It wasn’t just the world’s top drivers who were back on the World Rally Championship stages over the weekend, as the DirtFish team was back in action on an all-new rally venue for them too.
Senior staff writer David Evans, voice of rally Colin Clark and videography pro Heikki Barsk used all possible forms of transport – including helicopters and police cars – to bring coverage from Rally Estonia, and took some pictures on the way to show what it was like behind the scenes on the country’s biggest motorsport event to date.
Helicopters and rallying trucks. The start to DirtFish’s week in Estonia was a very cool one
The boys grumbled through the jungle in search of news. Find out why this week
It’s September, but it’s never too early for Joulupukki
Not even Sébastien Ogier was immune from a legendary Adamo hug in Estonia (this is the aftermath)
DirtFish didn’t just film cool cars on the stages last week
Taka and Dan in the trees when they should’ve been in their car
Taka-san films the corner that caught him out
After the crosskarting, Colin Clark waits for a more suitable mode of transport
The coronavirus restrictions impacted on service park activity
Would you eat this man’s pickled cucumbers? Colin did
Rally Estonia-branded hand sanitiser - cleans your paws quicker than anything else
A mechanical arm kept the flag flying for Estonia
The first WRC round without Martin Holmes was marked by WRC3 winner Oliver Solberg
Rally Estonia winner Ott Tänak enjoyed a DirtFish grilling before and after the weekend
Rain rained on Toyota’s recce lunch parade
Rally Estonia’s €2.5m government investment was reflected in the stage-side defences of houses
Check out the zero. Tartu is a very cool place
Not allowed into the service park, DirtFish went to extraordinary lengths to get pictures (and Colin went to extraordinary lengths to get a picture of Heikki...)
The first ever autonomous car to complete a stage of the WRC. This one posted an electric time through SS1
Tommi Mäkinen showed us around his Tailinn pad before the rally
Fifteen years ago Britain lost one of the best. Last weekend we went back to remember ‘Beef’ at the memorial established by his adoring Estonian fans
Colin Clark enjoyed a ride in a police car...
Markko Märtin's 2020 ride wasn’t quite as quick as the Ford Fiesta WRC he used last year
DirtFish’s Heikki Barsk hung around in a heli, while David Evans took the pictures
The crosskarting crowd. One DirtFish driver crashed, one DirtFish driver didn’t. Markko Märtin knows...
