WRC Features When the WRC trumped James Bond México and México City in particular is understandably proud of its main square. London has Trafalgar. New Yorkers call it Time. And for Venetians it’s… Read more by David Evans March 26, 2022 3 min
WRC Features The Mexican city that provides one of rallying’s greatest stages The Lucha Libre. Few embraced it quite so fully as eight-time World Rally Champion co-driver Julien Ingrassia. Next week’s Guanajuato ceremonial start won’t be quite… Read more by David Evans March 25, 2022 2 min
WRC Podcast Revised penalties aren’t the answer to WRC’s hybrid issue The FIA’s recent decision to cut the penalty for hybrid failure from 10 to two minutes is a disincentive for Compact Dynamics to fix the… Read more by David Evans March 25, 2022 3 min
WRC Features The invisible challenge of rallying in Mexico There’s not too long to go until rally cars get started on Rally of Nations Guanajuato, but while it will be fun and exciting to… Read more by Rob Hansford March 24, 2022 3 min
WRC News WRC teams getting “all we want” from Pirelli Paul Hembery got it. There was no marketing flannel, no nonsense. Pirelli’s former motorsport director delivered his lines straigt and true. Victory on a control… Read more by David Evans March 24, 2022 2 min
WRC Features How Galmiche’s fairytale WRC dream came true Two months ago today Isabelle Galmiche’s dream came true. She won the Monte Carlo Rally alongside Sébastien Loeb in an M-Sport Ford Puma Rally1 Hybrid…. Read more by David Evans March 23, 2022
WRC Features How being less Finnish helped Latvala conquer Mexico If there was a Rally México to win, 2016 – the one with the 50-miler on the final – would be most people’s choice. Jari-Matti… Read more by David Evans March 22, 2022 3 min
WRC Podcast Is the FIA’s reduced hybrid penalty fair? New FIA rally director Andrew Wheatley has only been in the job a matter of days, but he’s already made his first important decision. The… Read more by DirtFish Media March 22, 2022 10 min +
WRC Opinion How León grew as a city while Rally México grew as a rally I used to think it was my mind playing tricks on me. It’s not. The journey time from Guanajuato International Airport to downtown León has… Read more by David Evans March 21, 2022 2 min
WRC News Hyundai appoints new Rally2 boss Hyundai Motorsport has appointed Andrea Cisotti as its new customer racing manager, replacing previous incumbent Andrew Johns. Johns officially left Hyundai just over a week… Read more by Luke Barry March 21, 2022 2 min
WRC Podcast Why gender is no obstacle to a WRC broadcasting career Throughout DirtFish Women’s Month, we’ve set out to tell the stories of the women that have either lived and breathed, or currently are living and… Read more by DirtFish Media March 20, 2022 10 min +
WRC News FIA reduces penalty for missing stages due to hybrid failure The FIA has made amendments to the World Rally Championship sporting regulations to account for any hybrid unit failures on Rally1 cars. Both Ott Tänak… Read more by Luke Barry March 19, 2022 2 min
WRC News How Ogier’s WEC debut went Eight-time World Rally champion Sébastien Ogier completed the first sportscar race of his career with a 12th place finish in the 1000km of Sebring, the… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon March 19, 2022 3 min
WRC Features Why the Rally México winner always wears cowboy boots Sébastien Loeb looked slightly bemused. What was wrong with his own shoes? He quite liked his Citroën-liveried Sabelt race boots. They’d certainly served him well… Read more by David Evans March 18, 2022 2 min
WRC Podcast The tough job the FIA’s new rally director faces It might seem strange to be worrying about 2025 in 2022, but that’s precisely the task that new FIA rally director Andrew Wheatley has been… Read more by DirtFish Media March 17, 2022 10 min +
WRC News Obituary: Safari Rally star Vic Preston Jr. The Nissan 200SX coasted to a halt, gearbox broken. With hopes of a Safari Rally win dashed for another year, Vic Preston Junior and co-driver… Read more by David Evans March 17, 2022 3 min
WRC Features Where has Rally New Zealand been? When the World Rally Championship departed the viaduct basin and Auckland in 2012, the series’ future down there was definitely debatable. The Rally New Zealand… Read more by David Evans March 16, 2022 3 min
WRC Features Reflecting on Solberg’s last full-length WRC victory Petter Solberg isn’t short of World Rally Championship victories. In fact, he won 13 events across a career that peaked with the 2003 world title…. Read more by Luke Barry March 16, 2022 3 min
