WRC News Sesks’ WRC debut will give “confidence boost” to ERC drivers Mārtiņš Sesks was the talk of the WRC service park at Rally Poland last weekend. He was the talk of the media, he was the… Read more by Mark Paulson July 4, 2024 3 min
WRC Features Jonne Halttunen column: How we won Rally Poland Hello everyone! I am just about recovered from a crazy weekend in Poland where Kalle and I were able to win, but as I’m sure… Read more by DirtFish Media July 4, 2024 5 min
WRC Podcast Is Tänak becoming Hyundai’s top dog? From Kalle Rovanperä’s against-the-odds win from the substitute bench, Andreas Mikkelsen’s response to recent poor form, yet another podium for Adrien Fourmaux and that marvelous debut from Mārtiņš… Read more by DirtFish Media July 3, 2024
WRC News WRC drivers keen to see Poland back on the calendar Multiple drivers have spoken in favor of Rally Poland returning to the World Rally Championship calendar in future, despite spectator problems early in the rally… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay July 3, 2024 3 min
WRC News M-Sport urges calm after Sesks’ impressive debut M-Sport team principal Richard Millener has called for excitement to be tempered over Mārtiņš Sesks despite his stunning Rally1 debut in Poland last week. Driving… Read more by Luke Barry July 2, 2024 2 min
WRC News Neuville questions timing of Hyundai’s new engine mapping Thierry Neuville has questioned the deployment of new parts running on his Hyundai i20 N Rally1 for the first time at last week’s Rally Poland…. Read more by David Evans July 2, 2024 2 min
WRC Opinion Does Rally Poland have a future in the WRC? Seven years ago, the World Rally Championship flew out of Warsaw for what most thought would be the final time. No way, Rally Poland would… Read more by David Evans July 2, 2024 5 min
WRC Opinion DirtFish’s Rally Poland 2024 driver ratings Rally Poland may have been a one-off in the World Rally Championship this year, but it created some unforgettable memories with some real standout drives…. Read more by Colin Clark July 1, 2024 5 min
WRC Features What we learned from Rally Poland 2024 On a weekend where Kalle Rovanperä was supposed to be watching from home, his rivals were the ones watching instead as the world champion streaked… Read more by Luke Barry July 1, 2024 5 min
WRC Features How Rovanperä became the hero of someone else’s rally Every story requires a protagonist and an antagonist. Who that is can be subjective; which of those categories Audi or Lancia fell into during 1983… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay July 1, 2024 5 min
WRC News Why Rovanperä can’t fully celebrate his Poland win Kalle Rovanperä drove up the podium ramp in Mikołajki, climbed out and embraced Jonne Halttunen, celebrating an unexpected victory in Poland. Unexpected, at least, when… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay June 30, 2024 2 min
WRC News Pajari staying grounded as rally career ramps up Back-to-back WRC2 wins and his Rally1 debut looming large on the horizon, it would be easy for Sami Pajari to start getting ahead of himself…. Read more by David Evans June 30, 2024 2 min
WRC News Rovanperä turns last-minute call up into Poland victory Kalle Rovanperä has pulled off a remarkable victory on Rally Poland, round seven of the World Rally Championship, defeating Toyota team-mate Elfyn Evans by 28.3s… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay June 30, 2024 3 min
WRC News Hyundai fined for repeat parc fermé breach Hyundai has been fined €5000 for contravention of parc fermé regulations at the start of the final day of Rally Poland. Ott Tänak removed tape… Read more by David Evans June 30, 2024 3 min
WRC News Mikkelsen’s Poland victory hopes curtailed by puncture Andreas Mikkelsen’s hopes of a first World Rally Championship win in almost eight years have been ended by a puncture on Sunday’s opening stage of… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay June 30, 2024 3 min
WRC News How Hyundai plans to approach team orders Cyril Abiteboul has never shied away from deploying team orders since taking the helm of Hyundai’s World Rally Championship team. That gave Andreas Mikkelsen, who… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay June 29, 2024 3 min
WRC News Rovanperä extends Poland lead after Evans tire drama Kalle Rovanperä’s lead on Rally Poland has reached almost double digits, as Toyota team-mate Elfyn Evans suffered a delamination that cost him around 10 seconds…. Read more by Alasdair Lindsay June 29, 2024 2 min
WRC News How fans are trying to fix Poland’s spectator woes It’s almost impossible to explain how excited I was when I heard the World Rally Championship was coming back to Poland. Since I was seven… Read more by DirtFish Media June 29, 2024 3 min