WRC News Neuville runs into power problem in Japan Elfyn Evans leads Rally Japan after Friday morning’s group of stages by just 0.7 seconds over Ott Tänak, but world champion elect Thierry Neuville ran… Read more by Luke Barry November 22, 2024 2 min
WRC News Ogier and Katsuta both puncture, Tänak leads Neuville Sébastien Ogier and Takamoto Katsuta have suffered disastrous starts to Rally Japan as both punctured on Friday’s first stage. The infamous Isegami’s Tunnel is always… Read more by Luke Barry November 21, 2024 2 min
WRC News Neuville’s mindset with the WRC title on the line It was all light-hearted. Small talk, even, as he wound himself up for the interview ahead. But the words that trailed from his lips carried significant… Read more by Luke Barry November 21, 2024 3 min
WRC News Fourmaux leads Japan, Mikkelsen almost out of fuel Adrien Fourmaux leads a round of the World Rally Championship for the very first time after topping Rally Japan’s opening superspecial, but there was almost… Read more by Luke Barry November 21, 2024 2 min
WRC News Qualifying tipped to return to the WRC for 2025 Qualifying has been tipped for a return to the World Rally Championship for next season. The pre-event shakedown stage was given a competitive element for… Read more by David Evans November 21, 2024 2 min
WRC News Ingram tops Japan shakedown in a Rally2 car Chris Ingram incredibly set the fastest time on the final shakedown stage of the 2024 World Rally Championship season at Rally Japan, driving a Rally2-spec… Read more by Luke Barry November 21, 2024 3 min
WRC News How can Tänak stop Neuville becoming champion? World Rally Championship history is littered with examples of team-mates disputing the drivers’ title between themselves. Take the very first season (1979) where Björn Waldegård and… Read more by Luke Barry November 20, 2024 2 min
WRC Podcast Debating the best WRC season finales Will it be Thierry Neuville or Ott Tänak. Hyundai or Toyota? Oliver Solberg or Sami Pajari? With 12 chapters already written in 2024’s story, it… Read more by DirtFish Media November 20, 2024 10 min +
WRC News Why there’ll be no repeat struggle for Fourmaux in Japan M-Sport team principal Richard Millener is confident Adrien Fourmaux will have a car capable of challenging for victory at next week’s Rally Japan. The Frenchman… Read more by David Evans November 20, 2024 2 min
WRC Features Rally Japan 2024 form guide Unless you’re wearing the white and blue of M-Sport Ford this week, the stakes could not be higher with both World Rally Championship titles on… Read more by Luke Barry November 19, 2024 5 min
WRC News The other reason Rovanperä isn’t joining Toyota’s late title push After two World Rally Championship titles on the bounce, Kalle Rovanperä wanted a break from it all. He’d planned to contest only a part season,… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay November 19, 2024 3 min
WRC News Rally Japan 2024 data: Entry list + itinerary For the first time since 2021, both the World Rally Championship’s drivers’ and manufacturers’ titles will be decided at the final round when Rally Japan… Read more by DirtFish Media November 18, 2024 3 min
WRC Opinion Our predictions for the 2024 WRC season finale It’s crunch time in the World Rally Championship. Welcome to rally week, and the conclusion of the 2024 season. It’s a year that’s delivered plenty… Read more by DirtFish Staff November 18, 2024 5 min
WRC News Katsuta cleared to push for Rally Japan win It’s not really a team order, it’s more of an advisory. But it’s one that will be music to the ears of Japanese rally fans… Read more by David Evans November 17, 2024 2 min
WRC Features How hybrid’s difficult WRC history finally ended Yes. No. Maybe. No. Yes. No. Sure? Yes. It’s no. In a line, that’s the World Rally Championship’s story of electric motors and big batteries… Read more by David Evans November 16, 2024 5 min
WRC News WRC hybrid supplier reacts to being dropped World Rally Championship hybrid supplier Compact Dynamics has told DirtFish it ‘regrets’ the FIA’s decision to end the use of its systems in Rally1 cars… Read more by David Evans November 15, 2024 3 min
WRC News Hybrid removed from Rally1 cars for 2025 Hybrid power will been ditched from Rally1 cars at the end of this season. The news, as predicted by DirtFish last month, came via an… Read more by David Evans November 15, 2024 2 min
WRC News Abiteboul: No team orders at Rally Japan Hyundai drivers Thierry Neuville and Ott Tänak will be free to fight each other for the drivers’ title at next week’s Rally Japan, despite Hyundai’s… Read more by Luke Barry November 15, 2024
