WRC News Rovanperä calls on FIA to allow donuts on WRC rallies Kalle Rovanperä has called on the FIA to make changes to the regulations surrounding exhibition driving after Oliver Solberg’s penalty for doing donuts in Portugal… Read more by Rob Hansford May 15, 2023 3 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 Toyota expected all teams to have sound modules by now Toyota technical director Tom Fowler says his team already had its synthetic sound module ready before it was made mandatory by the FIA, and expected… Read more by Luke Barry April 13, 2023 3 min
WRC News FIA releases White Paper to tackle online abuse The FIA has released a White Paper document in a bid to tackle online hate and abuse across all of motorsport. The document, titled ‘A… Read more by Luke Barry March 2, 2023 3 min
WRC News FIA president Ben Sulayem: We can fix the WRC FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem made time for an exclusive interview with DirtFish’s Colin Clark in Monte Carlo last week. The 14-time Middle East Rally… Read more by David Evans January 23, 2023 5 min
Dakar News Why Audi’s Dakar power increase isn’t controversial Around the Dakar Rally bivouac on Wednesday evening, there was the merest hint of controversy following the FIA and ASO’s joint decision to increase the… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 5, 2023 3 min
WRC News Why was this year’s WRC calendar so late? FIA rally director Andrew Wheatley has explained the reasons for the delay in the delivery of the 2023 World Rally Championship calendar. The schedule of… Read more by David Evans November 25, 2022 3 min
News Rally Japan will stop immediately if another safety breach occurs For the first time in the history of the World Rally Championship, an event – this week’s Rally Japan – has been threatened with being… Read more by David Evans November 12, 2022 2 min
WRC News FIA not planning any changes to WRC2 format The FIA isn’t planning to make any changes to the format of WRC2 next season, despite calls from reigning champion Andreas Mikkelsen to tweak it…. Read more by Luke Barry November 7, 2022 3 min
WRC News FIA “75%” of the way there with next WRC regulations The next set of World Rally Championship regulations remain “an open point”, but the FIA says 75% of it is decided. The current Rally1 regulations… Read more by Luke Barry November 1, 2022 3 min
WRC News FIA appoints its first ever CEO The FIA has appointed a CEO for the very first time in its history, welcoming Natalie Robyn on board to fulfill the position. Robyn, who… Read more by Luke Barry September 15, 2022 2 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
WRC News FIA: Procedures were not followed after Greensmith shunt The FIA has determined that the correct procedure was not followed by marshals at the scene of Gus Greensmith’s crash on SS8 of Safari Rally… Read more by Luke Barry June 26, 2022 3 min
WRC News FIA evaluating eight options to fix Rally1 cockpit temps The FIA has delivered a raft of potential changes in an effort to contain in-car temperatures in Rally1 cars at next week’s Rally Italy. Numerous… Read more by David Evans May 27, 2022 2 min
WRC Opinion Which WRC co-drivers would make good F1 race directors? FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem was one of many special guests at last weekend’s gala dinner on the eve of Rally Portugal, hosted by WRC… Read more by DirtFish Staff May 26, 2022 3 min
WRC Features David Evans: Why cockpit temp changes are needed fast Smelling the smell of your own shoes burning is never a good thing. It’s generally the point at which things have to change. We’re at… Read more by David Evans May 23, 2022 3 min
WRC News WRC teams want urgent action on ‘unsafe’ cockpit temperatures World Rally Championship drivers and teams are pushing the FIA for a solution after crews suffered what series leader Kalle Rovanperä described as ‘unsafe’ cockpit… Read more by David Evans May 23, 2022 3 min
WRC Opinion The rally feeder series nobody’s talking about – but should be It’s not often my inbox disappoints me. It did yesterday. The source of disappointment? Paris. Slap, bang in the middle. Place de la Concorde. The… Read more by David Evans May 11, 2022 2 min
