WRC News Rovanperä questions Portugal itinerary, Tänak extends lead Ott Tänak has extended his Rally Portugal lead to seven seconds after Portugal’s arduous Friday, fending off Toyota’s challenge alone after Hyundai team-mate Adrien Fourmaux’s… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay May 16, 2025 3 min
WRC News Pajari crashes out, Rovanperä extends lead Toyota’s hopes of a record-equalling 1-2-3-4-5 finish on Rally Islas Canarias are over, as Sami Pajari crashed out on Saturday’s penultimate stage. Pajari understeered wide… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay April 26, 2025 3 min
WRC News Has too much been expected of Pajari? Context is key in the World Rally Championship. While on paper a third place finish is the same for anyone, it’s a far greater triumph… Read more by Luke Barry March 10, 2025 2 min
News Latvala: I blame myself for Toyota’s Monte crashes With just seconds to go before he was due to head off, Takamoto Katsuta emerged from the darkness, phone in hand. Flashlight activated, he aimed… Read more by Luke Barry January 28, 2025 3 min
WRC News Pajari and Katsuta crash out on Monte final day opener Two Toyotas failed to complete the opening stage of the Monte Carlo Rally’s final day, with both Sami Pajari and Takamoto Katsuta going off the… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay January 26, 2025 2 min
WRC Features Pajari’s calculated approach to his first full WRC season This is a very, very big moment for Sami Pajari. It’s one he’s been dreaming about since he started rallying in 2016. Back then it… Read more by David Evans January 16, 2025 3 min
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
