WRC News WRC drivers deliver mixed verdict on hybrid decision World Rally Championship drivers have delivered a mixed reaction to the news that hybrids will be removed from the top-class Rally1 cars from 2025. An… Read more by Luke Barry November 29, 2024 3 min
WRC News Killarney “jumping” ahead of Rovanperä appearance From Las Vegas to Killarney, that’s Kalle Rovanperä’s journey this week as the two-time World Rally champion makes his way from Formula 1 to one… Read more by David Evans November 28, 2024 2 min
WRC News Abiteboul wants to ‘solve the riddle’ with Tänak There’s perhaps never been a bigger fall from ‘hero to zero’ than Ott Tänak experienced on the final morning of Rally Japan. His performance had… Read more by Luke Barry November 28, 2024 3 min
WRC News M-Sport ready to build Puma Rally2 subject to FIA change M-Sport is ready to push the button on developing a Ford Puma Rally2 – just as soon as the FIA implements regulation change to allow… Read more by David Evans November 28, 2024 2 min
WRC News Pajari responds to backlash over Mälkönen decision Sami Pajari has responded to backlash he has received over his decision to part ways with co-driver Enni Mälkönen for next season’s World Rally Championship. Pajari – who… Read more by Luke Barry November 27, 2024 2 min
WRC Features 10 moments that decided the 2024 WRC season At times in his career it looked like it just wasn’t meant to be, but since the very beginning of 2024 Thierry Neuville has looked… Read more by Luke Barry November 27, 2024 5 min
WRC Podcast Did Tänak save Toyota’s season? It won more rounds, scored more podiums; even won more stages this World Rally Championship season. And yet Toyota only beat Hyundai to the manufacturers’… Read more by DirtFish Media November 27, 2024 10 min +
WRC Features What will Kankkunen bring to his new Toyota role? A couple of years ago Sébastien Ogier and I were walking around the Toyota Museum. It was the day after Rally Japan and there was… Read more by David Evans November 27, 2024 3 min
Rally News McRae impresses legendary Citroën WRC engineer Didier Clément has worked with his fair share of superstars. Sébastiens Loeb and Ogier both have plenty to thank him for, as does the most… Read more by David Evans November 26, 2024 3 min
WRC Opinion DirtFish’s Rally Japan 2024 driver ratings The World Rally Championship has delivered many intense days over the years, but Sunday in Japan was right up there with the best of them. The… Read more by Colin Clark November 26, 2024 5 min
WRC News Abiteboul sees Toyota’s manufacturers’ title as “justice” Hyundai Motorsport president Cyril Abiteboul believes Toyota’s World Rally Championship manufacturers’ title is “justice” and a “fair representation” of the two teams’ respective performance levels…. Read more by Luke Barry November 26, 2024 3 min
WRC Opinion What makes Rally Japan the WRC’s flawed genius I’m writing this while tearing through the Nagoya suburbs at 179mph. What’s not to love about the Shinkansen? What’s not to love about Japan? And… Read more by David Evans November 25, 2024 5 min
WRC Features What we learned from Rally Japan 2024 The new points system implemented for the 2024 World Rally Championship season has been heavily criticized, but what a finale it helped create. The drivers’ title… Read more by Luke Barry November 25, 2024 5 min
WRC News Mälkonen reacts to co‑driving split with Pajari Eight months ago, Enni Mälkönen had swapped her intercom for a podcast microphone. On DirtFish’s SPIN, The Rally Pod, she made her rallying ambitions clear…. Read more by Alasdair Lindsay November 25, 2024 3 min
WRC News Toyota appoints Kankkunen as deputy team principal Four-time World Rally champion Juha Kankkunen will return to the service park with Toyota next season when he joins Jari-Matti Latvala as deputy team principal…. Read more by David Evans November 25, 2024 2 min
WRC News Toyota signs Pajari for fourth full-time 2025 seat Twenty-four hours on from sealing the WRC2 title, Sami Pajari has been announced, alongside Kalle Rovanperä, Elfyn Evans and Takamoto Katsuta, as a full-time Toyota… Read more by David Evans November 25, 2024 3 min
WRC News What being World Rally champion means to Neuville Today is a day that Thierry Neuville will remember for the rest of his life. In truth, it’s a day any World Rally Championship fan… Read more by DirtFish Media November 24, 2024 5 min
WRC News Rally Japan organizers fined €150,000 for van incident Rally Japan organizers have been fined €150,000 – €100,000 of which is suspended – after an incident where a van entered stage 12 in the… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay November 24, 2024 5 min
