WRC News Katsuta’s not at the Japan advantage you might expect You’d be hard pushed to find anyone more excited about the World Rally Championship’s return to Japan than Takamoto Katsuta. This weekend marks the first… Read more by Rob Hansford November 7, 2022 3 min
WRC Podcast Colin Clark and George Donaldson’s memories of Japan The World Rally Championship makes its first visit to Japan for more than a decade this week. After a couple of false starts in recent… Read more by DirtFish Media November 6, 2022
WRC News Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 wins on debut with Mikkelsen Andreas Mikkelsen delivered the new Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 a win on its debut, taking victory on the Lausitz Rally in Germany. The successor to… Read more by Luke Barry November 5, 2022 3 min
WRC Video Colin Clark’s 2000bhp electric thrill ride Colin Clark isn’t known for his peace and tranquility, but it was clear something had really stirred him on our final evening in Spain. “BOYS!”… Read more by Luke Barry November 5, 2022
WRC Features Is Mikkelsen now consigned to a Škoda future? When Andreas Mikkelsen wakes up to his weekend in Boxer, Germany, it will be to wildly mixed emotions. He’s the man giving one of the… Read more by David Evans November 5, 2022 3 min
WRC Features Why a Volkswagen failure will motivate Toyota in Japan The first time was funny. Kind of funny. The second time was not. Definitely not. Volkswagen Motorsport’s inability to win its home round of the… Read more by David Evans November 4, 2022 3 min
WRC Features How planning a WRC return has given some serenity for one crew Which return is the most exciting? Rally Japan’s reinclusion on the World Rally Championship calendar, or Sean Johnston and Alex Kihurani’s return to the WRC… Read more by Luke Barry November 4, 2022 3 min
WRC News Lappi set to join Hyundai in 2023 Esapekka Lappi will drive a Hyundai i20 N Rally1 next season after sensationally agreeing terms with the team this week, according to DirtFish sources. In… Read more by David Evans November 3, 2022 3 min
WRC News Suninen completes his first ever Rally1 test Teemu Suninen must have felt like The Stig from the BBC’s Top Gear. As soon as pictures emerged from Hyundai’s development test at its permanent test… Read more by Luke Barry November 3, 2022 3 min
WRC Features The WRC experience you have to give yourself For 364 days of the year, the T-224 exiting Santa Coloma de Queralt is a fairly uneventful place to be. It’s a nice place for… Read more by Luke Barry November 3, 2022 3 min
WRC News Toyota’s special flight to Japan Japan Airlines has flown some fairly special cargo in its time. But nothing as special as this. On Wednesday a world championship-laden JAL flight departed… Read more by David Evans November 3, 2022 2 min
WRC News Fourmaux won’t go to Rally Japan M-Sport Ford driver Adrien Fourmaux will not make the trip to next week’s Rally Japan – but he does have a future with the team…. Read more by David Evans November 2, 2022 2 min
WRC News What Evans must do to fight again in 2023 Elfyn Evans has accepted that he needs to tune his driving style to the Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 in order to fight for next year’s… Read more by Luke Barry November 2, 2022 3 min
WRC News FIA wants four manufacturers in Rally3 FIA rally director Andrew Wheatley has targeted enticing four manufacturers to compete in the Rally3 class – a class he believes represents a “huge opportunity”… Read more by Luke Barry November 2, 2022 3 min
WRC Features The world title that was lost to a time penalty They say laughter is the best medicine. Jan Černý’s laughter down the phone when DirtFish calls to talk about Rally Spain doesn’t do anything to dispel… Read more by Luke Barry November 1, 2022 5 min
WRC News FIA “75%” of the way there with next WRC regulations The next set of World Rally Championship regulations remain “an open point”, but the FIA says 75% of it is decided. The current Rally1 regulations… Read more by Luke Barry November 1, 2022 3 min
WRC Podcast Who should partner Neuville at Hyundai next year? Hyundai Motorsport faces a difficult decision ahead of the 2023 World Rally Championship. We know it now won’t have Ott Tänak as part of its driver… Read more by DirtFish Media November 1, 2022
WRC News Toyota’s Rally2 Yaris to break cover at Rally Japan Four-time World Rally champion Juha Kankkunen will give Toyota’s GR Yaris Rally2 its first public appearance at next week’s Rally Japan. This will be Kankkunen’s… Read more by David Evans November 1, 2022 2 min
