WRC News Pajari confirms his new co-driver Sami Pajari has confirmed that Marko Salminen will be his co-driver for his first full season in the World Rally Championship, replacing Enni Mälkönen. Pajari… Read more by Luke Barry December 3, 2024 2 min
WRC News Pajari responds to backlash over Mälkönen decision Sami Pajari has responded to backlash he has received over his decision to part ways with co-driver Enni Mälkönen for next season’s World Rally Championship. Pajari – who… Read more by Luke Barry November 27, 2024 2 min
WRC News Mälkonen reacts to co‑driving split with Pajari Eight months ago, Enni Mälkönen had swapped her intercom for a podcast microphone. On DirtFish’s SPIN, The Rally Pod, she made her rallying ambitions clear…. Read more by Alasdair Lindsay November 25, 2024 3 min
WRC News Toyota signs Pajari for fourth full-time 2025 seat Twenty-four hours on from sealing the WRC2 title, Sami Pajari has been announced, alongside Kalle Rovanperä, Elfyn Evans and Takamoto Katsuta, as a full-time Toyota… Read more by David Evans November 25, 2024 3 min
WRC News Pajari and co-driver Mälkönen end their partnership WRC2 champions Sami Pajari and Enni Mälkönen will end their partnership after the 2024 season. Pajari has been co-driven by Mälkönen full-time since 2022 – the season after he… Read more by Luke Barry November 24, 2024 2 min
WRC News Pajari overhauls Solberg to become WRC2 champion Sami Pajari and Enni Mälkönen have become WRC2 champions, beating Oliver Solberg to the title after securing second place at Rally Japan. Pajari, who turns… Read more by Luke Barry November 24, 2024 2 min
WRC News Why Pajari needn’t fear for his future Sami Pajari stood looking at the twisted wreck of his white Toyota GR Yaris Rally1. Minutes earlier he’d understeered wide into a field – but… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay October 30, 2024 3 min
WRC Opinion DirtFish’s CER 2024 driver ratings Hyundai Ott Tänak – 9/10 It was really difficult weekend for Ott Tänak, having to balance his need to push for the drivers’ title with… Read more by Colin Clark October 21, 2024 5 min
WRC News How will Pajari play his asphalt debut? He’s only started seven rounds of the World Rally Championship on Tarmac and now this. Little wonder Sami Pajari is marshaling a slightly cautious approach… Read more by Mark Paulson October 16, 2024 3 min
WRC News The complication clouding WRC2’s title race Thierry Neuville is on the cusp of winning rallying’s biggest prize this week. But the main World Rally Championship trophy isn’t the only one still… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay October 16, 2024 3 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 How Katsuta and Pajari fit into Toyota’s 2025 plan With Sami Pajari’s return to Toyota’s factory team now just a week away, the biggest question in Chile is likely to be about the math…. Read more by David Evans September 18, 2024 2 min
WRC News How Pajari feels ahead of his two fresh Rally1 chances An unexpected byproduct of Sami Pajari’s elevation to Toyota’s GR Yaris Rally1 for this month’s Rally Chile will be a next generation head-to-head between him… Read more by David Evans September 12, 2024 3 min
WRC Podcast Is Toyota’s decision a surprise? It’s been some week for Sami Pajari. First he wins WRC2 at Acropolis Rally Greece by 0.0s, now he has been given two more shots… Read more by DirtFish Media September 11, 2024 10 min +
WRC Features What next for Katsuta and Pajari? As the World Rally Championship heads west across the Atlantic for Rally Chile, Toyota has made the bold decision to replace Takamoto Katsuta with Sami… Read more by David Evans September 11, 2024 5 min
WRC News Katsuta dropped for Pajari at Rally Chile Toyota has benched Takamoto Katsuta for the next round of the World Rally Championship in Chile – with rising star Sami Pajari taking his place… Read more by David Evans September 11, 2024 3 min
WRC Features Why Rossel, not Pajari, is Solberg’s big WRC2 threat How often can you say that a driver not starting a round of the World Rally Championship can be such a focus of it? Not… Read more by Luke Barry September 4, 2024 2 min
WRC News Could Pajari get another Rally1 chance this season? The dust has settled, the data delivered and decided on – so now what? When will Sami Pajari be back in a Toyota GR Yaris… Read more by David Evans August 27, 2024 2 min
