating the European Rally… Read more

by Stephen Brunsdon November 30, 2022 2 min

Rovanperä: I need to do better in 2023

I need to do better next year. These are not the words Kalle Rovanperä’s World Rally Championship rivals can afford to hear. But it’s exactly… Read more

by Luke Barry November 29, 2022 3 min

Acropolis planning surprise location for 70th anniversary

Septuagenarian rounds of the World Rally Championship are fairly thin on the ground, which is why next year’s Acropolis Rally Greece is going to require… Read more

by David Evans November 29, 2022 2 min