WRC News Hybrid removed from Rally1 cars for 2025 Hybrid power will been ditched from Rally1 cars at the end of this season. The news, as predicted by DirtFish last month, came via an… Read more by David Evans November 15, 2024 2 min
WRC News WRC’s strategy to get young drivers into Rally1 cars In part, Mārtiņš Sesks has WRC Promoter to thank for his sensational pair of Rally1 outings earlier this year in Poland and Latvia, as well… Read more by Luke Barry September 20, 2024 2 min
WRC News M-Sport’s Sesks experiment pays off with non-hybrid Rally1 sale The experiment has worked. The whole purpose of Mārtiņš Sesks’ drive at Rally Poland back in June was to promote the performance of a non-hybrid… Read more by Luke Barry August 16, 2024 2 min
WRC Opinion Has the WRC made the right decision to keep Rally1? The debate opened on the Azerbaijani shores of the Caspian Sea, reverberated around the world and was concluded in the Silk Road city of Samarkand,… Read more by David Evans June 11, 2024 5 min
Rally Opinion Why 2027 has to return rallying to the people We’ve gone too far. Rally1 crossed a line. We’ve forgotten who we are, where we come from. Yes, rallying is about pushing boundaries, but it’s… Read more by Jon Scoltock May 24, 2024
WRC News Rally1 to remain until end of 2026 Rally1 cars will remain at the forefront of the World Rally Championship until the end of 2026, providing the FIA’s World Motor Sport Council agrees… Read more by David Evans May 23, 2024 3 min
WRC News WRC teams unify in call to retain Rally1 regulations Toyota, Hyundai and M-Sport Ford have collectively written to the FIA requesting current Rally1 regulations remain in place until the end of the 2026 World… Read more by David Evans April 5, 2024 2 min
WRC Features Neuville’s alternative masterplan to fix the WRC There was a lot of hullabaloo last week about whether Thierry Neuville wanted to stay or wanted to go from the World Rally Championship. That’s… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay March 19, 2024 5 min
WRC Features The paradox that risks killing Rally2-plus before it begins Toyota team principal Jari-Matti Latvala has admitted the potential for Rally2 cars trumping Rally1 cars under proposed new regulations is a cause for concern. The… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay March 13, 2024 3 min
WRC News Why Rally2-plus won’t last in the WRC There was a lot to unpack in the minutes from the midweek World Motor Sport Council meeting. Hybrid out from 2025. A new Rally1 car… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay March 3, 2024 3 min
WRC Features Explained: The changes to Rally1 proposed for 2026 After months of work by the FIA’s WRC Working Group, proposals for a new set of technical regulations for rallying’s top level are in motion…. Read more by Alasdair Lindsay March 1, 2024 3 min
WRC News WRC’s hybrid contract still valid until 2026 When the FIA World Motorsport Council announced its new roadmap for the World Rally Championship on Wednesday, the standout headline was obvious. Hybrid had been… Read more by James Bowen March 1, 2024 3 min
WRC Opinion What DirtFish says about the WRC’s new direction Wednesday was a groundbreaking day in the World Rally Championship. Major changes to the technical regulations at the sport’s top level were unveiled by the… Read more by DirtFish Staff February 29, 2024 5 min
WRC Opinion How will Rally1 hybrid be remembered? Debate is rife in the World Rally Championship right now, and one of the hottest topics on the table is the championship’s technical regulations. Rally1… Read more by James Bowen February 29, 2024 5 min
WRC News Hybrid ditched as part of major WRC regulation change Hybrid will be ditched from the World Rally Championship’s premium category from the end of this season – the move comes as part of a… Read more by David Evans February 28, 2024 5 min
WRC News Hyundai chief wary of WRC’s Rally2 temptation Will Rally2 really replace Rally1 as the basis for the World Rally Championship’s top tier? That debate has been simmering away through the first two… Read more by James Bowen February 25, 2024 3 min
WRC Features Opinion How likely is Rally2 to take over the WRC? Is Rally2 really coming? Is the end nigh for the fastest rally cars in the sport’s history? Two questions which are beginning to dominate debate… Read more by David Evans January 15, 2024 5 min
Dakar Features Dakar vs WRC – what’s the difference? Feeds full of Dakar right now? But Monte Carlo and the start of a new World Rally Championship adventure is looming ever larger. Now more… Read more by DirtFish Media January 10, 2024 5 min
