WRC Opinion Why WRC’s golden chance for female talent matters Women have always been at the forefront of Motorsport. Maybe not in the limelight, but they’re there. Making sure the sport runs, making sure the… Read more by Josie Rimmer July 7, 2024
WRC News WRC Promoter launches female junior talent program Female competitors have the chance of a lifetime with the opportunity to win a supported Junior WRC drive next season. WRC Promoter announced the game-changing,… Read more by David Evans July 5, 2024 2 min
Rally Features FIA’s rally talent search enters a crucial phase It would potentially have been a stretch to consider Romet Jürgenson as favorite to win the Junior WRC title in 2024. Yet this is the… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay May 30, 2024 5 min
Women in motorsport Video The “glass ceiling” Enni Mälkonen is determined to break Enni Mälkonen is a high-profile co-driver in the World Rally Championship, sitting alongside WRC2 frontunner Sami Pajari in their Toyota GR Yaris Rally2. Mälkonen guided… Read more by DirtFish Media March 26, 2024 10 min +
WRC News Rally Star Junior WRC prize winners revealed The FIA has announced the four Rally Star drivers who will contest next year’s Junior World Rally Championship as the next stage of the program…. Read more by Mark Paulson November 23, 2023 2 min
Rally News Junior WRC prize looming for FIA Rally Star crews It all comes down to this. Six drivers, just four places up for grabs, and one final opportunity left to earn it. The FIA Rally… Read more by Luke Barry November 9, 2023 5 min
Rally News Jürgenson and Smart impress on latest Rally Star training event Four years ago, Romet Jürgenson was one of many Estonians with a smile on his face as Rally Spain, the penultimate-scheduled round of the 2019… Read more by Luke Barry October 24, 2023 3 min
WRC News Finland returns for 2024 Junior WRC Rally Finland will return to the Junior World Rally Championship calendar in 2024. The iconic fast gravel event features on the five-round JWRC schedule for… Read more by Mark Paulson October 23, 2023 1 min
Rally Features How to nurture a struggling talent the Smart way “Put it this way, if I said to you ‘Luke, you’re going to do some weight lifting. And I’ll tell you what Luke, we’re going… Read more by Luke Barry October 20, 2023 5 min
Podcast The rise of the latest Junior WRC champion Sébastien Loeb, Sébastien Ogier, Dani Sordo, Craig Breen, Elfyn Evans… the list goes on. It’s very clear that whoever wins Junior WRC in any given… Read more by DirtFish Media September 22, 2023
WRC Features Winners + losers from Acropolis Rally 2023 This year’s Acropolis Rally Greece was a throwback to a bygone era, where it was the norm for rallies to be won by minutes. Safari… Read more by Luke Barry September 10, 2023 5 min
WRC News William Creighton claims Junior WRC title in Greek finale William Creighton has become the new Junior World Rally champion after a tense final round on Acropolis Rally Greece. Diego Domínguez won the event, which… Read more by Luke Barry September 10, 2023 2 min
WRC Features Junior WRC showdown: Can Creighton hold on? This weekend is, without question, the biggest event of several drivers’ careers. With the Junior World Rally Championship title, and the Ford Fiesta Rally2 and tire package… Read more by Luke Barry September 7, 2023 3 min
WRC Features Where every Junior WRC champion ended up The World Rally Championship has evolved greatly since 2001, and so has the Junior support category that has existed since then. But one thing has… Read more by Luke Barry September 4, 2023 5 min
WRC News Fiesta Rally3 Evo set for WRC debut M-Sport Poland’s updated Ford Fiesta Rally3 Evo will make its World Rally Championship debut this week as it becomes the new spec vehicle for Junior… Read more by Luke Barry May 31, 2023 2 min
WRC Features The maiden WRC class win that had everything “I think it was 19.7 seconds leaving parc fermé.” You think it was 19.7s, or you know it was? “I know it was! I have… Read more by Luke Barry February 19, 2023 3 min
WRC Features Why title defeat hasn’t floored this youngster WRC2. If you’re an aspiring World Rally Championship driver, it quite simply is the place you need to be. Particularly nowadays with the influx of… Read more by Luke Barry September 24, 2022 5 min
WRC Features Tänak’s role in the latest Junior WRC champion’s success Saaremaa isn’t a big place. At just over 1000 square miles, that it’s the largest island in Estonia is no suggestion that it’s large at… Read more by Luke Barry September 21, 2022 3 min