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 Compact Dynamics: WRC hybrid move is ‘not understandable’ His was the voice which still hadn’t been heard. For the last two days the World Rally Championship has talked of one thing: hybrid’s gone…. Read more by James Bowen March 2, 2024 3 min
WRC News WRC’s hybrid contract still valid until 2026 When the FIA World Motorsport Council announced its new roadmap for the World Rally Championship on Wednesday, the standout headline was obvious. Hybrid had been… Read more by James Bowen March 1, 2024 3 min
WRC News WRC’s hybrid future secured with new deal DirtFish understands the World Rally Championship’s immediate hybrid future has been confirmed following last-minute meetings between series stakeholders. The World Rally Championship’s current agreement with… Read more by David Evans September 18, 2023 3 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 News Hyundai has a hybrid weakness – Abiteboul Hyundai team principal Cyril Abiteboul says the installation of the hybrid unit is a weakness of the i20 N Rally1, which is in part why… Read more by Luke Barry July 21, 2023 2 min
WRC News Hybrid could be ditched for 2025 WRC season The World Rally Championship’s top-flight could revert back to a non-hybrid car at the end of next season, if agreement can’t be found with current… Read more by David Evans May 8, 2023 5 min
WRC News Teams have to design own synthetic Rally1 sounds Each World Rally Championship team will have to develop its own synthetic sound system for its Rally1 car, instead of one common unit being supplied by… Read more by Luke Barry March 16, 2023 5 min
Rally News Rally1 cars to be made louder in electric mode Rally1 cars will feature a sound module from Rally Portugal onwards in a bid to make them louder in electric-mode at speeds lower than 30km/h… Read more by Luke Barry March 7, 2023
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 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 Podcast Debating the WRC’s early hybrid problems Hybrid. The one word we expected the early phase of this season’s World Rally Championship to all be about. Instead the Monte Carlo Rally was… Read more by DirtFish Media March 8, 2022 10 min +
WRC Features Opinion Should WRC rules be changed to deal with hybrid failures? Emotions run high in the cockpit of a rally car. Adrenalin coursing through their veins, rally drivers tend to say whatever comes to their minds… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay March 3, 2022 5 min
WRC News Compact Dynamics apologizes for Tänak hybrid failure Compact Dynamics chief Oliver Blamberger has apologized for the hybrid unit issue that forced Ott Tänak to retire from second place on Rally Sweden, an… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay February 26, 2022 3 min
WRC News How will WRC hybrids handle Sweden’s cold? Compact Dynamics was able to breathe a sigh of relief after the Monte Carlo Rally. Rally1 cars had made their debuts and there hadn’t been… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay February 24, 2022 3 min
WRC News The Monte reliability that defied pre-season fears Despite concerns over the potential unreliability of the new-for-2022 hybrid systems in the World Rally Championship, Compact Dynamics chief Oliver Bamberger has indicated the feedback… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay January 27, 2022 2 min
WRC News FIA in “accelerated process” to ready hybrids for 2022 WRC The FIA has talked about its ‘accelerated process’ to ensure the hybrid Rally1 cars destined for next year’s World Rally Championship remain on course for… Read more by David Evans April 27, 2021 2 min
WRC News Matton adamant no hybrid delays in WRC FIA rally director Yves Matton has assured DirtFish the World Rally Championship’s hybrid plans are on track for January’s Monte Carlo Rally. The series’ hybrid… Read more by David Evans April 24, 2021 2 min
