WRC News Only Katsuta missed his Acropolis test due to fires After a week of arranging and re-arranging roads in central Greece, the World Rally Championship teams have completed their pre-Acropolis running and Takamoto Katsuta is… Read more by David Evans August 30, 2023 2 min
WRC News Toyota and Hyundai’s Acropolis testing impacted by fires Hyundai and Toyota have had their pre-Acropolis Rally tests affected by the fires still burning in the central Greece region this week. Both teams have… Read more by David Evans August 25, 2023 2 min
WRC Features Why M-Sport has a Sardinia advantage “Did we know Ogier was testing in Portugal?” Scrolling through the pre-event testing footage kindly supplied to us by Toyota Gazoo Racing, DirtFish videographer Eliot… Read more by Luke Barry May 28, 2023 3 min
WRC Opinion Are the new testing rules good for the WRC? Is it just me or did anybody else spot the irony in Thierry Neuville’s comments about some of his rivals heading out to national rallies… Read more by David Evans February 2, 2023 3 min
WRC Features Why are Rally1 teams not testing for Monte in December? Anybody noticed anything missing? Isn’t it around this time that the Alps come to life. And I’m not talking about skiing. I’m talking about the… Read more by David Evans December 12, 2022 3 min
WRC News M-Sport uncomfortable with Hyundai’s Finland testing move M-Sport team principal Richard Millener hopes the recently introduced World Rally Championship testing regulations are revisited, as he believes Hyundai’s relocation of its testing site… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay February 24, 2022 3 min
WRC News Neuville: Nobody can be ‘comfortable’ ahead of Monte Driver comfort, for the time being, is a thing of the past in the World Rally Championship. That’s according to Hyundai Motorsport’s Thierry Neuville as… Read more by David Evans December 29, 2021 2 min
WRC News Neuville and Wydaeghe checked in hospital after test crash Hyundai’s Thierry Neuville and co-driver Martijn Wydaeghe were taken to hospital after they crashed in testing on Saturday. Neuville was getting his first meaningful mileage… Read more by David Evans December 4, 2021 2 min
WRC Features What Hyundai’s test told us about the WRC’s future How often do you find yourself wishing you could get a little glimpse into your future? It would make things a little easier when approaching… Read more by Luke Barry October 29, 2021 5 min
WRC News How day one of Hyundai’s rally simulation unfolded The first day of Hyundai’s rally simulation test with its i20 N Rally1 has been completed, with 2019 World Rally Champion Ott Tänak at the… Read more by DirtFish Media October 27, 2021
Rally Features The puzzle behind Toyota’s set-up quandary Toyota’s winning run on Rally Finland may have continued into 2021, but it didn’t start last weekend’s rally with a winning car. It only finished… Read more by Ida Wood October 10, 2021 3 min
WRC News Hyundai to begin testing 2022 challenger in June Hyundai Motosport will begin running its 2022 Rally1 challenger next month, according to team principal Andrea Adamo. The Italian wouldn’t be drawn on specific technical… Read more by David Evans May 3, 2021 2 min
Rally Opinion The WRC omertà that’s increasingly hard not to break Seven months and a couple of weeks. That’s how long we’ve got before the teams are booking roads in the Gap area for their Monte… Read more by David Evans April 17, 2021 3 min
WRC News M-Sport duo expect rough roads to be “more forgiving” It’s not often that a Finn relishes the chance to swap the big, fast, wide roads native to rallying’s spiritual homeland for the tight, twisty,… Read more by David Evans September 18, 2020 3 min
WRC News WRC teams closing on group test on Acropolis stages Plans for an innovative approach to World Rally Championship testing have been formalized and could mean the world’s fastest rally cars being back on some… Read more by David Evans June 24, 2020 3 min
WRC Opinion Podcast: Behind the scenes of WRC teams’ return DirtFish was on the ground in Finland last week as both Hyundai Motorsport and Toyota Gazoo Racing reacquainted themselves with their World Rally Championship challengers… Read more by DirtFish Media June 23, 2020 10 min +
WRC Photos What the photos can tell us from WRC’s test return The World Rally Championship may not be officially heading to the stages competitively for some months, but the drivers at Hyundai Motorsport and Toyota Gazoo… Read more by Ida Wood June 21, 2020 2 min
WRC Video Video: Flat-out footage and the big jumps at WRC testing It was great to see the World Rally Championship back in action in Finland this week for team tests, and the selection of roads meant… Read more by DirtFish Media June 21, 2020 5 min