WRC Features Opinion Why these rally aces should succeed Todt as FIA presidentTwelve years ago, change was coming. No doubt about it. The World Rally Championship had drifted very definitely into the doldrums. The 2009 season started… Read more by David Evans March 22, 2021 2 min
WRC News The case for two winter WRC ralliesDear FIA and WRC Promoter. We’ve solved the problem of Sweden or Finland for next year’s winter rally slot. Seriously, you can have this one… Read more by David Evans March 14, 2021 3 min
Rally Features Can a nostalgia project kickstart a stalled category?Five Alpine A110 Rally RGTs appeared on the Monte Carlo Rally, and there was certainly anticipation about whether this new car from the 1973 World… Read more by Elliot Wood February 17, 2021 5 min
World RX Features WRC Promoter takes over World RX – what we want to seeAt long last, WRC Promoter has been announced as the new commercial rights holder for the World Rallycross Championship. The agreement will likely inject fresh… Read more by DirtFish Media February 11, 2021 5 min
World RX News Why WRC and World RX may have a shared futureLast November something great was supposed to happen. It came close. But, ultimately, it didn’t quite make it. That thing was the combination of the… Read more by David Evans February 3, 2021 3 min
WRC Features News What’s the rule that Tänak broke?Ott Tänak’s suspended one-round ban from the 2021 World Rally Championship sparked plenty of debate across social media. There was an overwhelming feeling that this… Read more by DirtFish Media January 25, 2021 5 min
WRC News Ogier fined for on-stage helmet rules breachMonte Carlo Rally leader Sébastien Ogier has been fined €400 for completing the Saint-Clément – Freissinières stage without his helmet strap fastened, but escaped any… Read more by Luke Barry January 23, 2021 2 min
Euro RX News Euro RX split from World RX possible after tender launchThe FIA has launched a tender process for the European Rallycross Championship promoter that could mean it splits from the World Rallycross Championship for the… Read more by Dominik Wilde January 17, 2021 3 min
Rally News Neuville’s firm to supply CrossCars for FIA Rally StarThierry Neuville will play an active role in finding his own replacement – along with helping to source the next Sébastien Ogier and an all-new… Read more by David Evans January 4, 2021 5 min
WRC Features 1995 Rewind: What we’ve seen so far this seasonWhat next? In a World Rally Championship season that hasn’t stopped twisting and turning since the Monte Carlo opener, prediction has become utter folly. Predictions… Read more by David Evans November 9, 2020 3 min
World RX Features How bad timing sidelined rallycross’ disabled trailblazerThere is no rallycross hall of fame. Not yet at least. The names that would conceivably be there are fairly obvious; Kenneth Hansen, the most… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay November 3, 2020 10 min +
WRC News WRC’s second tier will go hybrid in 2023The FIA has confirmed hybrid systems will be deployed to Rally2 cars with the target of homologation for 2023. The WRC’s second-tier formula will employ… Read more by David Evans October 16, 2020 1 min
WRC News WRC 2022 hybrid testing delayed until next FebruaryThe FIA has confirmed it doesn’t expect testing of next-generation 2022 Rally1 cars to begin until February next year – a month later than originally… Read more by David Evans October 16, 2020 1 min
World RX News World RX promoter to step down early at end of seasonIMG will step down as the promoter of the World Rallycross Championship at the end of the 2020 season. The decision was confirmed in an… Read more by Dominik Wilde October 14, 2020 3 min
WRC News Matton responds to Ogier’s “amateur” criticismFIA rally director Yves Matton has responded to Sébastien Ogier’s accusations of the World Rally Championship being amateur with a request for the six-time champion… Read more by David Evans October 10, 2020 5 min
Rally News Why Todt and the FIA have taken interest in RallylegendTalk to drivers about Rallylegend and their eyes light up. It’s an event universally loved as much for the machinery on display as for the… Read more by David Evans October 4, 2020 2 min
Rally News FIA expects Rally3 to emerge as top level in multiple seriesThe new lower-cost, four-wheel-drive Rally3 formula is likely to replace Rally2 as the top level of competition in several continental and national championships in the… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay September 28, 2020 2 min
WRC News Rovanperä gets one-minute penalty for parc ferme breachKalle Rovanperä has incurred a one-minute time penalty following the conclusion of Rally Estonia’s Saturday stages, dropping him from fourth to sixth ahead of Sunday’s… Read more by Luke Barry September 5, 2020 2 min
