WRC Features What’s new for WRC 2025? On the face of it, not much is changing in the World Rally Championship for 2025. Yes, there’ll be a new reigning world champion (and… Read more by Luke Barry January 6, 2025 5 min
Rally Features Fourmaux eyes title fight with Hyundai In the end, nobody was surprised. The world saw this one coming. But still, seeing Adrien Fourmaux in Hyundai overalls looked odd. Less so for… Read more by David Evans January 5, 2025 5 min
Rally Features How Italy’s next rally prodigy is going against convention I have written these words before. I might write them again. Italian rallying has been stuck in a bit of a rut when it comes… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay January 4, 2025 3 min
WRC News Entries for WRC 2025 season opener revealed The very first entry of the 2025 World Rally Championship has been published, with 70 crews taking on the season-opening Monte Carlo Rally. Headlined by… Read more by Luke Barry January 3, 2025 2 min
WRC Podcast Will Rovanperä dominate WRC and who’s going to win Dakar? Who’s going to win the Dakar? What about WRC2? Will there be any new winners in the World Rally Championship? And which direction will the… Read more by David Evans January 1, 2025 2 min
WRC Features The “paradox” in Ogier’s unusual season What must the mood be like today at chez Ogier? With rallying far from his mind during precious time with family, likely very good. But… Read more by Luke Barry December 31, 2024
Rally Features How good is Verstappen the rally driver? Love him or loathe him, that Max Verstappen is the best Formula 1 driver in the world right now isn’t really up for debate. Nine… Read more by Luke Barry December 29, 2024
WRC Features The season that unlocked Meeke’s WRC career Drivers weren’t exactly spoilt for career opportunities in the World Rally Championship come 2009. The global financial crisis of 2008 forced Subaru’s hand as it… Read more by Luke Barry December 28, 2024 5 min
WRC Features The culture that created the WRC’s most dominant force Candidly, he points out: “I was only a small cog in the gearbox!” But no gearbox can function without all of its cogs working in… Read more by Luke Barry December 27, 2024 5 min
WRC Features Where Volkswagen was 10 years ahead of the game The primary focus in all forms of motorsport is performance. It’s the ultimate parameter of success. Sébastien Ogier grilling steaks from the engine bay of… Read more by Luke Barry December 27, 2024 5 min
WRC Features WRC drivers rate their own seasons Usually, it’s DirtFish that rates the drivers out of 10 for their performance on each round of the World Rally Championship. But, at the end… Read more by DirtFish Media December 26, 2024 5 min
WRC Podcast The DirtFish 2024 Rally Quiz However you are choosing to celebrate the festive season (or indeed if you are at all), one thing that always goes down well is a… Read more by DirtFish Media December 25, 2024 10 min +
WRC Video A ‘dirty’ Martini delivered by a Ford Focus WRC The Girardo & Co. Christmas film has become as much a part of the holiday season as turkey and all the trimmings. And this year’s… Read more by David Evans December 24, 2024 2 min
WRC Features How close did Loeb come to racing in F1? Somewhere, over there, in a parallel universe, Sébastien Loeb isn’t just a nine-time World Rally champion. Because had his 2009 WRC season not turned upside down, or… Read more by Luke Barry December 24, 2024
Rally Features Why Paddon’s dad ended a 22-year retirement Context is everything. Twenty two years is deemed absolutely nothing in terms of the amount of time elapsed between Kalle Rovanperä’s birth and his first… Read more by Luke Barry December 23, 2024 5 min
Rally News Rovanperä to start 2025 with 24-hour race debut Dubai. It’s a long way from the frozen twists and turns of a Thursday night run over the Bréziers stage, but it’s where Kalle Rovanperä… Read more by David Evans December 23, 2024 3 min
WRC Features Overcoming an “impossible” challenge to enter WRC2 What will Santa Claus bring Rachele Somaschini? Everybody knows, rule number one for the big fella in red is about being good for a year…. Read more by DirtFish Media December 23, 2024
WRC News The season that cost Latvala his passion First stage after lunch on Friday afternoon in Sardinia five years ago – that’s where Jari-Matti Latvala’s career ended. Remember that one? Tula, second time… Read more by David Evans December 22, 2024