WRC Features What we learned from Rally Japan 2023 Rally Japan 2023 isn’t an event the World Rally Championship drivers will be forgetting in a hurry. In a way the rally was all over… Read more by Luke Barry November 20, 2023 3 min
WRC Podcast Podcast: Rovanperä explains his decision The 2024 World Rally Championship driver market has blown up with Toyota’s announcement in the wake of Rally Japan. It will keep the same roster… Read more by DirtFish Media November 20, 2023 10 min +
WRC Opinion Why would Rovanperä want to step back from WRC? Who saw that coming? Be honest, you didn’t. Neither did I. How could we? Kalle Rovanperä is a 23-year-old Finn with the keys to a… Read more by David Evans November 20, 2023 3 min
WRC News Rovanperä steps down to part-time WRC program in 2024 Kalle Rovanperä will step down from a full program of World Rally Championship events next season, tackling only selected rallies in a Toyota GR Yaris… Read more by David Evans November 20, 2023 3 min
WRC Features Toyota’s route to a dream Rally Japan shutout After a season as perfect as Toyota’s 2023 World Rally Championship, there was only really one way to end it: with a win. But why… Read more by David Evans November 19, 2023 10 min +
WRC News Akio Toyoda toasts Toyota’s dream result Toyota team principal Jari-Matti Latvala summed up his team’s Rally Japan perfectly. “We came here with one aim which was to take the victory, and… Read more by Luke Barry November 19, 2023 5 min
WRC News How Evans won the ‘undriveable’ rally Had it not been for Thursday night’s dash around the Toyota City stadium, Elfyn Evans would have scored a start-to-finish win in some of the… Read more by David Evans November 19, 2023 3 min
WRC Opinion Winners + losers from Rally Japan 2023 Rally Japan brought the curtain down on the 2023 World Rally Championship season – and what a way to do it. Insanely challenging and unpredictable… Read more by DirtFish Staff November 19, 2023 5 min
WRC Features WRC manufacturers to score a 1-2-3 at home Toyota has done it – it has won its home World Rally Championship event in Japan. But not only that, it sealed it by locking… Read more by Luke Barry November 18, 2023 3 min
WRC News Evans wins Rally Japan in Toyota 1-2-3 Elfyn Evans led home an historic Toyota 1-2-3 on the final round of the 2023 World Rally Championship season, Rally Japan. Sébastien Ogier and Kalle… Read more by Luke Barry November 18, 2023 3 min
WRC News Rally Japan clerk of the course reprimanded The Rally Japan clerk of the course, Haruo Takakuwa, has been reprimanded for the SS9 incident in which Thierry Neuville caught a zero car. Saturday’s… Read more by Luke Barry November 18, 2023 2 min
WRC News Katsuta passes Tänak, Lappi in his sights Takamoto Katsuta has overhauled Ott Tänak into fifth place on Rally Japan and has just 16.2 seconds to make up if he wants to steal… Read more by Luke Barry November 18, 2023 2 min
WRC News Will snow provide the sting in Rally Japan’s tail? It’s Colin Clark. On the phone. Having caught sight of the weather forecast, I knew what was coming. Even the ringtone fizzed with a little… Read more by David Evans November 18, 2023 3 min
WRC News Katsuta wants fourth – and has even more pace to give Takamoto Katsuta wants to deliver Toyota a dream 1-2-3-4 result after enjoying another strong day on Rally Japan, and feels he has the pace to… Read more by James Bowen November 18, 2023 3 min
WRC News What you missed from Saturday in Japan Compared to the chaotic first full day on Friday, Saturday’s leg of Rally Japan was a calm affair. With the leaderboard more or less established… Read more by Luke Barry November 18, 2023 3 min
WRC News FIA investigating Neuville zero car incident An investigation is underway into how Thierry Neuville caught the zero car on Saturday’s opening stage of Rally Japan. The stage was red-flagged as soon… Read more by David Evans November 18, 2023 2 min
WRC News Katsuta moves up three places, closing on Tänak Takamoto Katsuta has jumped up three positions to sixth on Rally Japan and is putting Ott Tänak under considerable pressure for fifth. Katsuta has shown… Read more by Luke Barry November 17, 2023 2 min
WRC News Evans controlling his Rally Japan advantage Elfyn Evans remains safe in the lead of Rally Japan, comfortably over a minute clear of Toyota team-mate Sébastien Ogier. Evans already held a healthy… Read more by Luke Barry November 17, 2023 2 min
