WRC News How Hankook is quietly going about its business It’s actually something of a refreshing approach that Hankook’s taking to its elevation to the World Rally Championship. The Seoul-based firm has binned the bells,… Read more by David Evans May 3, 2024 3 min
WRC Features The worst part of a co-driver’s job isn’t what you’d expect In fairness, it was freezing. Like literally freezing – frost on the ground chilly. Aaron Johnston knew what was coming. He knew the hard compound… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay April 29, 2024 3 min
WRC Podcast Podcast: Tire talk, tech talk & M-Sport’s future With just a week to go until round 11 of the World Rally Championship, technical talk is on the rise. Tires are at the forefront… Read more by DirtFish Media September 19, 2023 10 min +
WRC News Pirelli’s Monte Carlo tire predictions Has a tire ever been a bridesmaid? It has now. Or it soon will be. Its name? Sottozero. Pirelli Sottozero. Continued dry weather looks set… Read more by David Evans January 19, 2023 3 min
WRC News Tänak pins strong Croatia pace on “lucky tire choice” Ott Tänak has put his sensational Saturday morning Croatia Rally speed, which allowed him to steal over a minute from rally leader Kalle Rovanperä across… Read more by Luke Barry April 23, 2022 2 min
WRC News Pirelli testing new hard compound tire with Rovanperä World Rally Championship leader Kalle Rovanperä is testing a new hard compound of Pirelli tire today (Thursday) in Croatia as the WRC’s exclusive tire supplier… Read more by Luke Barry April 7, 2022 2 min
WRC News Ingram loses third in WRC3 points after exceeding tire allowance Chris Ingram has been handed a six-minute Monza Rally time penalty for exceeding the maximum number of tires permitted on a World Rally Championship round,… Read more by Luke Barry November 21, 2021 2 min
ERC News Sordo gets MRF seat that was Breen’s for Azores ERC round Hyundai Motorsport driver Dani Sordo will pilot MRF Tyres’ European Rally Championship entry on next weekend’s Azores Rally. The MRF Hyundai i20 R5 was driven… Read more by Luke Barry September 7, 2021 2 min
Extreme E Features Inside Extreme E’s tire building process When a driver talks about tires after an event, nine times out of 10 it’s because they’ve had some kind of issue which stopped them… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon May 14, 2021 5 min
WRC News Hyundai needs “miracles” to catch up after strategy error Hyundai team boss Andrea Adamo believes his drivers need “miracles” from the leading Toyotas to stand a chance of claiming victory on the World Rally… Read more by Joshua Suttill April 24, 2021 3 min
WRC Features What will the best tire strategy be in Croatia? On the face of it, Pirelli’s job is a simple one in Croatia this week. If it’s hot, drivers will want the hard P Zero…. Read more by David Evans April 21, 2021 2 min
WRC Features Why has Toyota struggled on a rally it was expected to win? There’s no escaping the fact that Toyota was favorite for victory on Arctic Rally Finland, yet it has played second-best to Hyundai on the World… Read more by Luke Barry February 27, 2021 5 min
WRC Features The simple yet complex tire strategy for Arctic For all the leaps in development made by Hyundai, Toyota and M-Sport with their World Rally Car machines, a factor no team can control is… Read more by Luke Barry February 24, 2021 5 min
ARA News McKenna: Sno*Drift my most unenjoyable ever rally On the face of it, third place on the Sno*Drift Rally to kick off your American Rally Association presented by DirtFish title defense isn’t so… Read more by Luke Barry February 21, 2021 2 min
WRC Features The Ogier exception that proved the Monte Carlo rule The Monte Carlo Rally used to be long; very long. Historically, the biggest challenge of the event was for competitors to actually reach Monaco from… Read more by Ida Wood January 25, 2021 5 min
WRC News The daunting task facing the WRC’s crucial returnee It’s not a lottery, despite what folk will tell you. It is, from time to time, a vaguely informed shot in the dark. What are… Read more by David Evans January 1, 2021 3 min
WRC News How Tänak’s feeling about WRC 2021’s big unknown Ott Tänak is ready for this one. Primed and ready. He’s done his day of tire testing, first time on the Pirellis in a Hyundai… Read more by David Evans December 27, 2020 2 min
WRC Features Pirelli’s journey from WRC departure to comeback Pirelli is back at the top level of rallying once again and has been hard at work since the end of 2019 getting ready for… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay November 2, 2020
