ERC Features What we learned from the ERC opener The new European Rally Championship season opened at Spain’s Rally Sierra Morena with victory for Nikolay Gryazin. The WRC2 regular underlined his undeniable asphalt pace… Read more by Luke Barry April 6, 2025 5 min
ERC News Who’s favorite in a Paddon-less ERC? With reigning European Rally champion Hayden Paddon competing but elsewhere – some 11,800 miles from this weekend’s opening round – the ERC is ready for… Read more by Luke Barry April 3, 2025 3 min
ERC Features Why a special rally bond is breaking “He’s been dead a few times already…” Mads Østberg chuckles – his voice trailing off as the phone line is instead interrupted by a laugh… Read more by Luke Barry April 2, 2025 5 min
ERC News ERC added to Max McRae’s Rally2 program Max McRae will step up to the European Rally Championship in 2025, driving a Tagai Racing Technology-run Citroën C3 Rally2 from May’s Rally Hungary onwards…. Read more by DirtFish Media March 27, 2025 3 min
ERC News Neuville and Evans bring Rally1 cars to ERC opener Thierry Neuville and Elfyn Evanswill use next weekend’s European Rally Championship season opener as seat time ahead of the next round of the World Rally… Read more by Luke Barry March 25, 2025 2 min
ERC News Verstappen heads to the ERC for 2025 Jos Verstappen will take on a full European Rally Championship season in 2025 alongside his Belgian championship commitments. Verstappen, the father of four-time Formula 1… Read more by Luke Barry January 31, 2025 2 min
ERC News ERC reveals revamped calendar for 2025 A revamped European Rally Championship calendar has been revealed for 2025, including a new season-opener in Spain and the return of Rally Poland, but no Rally… Read more by Luke Barry November 18, 2024 2 min
WRC News Croatia to return to WRC calendar in 2026 Croatia’s World Rally Championship story does not end here – that was the message from Daniel Šaškin to DirtFish in the summer. The president of… Read more by David Evans November 14, 2024 2 min
ERC News Mabellini’s first, Paddon’s second in ERC finale As his rivals tightened their belts to start pre-event testing, Hayden Paddon was tightening his belt in preparation for 11,011 miles and a day aboard… Read more by David Evans October 13, 2024 5 min
ERC Opinion How far has Max McRae come this year? Hello everyone! I hope you’re enjoying this weekend’s World Rally Championship event in Chile as much as I am? If I can’t be out there… Read more by DirtFish Media September 28, 2024 5 min
ERC News Paddon secures funds to make final ERC round in Poland There’s not a rally in the world that Hayden Paddon wouldn’t watch, but next month’s Rally Silesia might have been a toughie. But instead of… Read more by David Evans September 16, 2024 2 min
Rally Features Max McRae’s coming of age drive Three decades and two months ago it was his uncle Colin who was the talk of this part of the world. Mid-Wales has always held… Read more by David Evans September 2, 2024 2 min
ERC News Paddon wins his first ERC event of the season in Wales Hayden Paddon took his first European Rally Championship victory since becoming champion, winning Rali Ceredigion by over a minute in his Hyundai i20 N Rally2. All… Read more by Luke Barry September 1, 2024 3 min
ERC News Paddon in a league of his own at Rali Ceredigion Hayden Paddon left his European Rally Championship rivals for dead on the first full day of Rali Ceredigion, leading the event by a whopping 1m18.7s… Read more by Luke Barry August 31, 2024 3 min
ERC News Rali Ceredigion could be Paddon’s last rally in Europe Seventeen years ago Hayden Paddon arrived in Wales for the first time. Wide-eyed and excited, he couldn’t wait to get started on the road to… Read more by David Evans August 29, 2024 2 min
ERC Features Who is Paddon’s big rival for the ERC title? The scores are currently 96 – 82. The defending champion and former World Rally Championship ace vs a driver who hadn’t ever started a rally… Read more by Luke Barry August 28, 2024 3 min
ERC News Advantage Paddon in ERC title race as Franceschi retires from Zlín Hayden Paddon has emerged as the European Rally Championship favorite after a dramatic Barum Rally Zlín in which title rival Mathieu Franceschi retired and Dominik Stříteský won. Victory for… Read more by Luke Barry August 18, 2024 3 min
WRC Features Against-the-odds wins are what Paddon does best Hayden Paddon lands into Zlín with one aim this week: to lengthen his seven-point lead at the top of the table as he chases back-to-back… Read more by David Evans August 14, 2024 2 min
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