WRC FIA reports progress from key WRC meetings Stakeholders in the World Rally Championship have reported progress following WRC Commission meetings in Switzerland. Anybody expecting a ‘Geneva Treaty’ moment for the WRC were… Read more by David Evans April 9, 2024 3 min
WRC News Hyundai abandoned fix for Lappi’s Safari fault in 2023 DirtFish can reveal Esapekka Lappi’s retirement from last week’s Safari Rally Kenya was likely caused by a homologation problem last year. The teams are permitted… Read more by David Evans April 2, 2024 3 min
WRC Features How Rovanperä rode the rocks to rule the Safari Friday As the cars departed the south-bound side of the Nairobi Expressway, passing Kenya’s parliament building, heading for the Kenyatta International Convention Center, the sense… Read more by David Evans April 1, 2024 10 min +
WRC Features The thinking behind Toyota’s Safari snorkel Unless you’re a Toyota driver, it’s the talk of Naivasha. Forget Kenya’s big five – the GR Yaris Rally1’s big snorkel has dominated service park… Read more by David Evans March 28, 2024 5 min
WRC Opinion Unraveling the WRC’s big decision day Evolution. Not revolution. But resolution. That’s good. The FIA’s WRC Working Group has spoken. World Rally Champions turned rule makers Robert Reid and David Richards,… Read more by David Evans February 28, 2024 5 min
WRC News Promoter wants stability from WRC’s big decision On the eve of a meeting which will shape the future of the World Rally Championship, the series promoter has called on the FIA to… Read more by David Evans February 27, 2024 5 min
WRC Opinion Why Evans is wrong about the WRC points system Elfyn Evans is wrong. At least, he’s wrong this week. Because this week, I like the new World Rally Championship’s shiny new points system. Post-Monte?… Read more by David Evans February 21, 2024 5 min
WRC News Management reshuffle at Hyundai gives Abiteboul new role Cyril Abiteboul has been promoted to president of Hyundai Motorsport amid a company restructuring, replacing outgoing leader Sean Kim. Kim, who was installed as Hyundai… Read more by DirtFish Media December 20, 2023 2 min
WRC News Abiteboul bemoans Hyundai’s missed opportunities in 2023 Cyril Abiteboul has wasted little time making an impression since his arrival in the World Rally Championship at the top of the 2023 season. A… Read more by Luke Barry December 11, 2023 3 min
WRC Features What Mikkelsen hopes to achieve with Hyundai It’s probably something to do with living in the same neighborhood as Leonard DiCaprio. Andreas Mikkelsen has become a very good actor. Talking to him… Read more by David Evans December 7, 2023 5 min
WRC Opinion Why Mikkelsen’s earned a second try at Hyundai It only took a year… Twelve months ago, Andreas Mikkelsen was so sure he was back with Hyundai Motorsport, he telephoned Mlada Boleslav and told… Read more by David Evans December 6, 2023 3 min
WRC News Mikkelsen earns Rally1 chance with Hyundai Andreas Mikkelsen will return to Hyundai Motorsport to share a third car with Esapekka Lappi and Dani Sordo in 2024. After spending the last four… Read more by David Evans December 6, 2023 2 min
WRC Features What we learned from Rally Japan 2023 Rally Japan 2023 isn’t an event the World Rally Championship drivers will be forgetting in a hurry. In a way the rally was all over… Read more by Luke Barry November 20, 2023 3 min
WRC Opinion Why Sordo deserves to keep his Hyundai seat Think back to Rally Spain 2003 and one thing comes to mind, that classic Loeb-Panizzi battle for the win. Sixteen positions behind the ultimately second-placed… Read more by David Evans November 16, 2023 3 min
WRC News Lappi wanted part-program for better home life Esapekka Lappi requested to drop to a part-time World Rally Championship program in 2024 so that he could strike a better work/life balance. Lappi joined… Read more by Luke Barry November 16, 2023 2 min
WRC News Japan won’t be Sordo’s last WRC rally Dani Sordo has confirmed to DirtFish that Rally Japan will not be his last event as a World Rally Championship driver. Sordo has been a… Read more by Luke Barry November 15, 2023 2 min
WRC News Lappi to contest part-time 2024 WRC season Esapekka Lappi will remain with Hyundai Motorsport for the 2024 World Rally Championship season, but will regress to a part-time program. In a move that… Read more by Luke Barry November 15, 2023 2 min
WRC News What next for the outgoing WRC2 champion? The idea of defending the WRC2 title is a curious one, as in a sense no driver really wants to. Winning the World Rally Championship’s support… Read more by Luke Barry November 10, 2023 3 min
