WRC Features Why Rovanperä’s home rally doesn’t suit him best The term ‘home event’ in the World Rally Championship is always a curious one. Whenever the WRC lands in Estonia, the talk is of Ott… Read more by Luke Barry August 1, 2023 5 min
WRC News Solberg would rather be fastest than WRC2 champion Oliver Solberg’s odds of becoming 2023 WRC2 champion are lengthening, but he says he’d rather be the quickest driver in the category than the champion…. Read more by Luke Barry July 28, 2023 2 min
WRC Features Why Estonia’s support of Latvia isn’t “political bulls***” Many months ago, when Urmo Aava told DirtFish he was pleased for Latvia and its inclusion into the World Rally Championship, I made a mental… Read more by David Evans July 26, 2023 3 min
WRC Features Toyota’s promise that unlocked Rovanperä’s domination For a car made on the world’s fastest rally roads, the Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 simply wasn’t fast enough last year. Watching Hyundai beat them… Read more by David Evans July 26, 2023 3 min
WRC News Rally Estonia thankful Tänak penalty didn’t detract fans Rally Estonia director Urmo Aava has thanked Estonian fans for continuing to support the event despite home hero Ott Tänak’s five-minute penalty. Tänak was ejected… Read more by Luke Barry July 25, 2023 2 min
WRC Opinion David Evans: Estonia proved me wrong over the years I’m writing this slap, bang in the middle of the Gulf of Finland. Heading north. The wrong direction. How’s that possible? How can destination Helsinki… Read more by David Evans July 25, 2023 3 min
WRC Opinion Should Tänak’s engine penalty prompt change? Kalle Rovanperä was utterly supreme on Rally Estonia – so supreme that he shifted the focus from enjoying a competition to just having to appreciate… Read more by DirtFish Media July 25, 2023 10 min +
WRC News What exactly happened to Tänak’s broken engine? The process of stripping the engine which cost Ott Tänak and M-Sport the chance of winning last week’s Rally Estonia is underway back at the… Read more by David Evans July 25, 2023 2 min
WRC News Lappi searching for more Hyundai grip Today is a big day for Esapekka Lappi. The day where he hopes to make his Hyundai i20 N Rally1 a Rally Finland winner. Straight… Read more by Luke Barry July 24, 2023 3 min
WRC Opinion Colin Clark’s 2023 Rally Estonia driver ratings In a sense, everybody deserves a solid score in Rally Estonia as, for the first time in over four years, every single manufacturer driver made… Read more by Colin Clark July 24, 2023 5 min
WRC News WRC would be ‘stupid’ to lose Rally Estonia – Tänak Figures from across the World Rally Championship service park have hailed the strength of Rally Estonia – with local driver Ott Tänak claiming it would be stupid… Read more by Luke Barry July 24, 2023 3 min
WRC Features What we learned from Rally Estonia 2023 Rally Estonia was an intriguing instalment of World Rally Championship action. In many ways it was a classic, with such a domineering performance from the… Read more by Luke Barry July 24, 2023 5 min
WRC Features Rovanperä made a mundane rally mesmerizing Kalle Rovanperä smiled. Then laughed. He may or may not be a Tolkein Head, but the reference wasn’t lost on him. Before the start of… Read more by David Evans July 24, 2023 5 min
WRC Opinion Winners + losers from Rally Estonia 2023 The dust has just about settled on the eighth chapter of this 2023 World Rally Championship season. Rally Estonia delivered juicy storylines from as early… Read more by Luke Barry July 23, 2023 3 min
WRC News Rovanperä secures crushing Rally Estonia victory Kalle Rovanperä took a landmark 10th World Rally Championship win of his career with a crushing display on Rally Estonia. Although it took until stage… Read more by Ida Wood July 23, 2023 3 min
WRC News Rovanperä races away, Estonia podium fight heats up behind Kalle Rovanperä has started the final day of Rally Estonia as he finished Saturday, by setting a pace nobody else could match. The early morning… Read more by Ida Wood July 22, 2023
WRC Features When Rovanperä’s clean sweep was last achieved To win all nine of Saturday’s stages in Estonia was, even for Kalle Rovanperä’s standards, simply remarkable. Absolutely nobody could touch the reigning world champion… Read more by Luke Barry July 22, 2023 3 min