WRC News How much slower will Rally1 cars be without hybrid? What’s the difference? New tires; no hybrid. Yes, but what’s the difference? It’s the question you and I have been pondering since new Rally1 rules… Read more by David Evans January 18, 2025 5 min
WRC Features My first ride with a World Rally champion It only takes a sprinkling of the mundane to contextualize the surreal moments in your life. Here I am, just off the plane, massively sleep… Read more by Luke Barry January 17, 2025 5 min
WRC Features The fastest growing WRC career There’s a commonly adopted phrase in modern vocabulary that says someone or something’s downfall needs to be studied. But I’m finding myself in need of… Read more by Luke Barry January 17, 2025 5 min
WRC News Six new cars coming to EA Sports WRC Six new cars are coming to the World Rally Championship’s official video game, EA Sports WRC, including the all-conquering Volkswagen Polo R WRC and iconic… Read more by Luke Barry January 16, 2025 2 min
WRC Features Pajari’s calculated approach to his first full WRC season This is a very, very big moment for Sami Pajari. It’s one he’s been dreaming about since he started rallying in 2016. Back then it… Read more by David Evans January 16, 2025 3 min
WRC Podcast The worst title defenses in WRC history Winning the World Rally Championship is the pinnacle of any rally driver’s career, but fairly soon attention turns to the next challenge: retaining that crown… Read more by DirtFish Media January 15, 2025 10 min +
WRC Features Will we see the same Neuville now he’s world champion? He estimates he’d had 11 days off in the seven weeks that have passed since he became World Rally champion. A fitting coincidence given the… Read more by Luke Barry January 15, 2025 5 min
WRC News Why Toyota expects Evans to be faster this year Pressure is for tires… apparently, according to impassioned commentary comments from former England soccer star Alan Shearer. Technically, he’s not wrong. Elfyn Evans was, like… Read more by Luke Barry January 14, 2025 2 min
WRC News Sesks gets six-round WRC program with M-Sport Mārtiņš Sesks will compete on six rounds of the 2025 World Rally Championship with M-Sport, starting with next month’s Rally Sweden. The 25-year-old Latvian shot… Read more by Luke Barry January 14, 2025 3 min
WRC News Neuville reveals Hyundai 2025 car debut timeline The highly-anticipated evolution of Hyundai’s i20 N Rally1 will make its competitive debut at the second round of the World Rally Championship in Sweden. Hyundai… Read more by Luke Barry January 13, 2025 2 min
WRC News Rovanperä’s support for his only “real friend” in WRC Kalle Rovanperä had to stand on the sidelines and watch it happen. It wasn’t his business, he couldn’t get involved. But it still hurt –… Read more by David Evans January 13, 2025 1 min
WRC Features What happened to WRC’s obvious Rally1 candidate? There’s an unwritten rule in motorsport that the winner of a championship’s chief support category should, by rights, earn their place in the top tier… Read more by Luke Barry January 12, 2025 5 min
WRC Features How Rovanperä’s bettered himself ahead of 2025 title push The gap year’s done. He’s back. As Kalle Rovanperä prepares to return the #69 Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 to full-time deployment, he takes a moment… Read more by David Evans January 11, 2025 5 min
WRC News FIA president apologizes for lack of WRC fixes FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem has apologized to DirtFish for the time it’s taking him to fix the World Rally Championship. Two years ago, Ben… Read more by David Evans January 10, 2025 3 min
WRC News Paddon attracted by WRC’s future – but not as a driver Hayden Paddon is attracted by the World Rally Championship’s next set of regulations in 2027, but not as a driver. The reigning European Rally champion… Read more by Luke Barry January 9, 2025 3 min
WRC Features The driver entering three WRC championships in one year Rally drivers will often be called single-minded. Obsessed by their sole goal of winning the stage, rally or championship. Normally, that means just one title… Read more by Luke Barry January 8, 2025 3 min
WRC News Neuville pushes team-mates to play ‘team game’ Hyundai let its first World Rally Championship clean sweep slip in 2024, and new World Rally champion Thierry Neuville has made it very clear that… Read more by Luke Barry January 7, 2025 2 min
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
