WRC Video Tänak, Ogier, Lappi: You asked, they answered Our first edition of DirtFish Debates – featuring World Rally Championship manufacturer team bosses Andrea Adamo, Tommi Mäkinen and Richard Millener – went down so… Read more by DirtFish Media May 16, 2020 10 min +
WRC News Seven events needed to crown WRC champion A further four World Rally Championship rounds will have to run if the series is to crown 2020 champions. While there is no firm regulation… Read more by David Evans May 16, 2020 3 min
WRC News FIA, WRC Promoter react to Safari decision An 18-year wait just got 12 months longer with the news that July’s Safari Rally in Kenya has been canned due to coronavirus. Both the… Read more by David Evans May 16, 2020 2 min
WRC Opinion Podcast: What can be done with WRC 2020? How many rallies make a championship? Which rallies will make a championship? And how many times can David Evans change his mind in one podcast?… Read more by DirtFish Media May 15, 2020 10 min +
WRC News Safari Rally officially called off for 2020 This year’s Safari Rally Kenya has been called off, with Africa’s return to the World Rally Championship now deferred until next season. The announcement, made… Read more by David Evans May 15, 2020 2 min
WRC News Privateers ask for more input into WRC restart plans Private teams competing in the World Rally Championship are calling for a voice in the future direction of a series they feel they provide the… Read more by David Evans May 15, 2020 3 min
WRC News 2021 Toyota already “very close” to current car’s pace Here’s the news Toyota’s World Rally Championship rivals didn’t want to hear: the 2021-specification GR Yaris WRC is already as quick as the car it’s… Read more by David Evans May 15, 2020 3 min
WRC News Safari Rally has completed route survey Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta is expected to discuss immediate plans for this year’s Safari Rally on Friday. All indications from the Naivasha-based event itself –… Read more by David Evans May 14, 2020 3 min
WRC Podcast Podcast: George Donaldson’s Safari experiences Inspired by Derek Dauncey’s tales of Mitsubishi’s Safari Rally heroics in the 1990s, DirtFish asked SPIN, The Rally Pod regular George Donaldson to lift the… Read more by DirtFish Media May 13, 2020 10 min +
WRC Podcast Breen backs Rally2 future Hyundai Motorsport driver Craig Breen can see the sense in scaling back 2022 Rally1 cars and using a Rally2 base for the sport’s next generation…. Read more by David Evans May 13, 2020 2 min
WRC Video Lappi on his WRC career so far From winning on just his fourth WRC start, to abandoning his burning Fiesta WRC in Mexico earlier this year, Esapekka Lappi’s time in the World… Read more by DirtFish Media May 12, 2020 5 min
Rally News Australia unveils strategy for global motorsport return Motorsport Australia president Andrew Papadopoulos is hopeful that his organization’s strategy to resume competition in the country amid the coronavirus pandemic will become the blueprint… Read more by David Evans May 11, 2020 3 min
WRC Features Lifting the lid on Tänak’s Hyundai move Don’t play poker with Ott Tänak. Just don’t. Talking to him in Turkey last September, he quietly, but firmly, poured cold water on speculation of… Read more by David Evans May 11, 2020 10 min +
WRC Video Behind the scenes on a classic 1984 WRC rally Let’s zip down under for some mid-1980s Kiwi action courtesy of VHS Rallies. This 45-minuter is based on the 45-stage, 630-competitive mile 1984 Sanyo Rally… Read more by David Evans May 10, 2020 3 min
WRC News Millener: Toyota move make or break for Evans M-Sport Ford team principal Richard Millener believes Elfyn Evans’ decision to leave the team and join Toyota will “make or break his career.” Welshman Evans… Read more by Luke Barry May 10, 2020 2 min
WRC Podcast The best of DirtFish’s podcasts so far Here at DirtFish, we seek to bring the entertainment of rallying to the world through every medium we can. A big part of our output… Read more by DirtFish Media May 10, 2020 3 min
WRC Opinion Tragedy follows tragedy: The 1987 Tour de Corse Much has been made of the 1986 Tour de Corse in recent days. Here at DirtFish we debated the moment our sport changed forever in… Read more by David Evans May 9, 2020 2 min
WRC News WRC 2022 rule-making process the best Adamo has ever seen Support of the new-for-2022 World Rally Championship regulations from Hyundai team principal Andrea Adamo and his workforce depended largely on a re-worked decision-making process, the… Read more by Ida Wood May 9, 2020 2 min