Rally News What next for Rossendale Escort? Otago’s apparent production line delivering rallying royalty to the Dunedin roads is showing no sign of stopping with World Rally Champions Petter Solberg, Marcus Grönholm… Read more by David Evans April 30, 2023 3 min
WRC Photos New Zealand stages better than Finland! Is Hirvonen right? Mikko Hirvonen put a cat among the pigeons last weekend on the Otago Rally. Fresh from completing the gorgeous Kuri Bush test, Hirvonen immediately advised… Read more by Rob Hansford April 5, 2023 2 min
Rally Features The rally that should be on all drivers’ bucket lists Mikko Hirvonen was shaking his head. He stopped. He stared straight ahead just long enough to think he might be able to take in what… Read more by David Evans April 3, 2023 5 min
Rally Video How Hirvonen is finding his long-awaited Otago debut He tried, tried and tried again to make it to the Otago Rally. He failed every time as Dakar commitments and then the global pandemic… Read more by DirtFish Media April 1, 2023
Rally News Hayden Paddon races ahead on day one of Otago Rally He’s done it nine time already and his pursuit of the perfect 10 began with an undefeated Saturday. Hayden Paddon won all eight stages on… Read more by David Evans April 1, 2023 3 min
Rally News Hirvonen’s Otago wait is nearly over It was the deal that seemed destined never to come to fruition. And then it did. Now Mikko Hirvonen can’t stop smiling. When it comes… Read more by David Evans March 17, 2023 3 min
Rally Features DirtFish partners with Otago Rally for a second year! Markko Märtin was slightly taken aback by the question. He hadn’t seen this one coming. He smiled, thinking through his answer. “I think you know… Read more by David Evans March 2, 2023 3 min
WRC Features Your Top 50 WRC drivers: 30-21 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 21, 2022 3 min
WRC Features Big WRC driver moves that didn’t work out Ott Tänak and M-Sport’s reunion has all the hallmarks of a successful World Rally Championship partnership. Tänak’s roots are with M-Sport. Although he left it… Read more by Luke Barry December 10, 2022 10 min +
WRC News Hirvonen will finally start the rally he’s failed to twice Mikko Hirvonen knows how it feels to miss out. Four times a runner-up in the World Rally Championship – every time to Sébastien Loeb – it’s… Read more by Luke Barry December 8, 2022 3 min
WRC Features The drivers that managed what Katsuta almost did In sliding off the road in New Zealand, Takamoto Katsuta didn’t just forfeit his participation in the rally but brought an incredible run of World… Read more by Luke Barry October 14, 2022 3 min
Rally Features Top 10 Finns in Fords in Finland If there’s one nationality that’s best associated with Ford in the World Rally Championship, particularly in the 21st century, it’s Finland. Aside from current megastar… Read more by Luke Barry August 3, 2022 5 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
Rally Features Why Otago has long attracted so many WRC greats Let’s play a quick game: Björn Waldegård, Hannu Mikkola, Jimmy McRae, Alister McRae, Juha Kankkunen, Didier Auriol, Michèle Mouton, Gwyndaf Evans, Markko Märtin and Mads Østberg – what… Read more by Luke Barry March 17, 2022 3 min
WRC News Toyota inducts three new drivers to its WRC Challenge Program Toyota Gazoo Racing has revealed the names that will follow Takamoto Katsuta into its WRC Challenge Program with the long-term aim of breaking more Japanese… Read more by Ida Wood February 7, 2022 2 min
WRC Features Opinion Can Evans avoid becoming another Hirvonen? I’d like to start this column off with a proviso. Mikko Hirvonen was a great World Rally Championship driver who, back in my childhood when… Read more by Luke Barry January 15, 2022 5 min
WRC Features What happened the last time Rally Spain was all-asphalt Rally Spain has always been an asphalt round of the World Rally Championship, but not necessarily exclusively. The very first iteration of the rally was… Read more by Luke Barry October 14, 2021 5 min
Features The best and worst WRC homecomings After leaving the team for Citroën ahead of the 2019 World Rally Championship season, Esapekka Lappi will be a Toyota driver once more in 2022… Read more by Luke Barry October 7, 2021 5 min
