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Ott Tänak set the fastest time on the final shakedown stage of the 2024 World Rally Championship season at Rally Japan. For the first time… Read more

by Luke Barry November 21, 2024 3 min

WRC

News

How can Tänak stop Neuville becoming champion?

World Rally Championship history is littered with examples of team-mates disputing the drivers’ title between themselves. Take the very first season (1979) where Björn Waldegård and… Read more

by Luke Barry November 20, 2024 2 min

WRC

Podcast

Debating the best WRC season finales

Will it be Thierry Neuville or Ott Tänak. Hyundai or Toyota? Oliver Solberg or Sami Pajari? With 12 chapters already written in 2024’s story, it… Read more

by DirtFish Media November 20, 2024 10 min +

WRC

News

Why there’ll be no repeat struggle for Fourmaux in Japan

M-Sport team principal Richard Millener is confident Adrien Fourmaux will have a car capable of challenging for victory at next week’s Rally Japan. The Frenchman… Read more

by David Evans November 20, 2024 2 min

WRC

Features

Rally Japan 2024 form guide

Unless you’re wearing the white and blue of M-Sport Ford this week, the stakes could not be higher with both World Rally Championship titles on… Read more

by Luke Barry November 19, 2024 5 min

WRC

News

The other reason Rovanperä isn’t joining Toyota’s late title push

After two World Rally Championship titles on the bounce, Kalle Rovanperä wanted a break from it all. He’d planned to contest only a part season,… Read more

by Alasdair Lindsay November 19, 2024 3 min

WRC

News

Rally Japan 2024 data: Entry list + itinerary

For the first time since 2021, both the World Rally Championship’s drivers’ and manufacturers’ titles will be decided at the final round when Rally Japan… Read more

by DirtFish Media November 18, 2024 3 min

WRC

Opinion

Our predictions for the 2024 WRC season finale

It’s crunch time in the World Rally Championship. Welcome to rally week, and the conclusion of the 2024 season. It’s a year that’s delivered plenty… Read more

by DirtFish Staff November 18, 2024 5 min

WRC

News

Katsuta cleared to push for Rally Japan win

It’s not really a team order, it’s more of an advisory. But it’s one that will be music to the ears of Japanese rally fans… Read more

by David Evans November 17, 2024 2 min

WRC

Features

How hybrid’s difficult WRC history finally ended

Yes. No. Maybe. No. Yes. No. Sure? Yes. It’s no. In a line, that’s the World Rally Championship’s story of electric motors and big batteries… Read more

by David Evans November 16, 2024 5 min

WRC

News

WRC hybrid supplier reacts to being dropped

World Rally Championship hybrid supplier Compact Dynamics has told DirtFish it ‘regrets’ the FIA’s decision to end the use of its systems in Rally1 cars… Read more

by David Evans November 15, 2024 3 min

WRC

News

Hybrid removed from Rally1 cars for 2025

Hybrid power will been ditched from Rally1 cars at the end of this season. The news, as predicted by DirtFish last month, came via an… Read more

by David Evans November 15, 2024 2 min

WRC

News

Abiteboul: No team orders at Rally Japan

Hyundai drivers Thierry Neuville and Ott Tänak will be free to fight each other for the drivers’ title at next week’s Rally Japan, despite Hyundai’s… Read more

by Luke Barry November 15, 2024

WRC

News

Croatia to return to WRC calendar in 2026

Croatia’s World Rally Championship story does not end here – that was the message from Daniel Šaškin to DirtFish in the summer. The president of… Read more

by David Evans November 14, 2024 2 min

WRC

News

Toyota: Pressure is on Hyundai not us in Japan

Hyundai is in the winning position, but it has the most to lose. That’s the mindset Toyota team principal Jari-Matti Latvala is carrying into next… Read more

by Luke Barry November 14, 2024 2 min

Rallye of Great Britain, Cardiff 22/25 10 2009

WRC

Podcast

Drivers who should’ve been world champion

If Thierry Neuville delivers like we all expect him to at next week’s Rally Japan, he will finally remove the ‘shoulda, woulda, coulda’ asterisk that’s… Read more

by DirtFish Media November 13, 2024

WRC

Features

Katsuta’s found what he’s been missing when it matters most

Irrespective of the 12 World Rally Championship rounds that precede it, Takamoto Katsuta always arrives home to Rally Japan under pressure. Pressure born from the… Read more

by Luke Barry November 12, 2024 5 min

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Tänak beats Fourmaux to Japan shakedown win

How can Tänak stop Neuville becoming champion?

Debating the best WRC season finales

Why there’ll be no repeat struggle for Fourmaux in Japan

Rally Japan 2024 form guide

The other reason Rovanperä isn’t joining Toyota’s late title push

Rally Japan 2024 data: Entry list + itinerary

Our predictions for the 2024 WRC season finale

Katsuta cleared to push for Rally Japan win

How hybrid’s difficult WRC history finally ended

WRC hybrid supplier reacts to being dropped

Hybrid removed from Rally1 cars for 2025

Abiteboul: No team orders at Rally Japan

Croatia to return to WRC calendar in 2026

Toyota: Pressure is on Hyundai not us in Japan

Drivers who should’ve been world champion

When the manufacturers’ title fight outshone the drivers’

Katsuta’s found what he’s been missing when it matters most