WRC News Neuville wins Japan SS1, Toyotas struggle Thierry Neuville leads Rally Japan overnight ahead of Hyundai team-mate Esapekka Lappi after Thursday evening’s superspecial stage. This year’s Rally Japan kicked off with a… Read more by Luke Barry November 16, 2023 2 min
WRC News Lappi wanted part-program for better home life Esapekka Lappi requested to drop to a part-time World Rally Championship program in 2024 so that he could strike a better work/life balance. Lappi joined… Read more by Luke Barry November 16, 2023 2 min
WRC News Japan won’t be Sordo’s last WRC rally Dani Sordo has confirmed to DirtFish that Rally Japan will not be his last event as a World Rally Championship driver. Sordo has been a… Read more by Luke Barry November 15, 2023 2 min
WRC News Neuville heads Evans in Rally Japan shakedown Last year’s winner Thierry Neuville set the pace on the Rally Japan shakedown stage ahead of Toyota drivers Elfyn Evans and Sébastien Ogier. Running for… Read more by Luke Barry November 15, 2023 2 min
WRC News Lappi to contest part-time 2024 WRC season Esapekka Lappi will remain with Hyundai Motorsport for the 2024 World Rally Championship season, but will regress to a part-time program. In a move that… Read more by Luke Barry November 15, 2023 2 min
WRC Features Rally Japan 2023 form guide The World Rally Championship returns to Japan for its grand finale this week, although all of the season’s major titles have already been decided. That… Read more by James Bowen November 15, 2023
WRC Podcast When Subaru made Loeb an offer Last week marked 20 years since Petter Solberg won the 2003 World Rally Championship, defeating Sébastien Loeb by just a singe championship point. Loeb of… Read more by DirtFish Media November 14, 2023 10 min +
WRC News WRC2 powerstage axed for 2024 Powerstage points have been removed from the World Rally Championship’s premier support category, WRC2, for 2024. Since 2021, the fastest three drivers on the powerstage… Read more by Luke Barry November 14, 2023 2 min
WRC News Rally Japan 2023 data: Running order + itinerary The World Rally Championship heads east this week for its season finale at Rally Japan. This year marks the second running of the Nagoya-based event,… Read more by James Bowen November 14, 2023 3 min
WRC Features Five iconic Rally Japan moments For an event that debuted on the World Rally Championship calendar all the way back in 2004, it’s surprising to realize that Rally Japan has… Read more by Luke Barry November 13, 2023 3 min
WRC News Rovanperä working to be faster in Japan With his first World Rally Championship title long since secured, Kalle Rovanperä entered last year’s season finale in Japan without any pressure whatsoever. He was… Read more by James Bowen November 13, 2023 2 min
WRC News The race for second place that both drivers are ignoring The World Rally Championship drivers’ and manufacturers’ titles have been secured. The WRC2 contest has even been wrapped up. There’s therefore not a great deal… Read more by Luke Barry November 13, 2023 2 min
WRC Features The list of WRC greats Toyota is gunning to join Winning is everything to any competitor in any form of motorsport. But winning at home always means that little bit more. The focus here is… Read more by Luke Barry November 12, 2023 2 min
WRC Opinion Why 2003 was the best WRC season ever “Less than a minute covers the top seven, it’s still anyone’s rally.” When was the last time you heard those words uttered at the end… Read more by Hamir Thapar November 11, 2023
WRC Features Inside Solberg’s RAC Rally test Whispers were already beginning to spread among the photographers – not that you could hear them over the howl of BDA goodness revolving 10,000 times… Read more by Luke Barry November 11, 2023 3 min
WRC News What next for the outgoing WRC2 champion? The idea of defending the WRC2 title is a curious one, as in a sense no driver really wants to. Winning the World Rally Championship’s support… Read more by Luke Barry November 10, 2023 3 min
WRC News Katsuta promises to “really push” in Japan On the final day of last month’s Central European Rally, all eyes were on Kalle Rovanperä as he completed a drama-free Sunday to secure second… Read more by James Bowen November 10, 2023 3 min
WRC News Neuville bullish for 2024: “If it’s not now, then it’s never!” Thierry Neuville has been here before. Strong finishes to World Rally Championship seasons are the Belgian’s forte, with his victory on Central European Rally marking… Read more by James Bowen November 10, 2023 2 min
