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
Rally Video Join DirtFish in our new Behind the Scenes series Want to come behind the scenes? Want to delve a little deeper into the World Rally Championship? Always looking at ways to evolve our coverage… Read more by DirtFish Media April 11, 2023 10 min +
ERC Features Paddon’s task of flying across the world and back again Kiwis are renowned as great adventurers. Sir Edmund Hillary, anybody? Sir Peter Blake? And what about Hayden Paddon? I know, he’s not a natural fit… Read more by David Evans April 9, 2023 2 min
Rally Features Why don’t all countries adopt just Rally2 rules? Last week’s Otago Rally asked and answered plenty of questions. Hayden Paddon’s decision to drive a Hyundai i20 N Rally2 as opposed to the AP4… Read more by David Evans April 7, 2023 2 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 Opinion Seeing rallying from a different perspective You join David Evans and Colin Clark in Brighton. No – not the seaside city in the UK, the seaside town in New Zealand! Why?… Read more by DirtFish Media April 4, 2023 10 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 News Paddon wins Otago Rally for a 10th time It’s done. The perfect 10 from the perfect weekend. Hayden Paddon and John Kennard dominated the Otago Rally, winning the Dunedin event for the 10th… Read more by David Evans April 1, 2023 2 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 Features David Evans: I’m already in love with Otago Rally The Otago Rally hasn’t even started yet and we’re going to talk about the finish. Here’s two words you’re going to hear an awful lot… Read more by David Evans March 31, 2023 3 min
Rally Features The NZ roads even better than WRC Rally New Zealand Cows? No, deer. What’s that log? It’s a seal. Are they birds on that jetty thing? Try blue penguins. And where’s over there, if we… Read more by David Evans March 30, 2023 3 min
Rally Features What’s in store for 2023’s Otago Rally? In the absence of the World Rally Championship, this week’s Otago Rally is New Zealand’s highest profile motorsport event of the season. The Oakley brothers… Read more by David Evans March 27, 2023 3 min
Rally Features The latest Olympic star embarking on a rallying debut Midway between Rotorua and the Bay of Plenty coast, Sarah Walker looked out of the window of the family home in Kawerau. Her brother Matt… Read more by David Evans March 21, 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 Why Otago is the go-to rally for Paddon Rallying in New Zealand’s a lot like a box of chocolates. Which one do you choose? They’re all so good. For Hayden Paddon, Otago Rally… Read more by David Evans March 8, 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 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
