Rally News Kangaroo spoils Paddon’s Australian debut Hayden Paddon’s Australian Rally Championship debut was curtailed by hitting a kangaroo at 100mph. But there was consolation for the Hyundai New Zealand driver who won Heat 1… Read more by Luke Barry March 23, 2025 2 min
Rally News Paddon’s Australian rival ‘grateful’ for his challenge Harry Bates’ reign of the Australian Rally Championship is under serious threat in 2025 with the arrival of double and reigning European Rally champion Hayden Paddon. But… Read more by Luke Barry March 11, 2025 3 min
Rally News Paddon to race Meeke in Mk2 Escorts The last time the battle lines were drawn between Hayden Paddon and Kris Meeke, they crashed. That was Rally Portugal 2018, where both men took… Read more by Luke Barry February 26, 2025 3 min
Rally News Why Paddon’s new plan is so important It’s the same on both sides: the biggest sporting rival is the one across the ditch. In cricket, it’s about the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy. For rugby?… Read more by David Evans February 15, 2025 3 min
WRC News Paddon attracted by WRC’s future – but not as a driver Hayden Paddon is attracted by the World Rally Championship’s next set of regulations in 2027, but not as a driver. The reigning European Rally champion… Read more by Luke Barry January 9, 2025 3 min
Rally Features Why Paddon’s dad ended a 22-year retirement Context is everything. Twenty two years is deemed absolutely nothing in terms of the amount of time elapsed between Kalle Rovanperä’s birth and his first… Read more by Luke Barry December 23, 2024 5 min
ERC Features How Paddon’s point about the ERC has been proven Hayden Paddon recently doubled up on his European Rally Championship title count. He’d won it with a round to spare in 2023, even though he… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay October 30, 2024 3 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 News How Paddon can win the ERC title Hayden Paddon stands on the brink of winning a second successive European Rally Championship title – but this one is going down to the wire…. Read more by DirtFish Media October 11, 2024
WRC Features Paddon reunited with his WRC-winning Hyundai Hayden Paddon has seen this car from all angles. Literally. On the biggest Sunday of his life, he lay underneath it for 20 minutes preparing… Read more by David Evans September 24, 2024 5 min
WRC Podcast Paddon’s take on how rallying should improve You’d be hard pressed to find anybody more passionate about rallying than Hayden Paddon. Ever since he was born, rallying has been the New Zealander’s… Read more by DirtFish Media September 18, 2024 10 min +
Rally News How a sleeping rally giant has arisen again Daybreak was done, but the sun was still very much sleeping when the DirtFish team arrived at the junction of the Turakina Valley and Pohonui… Read more by David Evans September 17, 2024 3 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 News The ultimate way to arrive at school You know that Thursday morning feeling? You open your eyes and you can almost spy the weekend, but there’s still 40% of the working week… Read more by David Evans September 10, 2024 3 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
