Cars Opinion Delivering the electric dream drive Anybody who knows me knows I have a real love of Porsches. I used to stand and wait at an intersection close to home when… Read more by DirtFish Media August 8, 2024 3 min
WRC Opinion Can electric work in the WRC? Electrification and the World Rally Championship. We’ve been here before. Four years ago, the electric future seemed inevitable; the EV car market was growing, manufacturers… Read more by James Bowen March 7, 2024 5 min
WRC News The FIA’s three options for WRC’s future propulsion Xavier Mestelan Pinon has sat on both sides of the fence. And the table. This week, the FIA’s technical director will sit around plenty of… Read more by David Evans May 10, 2023 3 min
Dakar News Audi to receive more power from Dakar stage five All three of Audi’s electric hybrid RS Q e-tron E2 cars will receive an increase in maximum power output from Thursday’s fifth stage of the… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 4, 2023 2 min
WRC News Latvala says WRC should wait for hydrogen Toyota Gazoo Racing team principal Jari-Matti Latvala believes that the World Rally Championship should consider extending the current ruleset for ‘a few more years’ to… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon October 31, 2022 2 min
WRC Opinion Toyota is showing the WRC its chance to leap forward This regulations cycle has been a strange one. Before Rally1 cars even turned a wheel in anger, the question of what would replace it had… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay August 26, 2022 3 min
WRC News FIA adds EV category to rally pyramid A new car class for fully electric vehicles has been added to the FIA’s rally pyramid, allowing road-going EV cars to be converted for rally… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay June 29, 2022 3 min
Nitrocross Features “This is the future of racing” – FC1-X from the driver’s seat Extreme E racer Oliver Bennett thought he’d seen everything when he pointed a silent, 1650kg SUV across a Saudi Arabian desert and hit 60mph in… Read more by David Evans February 13, 2022 3 min
World RX News Hansen offers first look at electric World RX car Hansen Motorsport has become the first team to unveil its car for the 2022 World Rallycross season, the first year of the championship’s new all-electric… Read more by Dominik Wilde February 10, 2022 3 min
WRC Opinion Opinion: Why Monte’s 0.3% electric-only mileage is spot on After a year of worrying and six months without sleep, next week’s Monte Carlo Rally will put the World Rally Championship’s first hybrid cars through… Read more by David Evans January 10, 2022 3 min
World RX News GCK to run a Lancia Delta in World RX 2022 GCK will field a Lancia Delta Integrale in the 2022 World Rallycross Championship. The Delta was one of the most successful rally cars ever, winning… Read more by Luke Barry November 23, 2021 2 min
Nitrocross News Nitro Rallycross’ 2022 electric car makes public debut Nitro Rallycross’ all-electric FC1-X has been shown in its completed form in public for the first time at this weekend’s event at Wild Horse Pass… Read more by Dominik Wilde November 14, 2021 2 min
Rally Features Why electric rallying won’t be like other e‑motorsports There is no discipline of motorsport where adopting electric vehicles presents a bigger headache than rallying. Power-to-weight ratios are tricky, yes. But we have one… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay November 13, 2021 5 min
Rally Features Opinion Why the WRC going electric is far from inevitable It’s Halloween. A day of horror. A day for exchanging scary stories of crimes past and dystopian futures. For some bobble-hatted rally fans, the last… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay October 31, 2021 5 min
WRC News Opel joins Renault in pushing FIA for electric rally class Calls for an all-electric formula to be added to the FIA’s rally pyramid are increasing, with Opel joining Renault in lobbying for EVs to be… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay October 31, 2021 3 min
Rally News Paddon to give electric Hyundai competitive bow in hillclimb Hayden Paddon will give his Hyundai Kona EV its competition debut at this weekend’s Horsepower Hillclimb in New Zealand. The one-time World Rally Championship event… Read more by David Evans October 21, 2021 3 min
WRC News Renault pushing FIA for electric rallying by 2025 While debate rages on regarding the merits of the impending switch to new Rally1 regulations in 2022, Renault Sport is already pushing for electric vehicles… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay September 27, 2021 2 min
Rally News Block to work with Audi exclusively on electric projects At its peak, Ken Block’s garage held 16 cars. Between them, internal combustion worked its magic to make more than 8500bhp. That’s enough to propel… Read more by David Evans September 21, 2021 2 min
