WRC Features Mikkola’s sons to drive the very first Audi Quattro at Goodwood Rallying history is littered with watershed moments. The 1973 Monte Carlo Rally springs to mind – the very first World Rally Championship event. Or Juha… Read more by Luke Barry July 13, 2023 3 min
WRC Features Ogier’s foot slip has happened to another WRC champion After 178 World Rally Championship starts and eight world titles, there’s not a whole lot new for Sébastien Ogier to experience behind the wheel of a… Read more by Luke Barry June 11, 2023 2 min
WRC Features Diving into the details of 1000 Lakes Rally Here’s one for you, Craig Breen. Tell me the second most popular car to be used on the 1991 1000 Lakes Rally. Andrea Adamo, you… Read more by David Evans January 30, 2023 3 min
WRC Features Your Top 50 WRC drivers: 20-11 The votes are in, and the verdict is to be delivered. We asked you to vote for who you thought was the greatest World Rally… Read more by Luke Barry December 22, 2022 3 min
Rally Features Inside Hannu Mikkola’s sons’ emotional voyage Fifty years ago, Hannu Mikkola tackled the original Olympia Rallye in a Boreham-run Ford Escort RS1600. The Flying Finn retired early from an event eventually… Read more by DirtFish Media August 21, 2022 3 min
Rally News Röhrl and Mikkola’s sons recreate 50-year-old rally The 25-year-old German slowed his Ford Capri to a stop alongside the marshal who had waved him down. He might have to wait a while…. Read more by David Evans August 8, 2022 3 min
eWRC Features The drivers who’ve repeatedly had WRC title near-misses After just losing out to Sébastien Ogier in each of the past two seasons, this was supposed to be Elfyn Evans’ year. But with his… Read more by Mark Paulson June 18, 2022 5 min
WRC Features WRC drivers to win on debut with their new team As David Evans wrote in his 2022 Monte Carlo Rally review, it’s the story that keeps on giving. Sébastien Loeb’s victory for M-Sport Ford –… Read more by Luke Barry January 25, 2022 5 min
WRC Features The top 10 Finns on Rally Finland It’s like asking Imelda Marcos to pick out her favorite shoes. Or telling Jay Leno to select just a handful of the 1600 cars he… Read more by David Evans September 28, 2021 10 min +
WRC Features The top 10 most prolific stage winners in the WRC This year’s maiden World Rally Championship event in Croatia was a special moment for Sébastien Ogier, and not just because of his dramatic final-stage triumph… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon May 4, 2021 5 min
WRC Features “End of an era” – Vatanen’s tribute to Sutton and Mikkola When it comes to remembering Hannu Mikkola and David Sutton, few people are better placed to pay tribute than Finnish rally legend Ari Vatanen. The… Read more by David Evans April 7, 2021 3 min
WRC Features Mikkola’s hardest-fought success – in his own words Twenty-one years ago, the governing body of Finnish motorsport celebrated 50 years of the Finnish Grand Prix – the 1000 Lakes Rally. Marko Mäkinen and… Read more by DirtFish Media March 31, 2021 5 min
WRC Features Seven of the best WRC winter rallies Since the World Rally Championship’s inception, snow rallies have been a popular early season fixture on the calendar. The traditional place to see the best… Read more by DirtFish Media March 14, 2021 5 min
WRC Features Competing with Mikkola: What it was like Swapping co-drivers and the loss of Finnish rally legend Hannu Mikkola are two of the early storylines from the first two rounds of this year’s… Read more by DirtFish Media March 8, 2021 5 min
WRC Features The lasting memories Mikkola will leave behind Opinion between the team principals was split. For Malcolm Wilson, he was the classiest driver ever to sit in a Ford Escort. For Andrea Adamo,… Read more by David Evans March 2, 2021 5 min
WRC Video Video: What Hannu Mikkola meant to the WRC The world of rallying is in mourning this weekend. On Friday night, the sad news emerged that 1983 World Rally Champion Hannu Mikkola had passed… Read more by DirtFish Media February 27, 2021 10 min +
WRC Features Motorsport world pays tribute to Hannu Mikkola The rallying world has been paying tribute to 1983 World Rally Champion Hannu Mikkola, who has died at the age of 78. Mikkola, who was… Read more by DirtFish Media February 27, 2021 2 min
WRC Features 1983 World Rally Champion Hannu Mikkola dies Hannu Mikkola – the 1983 World Rally Champion – has passed away aged 78. A winner of 18 world rallies, Mikkola is most famous for… Read more by DirtFish Media February 26, 2021 3 min
