WRC News Acropolis WRC runners warned of heavy storm disruption Acropolis Rally competitors have been warned about storms passing through the central Greece area this week that could heavily disrupt the preparation and running of… Read more by David Evans September 4, 2023 1 min
WRC Opinion Did Loeb kill off surface specialists in the WRC? As the final stage of Rally Spain got underway, the battle for the 2003 driver’s crown was approaching fever pitch. But while the biggest prize… Read more by Hamir Thapar September 3, 2023 3 min
WRC Features How difficult is it to create a WRC calendar? Is there such a thing as the perfect World Rally Championship calendar? Many of us likely think there is. We even made a podcast about… Read more by Luke Barry September 2, 2023 5 min
WRC Features When Sainz almost ignored team orders favoring McRae Colin McRae, Carlos Sainz and team orders. Immediately you’re thinking of the title run-in of 1995, right? When Colin refused to slow and let Carlos… Read more by Luke Barry September 1, 2023 5 min
WRC News Ireland’s bid for WRC 2025 calendar slot intensifying Ireland’s bid to host a round of the World Rally Championship in 2025 is intensifying, with Motorsport Ireland distributing a letter of intent among its… Read more by Luke Barry September 1, 2023 2 min
WRC News M-Sport’s leadership restructured as key member steps back It’s one of those sentences you never thought you’d hear: John Steele is leaving M-Sport. After 38 years alongside Malcolm Wilson, Steele has decided to… Read more by Luke Barry September 1, 2023 3 min
WRC News Evans recognizes his championship “opportunity” Who remembers Rally Turkey 2020? Elfyn Evans isn’t the reflective type, but it’s highly likely he can recall that feeling. The feeling of all of… Read more by Luke Barry September 1, 2023 3 min
WRC Features The day I realized McRae was the new Toivonen It’s January 1986 and Ian Grindrod’s telephone rings. Lanark’s calling. It’s Jimmy. Would Ian consider sitting with McRae Jr on the Snowman? The dates work…… Read more by DirtFish Media August 31, 2023 2 min
WRC News Where Demaison has already improved Hyundai The impact was instant. On the very weekend François-Xavier Demaison joined Hyundai Motorsport, it won Rally Italy with Thierry Neuville. After two seasons with back-of-the-pack Williams in… Read more by Luke Barry August 31, 2023 2 min
WRC Features Will there be any WRC driver moves for 2024? Back in the day, the material for this corner of cyberspace would have been garnered while sheltering from the rain and hiding a little bit… Read more by David Evans August 31, 2023 3 min
WRC Photos The cunning nature of M-Sport’s first WRC win Coming in from the recce for the 1997 Acropolis Rally, Ford drivers Carlos Sainz and Juha Kankkunen were concerned. The Greek roads might have been… Read more by David Evans August 30, 2023 2 min
WRC News Only Katsuta missed his Acropolis test due to fires After a week of arranging and re-arranging roads in central Greece, the World Rally Championship teams have completed their pre-Acropolis running and Takamoto Katsuta is… Read more by David Evans August 30, 2023 2 min
WRC Video The people making the WRC fully sustainable On Monday we asked the question of whether hybrid had to be central to the future of the World Rally Championship. Is there another way… Read more by David Evans August 29, 2023 10 min +
WRC Features Quiz: Name all WRC drivers to have competed in a Rally1 car One of the biggest criticisms levied at the Rally1 formula is the lack of drivers competing in them. Introduced in 2022 and bringing hybrid technology… Read more by DirtFish Media August 29, 2023 2 min
Rally Opinion Does hybrid have a future in the WRC? The time’s right for the talking to stop. Obviously, it’s got to start again before it can stop. But next time it stops we need… Read more by David Evans August 28, 2023 3 min
WRC Features The noble way to spend WRC’s summer break The ‘summer break’ is a common concept in Formula 1. In the World Rally Championship; less so. But the month of August has been a… Read more by Luke Barry August 27, 2023 3 min
WRC Features When the Subaru Impreza first emerged in the WRC Thirty years ago, today was a Friday and today was the start of a whole new world for Subaru. Down the last three decades, the… Read more by David Evans August 27, 2023 3 min
WRC Features The ice hockey player who briefly tried WRC rallying Famous names from other disciplines trying their hand at rallying is not especially unusual, even at world championship level. Formula 1 drivers Robert Kubica, Kimi… Read more by Mark Paulson August 26, 2023 3 min
