WRC News Hyundais go 1-2-3 on Portugal SS1, Greensmith fourth Ott Tänak established an early lead on Rally Portugal’s opening stage ahead of Hyundai team-mate Dani Sordo, but M-Sport’s Gus Greensmith starred by matching the… Read more by Luke Barry May 21, 2021 3 min
WRC Features DirtFish Portugal diary: The ascent to Arganil Eighty feet. Or 24 and a bit meters if you prefer. Regardless, it’s high. Especially when you’re standing on a piece of polystyrene or fiberglass… Read more by David Evans May 20, 2021 3 min
WRC Podcast Podcast: What you need to know about Rally Portugal Recorded live at the DirtFish River House in Porto, Colin Clark and David Evans run the rule over the first gravel round of the World… Read more by DirtFish Media May 20, 2021 10 min +
WRC Features Rally Portugal Friday stage guide It’s been over 220 days since the World Rally Championship was last held on a gravel stage, but that all changes on Friday with the… Read more by Luke Barry May 20, 2021 3 min
WRC News Veiby also to miss Portugal after positive COVID test Hyundai junior driver Ole Christian Veiby and co-driver Jonas Andersson will miss this weekend’s Rally Portugal after Veiby tested positive for COVID-19. Veiby, who is… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon May 20, 2021 2 min
WRC News Rovanperä plans to “reset” his approach in Portugal Toyota’s Kalle Rovanperä feels Rally Portugal “is maybe not the best place” to push for his first World Rally Championship victory considering he hasn’t finished… Read more by Luke Barry May 20, 2021 3 min
WRC Features Why soft tires could be Rally Portugal’s hardest challenge All good concoctions need a constant and a variable. Tonic is an ideal mixer for an alcoholic beverage for example – the constant – while… Read more by Luke Barry May 20, 2021 5 min
WRC Features How the WRC support classes stack up heading to Portugal We say the same thing every weekend, but what an entry list we have for Rally Portugal, round four of the 2021 World Rally Championship…. Read more by Luke Barry May 20, 2021 5 min
WRC News Evans ends shakedown on top at Rally Portugal Elfyn Evans set the pace on the shakedown stage for the second World Rally Championship event in succession in Portugal as the series returns to… Read more by Luke Barry May 20, 2021 3 min
WRC News M-Sport: 2022 top driver options are diminishing daily M-Sport managing director Malcolm Wilson has admitted that he is concerned about the “diminishing” number of top drivers still available for the 2022 World Rally… Read more by Rob Hansford May 19, 2021 3 min
WRC Features 2021 Rally Portugal form guide The first gravel round of the 2021 World Rally Championship season is almost upon us: Rally Portugal. After two brand-new rounds, Portugal may be a… Read more by Luke Barry May 19, 2021 5 min
Rally News Armin Schwarz’s son poised for WRC graduation in 2022 Fabio Schwarz – the 16-year-old son of former World Rally Championship star Armin – looks set to follow his father into rallying’s top flight as… Read more by David Evans May 19, 2021 2 min
WRC News Rally1 cars could ‘deliver the WRC’s ultimate driver’ Toyota’s technical director Tom Fowler is a very polite man. But ultimately he’d had enough. There are a finite number of times DirtFish can dress… Read more by David Evans May 19, 2021 2 min
WRC Features Rally Portugal data: running order + itinerary The start of the 2021 World Rally Championship season has primarily consisted of brand new roads for the drivers, with just three of the 44… Read more by Ida Wood May 18, 2021 2 min
ERC Opinion Will ERC be a destination or feeder series in its new era? With WRC Promoter expected to take over the running of the European Championship from 2022, as revealed by DirtFish last week, David Evans considers the… Read more by David Evans May 18, 2021 3 min
WRC News WRC has never been more attractive than 2022 – Matton Next year’s Rally1 cars will make the World Rally Championship more relevant and more attractive to car makers than ever before, according to FIA rally… Read more by David Evans May 18, 2021 3 min
ARA News McKenna wins appeal into Fiesta WRC’s ARA legality Defending American Rally Association presented by DirtFish National Champion Barry McKenna has won an appeal to keep using his latest generation Ford Fiesta WRC in… Read more by Luke Barry May 17, 2021 2 min
WRC News Toyota completes first full hybrid test with Rally1 Yaris Matthew Wilson is no longer unique. In terms of rally driving, that is. Last week, Juho Hänninen became the second person to sample a 2022… Read more by David Evans May 17, 2021 2 min
