WRC Features Why Ogier on a full season wouldn’t actually suit Toyota When you’ve got Sébastien Ogier in your team, you’d want him driving on every possible round of the World Rally Championship, wouldn’t you? Ogier brings… Read more by Luke Barry November 23, 2022 3 min
WRC Opinion Toyota or Hyundai? Which has the better WRC 2023 lineup? Esapekka Lappi moved from Toyota to Hyundai. Craig Breen moved from M-Sport to Hyundai. Takamoto Katsuta earned a promotion to the main Toyota team. Just… Read more by DirtFish Media November 22, 2022
WRC News Why Toyota chose to promote Katsuta now Toyota team principal Jari-Matti Latvala has explained the reasons for promoting Takamoto Katsuta to the main Toyota Gazoo Racing team for the 2023 World Rally Championship… Read more by Luke Barry November 21, 2022 3 min
WRC Opinion Why the WRC needs Toyota to rent out a fourth Yaris Takamoto Katsuta’s promotion to a full factory drive at Toyota is great news for him. It really is. But it might be less so for… Read more by Rob Hansford November 20, 2022 3 min
WRC News Millener feels sorry for Rally Japan organizer M-Sport Ford team principal Richard Millener sympathizes with the organizer of Rally Japan, feeling it had to deal with “one of the toughest mornings I… Read more by Luke Barry November 20, 2022 3 min
WRC Features Is Lappi’s switch to Hyundai an inspired decision? For the sixth time in eight years, Esapekka Lappi will start a World Rally Championship campaign with a different team in 2023. He’s gone from… Read more by David Evans November 18, 2022 5 min
WRC News Katsuta to share third Toyota with Ogier in 2023 Toyota has confirmed Takamoto Katsuta will step up to the main team for next season, sharing a third GR Yaris Rally1 with Sébastien Ogier. The… Read more by David Evans November 17, 2022 2 min
WRC News Lack of wet tires unlikely to have cost Evans Japan victory Toyota technical director Tom Fowler believes Elfyn Evans could’ve won Rally Japan were it not for his puncture, despite Evans’ lack of wet weather tires…. Read more by Luke Barry November 17, 2022 3 min
WRC News Toyota’s 2023 driver announcement coming next week Toyota Gazoo Racing’s 2023 World Rally Championship driver lineup will be announced before the end of next weekend. From as early as August this year,… Read more by Luke Barry November 15, 2022 2 min
WRC Features Hyundai’s latest win demonstrates its missed 2022 potential Midway through Mäeküla, Saturday morning in Estonia. July. Give or take, the season’s midpoint. First half, Toyota. Second half, very, very much Hyundai. Hats off… Read more by David Evans November 14, 2022 5 min
WRC Features What we learned from 2022 Rally Japan And with that, the 2022 World Rally Championship season is done. Thirteen rounds are successfully in the books, ending with last weekend’s first Rally Japan… Read more by Luke Barry November 14, 2022 3 min
WRC News Puncture for Evans ends his Japan victory hopes Elfyn Evans’ chances of winning Rally Japan look to be over as he lost close to two minutes with a puncture, giving Hyundai 1-2 at… Read more by Luke Barry November 12, 2022 3 min
WRC News Battle for Japan lead intensifies as Evans closes on Neuville Elfyn Evans has closed to within just 0.6 seconds of Thierry Neuville’s on the first Sunday stage of Rally Japan on a day where tire… Read more by Luke Barry November 12, 2022 3 min
WRC News Could rain change the complexion of Rally Japan? How could Rally Japan possibly be any more difficult? The tight, twisty, relentless Japanese stages are like nothing World Rally Championship drivers have ever seen… Read more by Luke Barry November 12, 2022 3 min
WRC News Toyota unveils its GR Yaris Rally2 Toyota president and CEO Akio Toyoda revealed Toyota’s all-new GR Yaris Rally2 concept car at Rally Japan on Saturday. The car, which tested for the… Read more by David Evans November 12, 2022 2 min
WRC Features Will Neuville’s Rally Japan prediction come true? Thierry Neuville was adamant. Elfyn Evans led Rally Japan by three seconds, but he wouldn’t for much longer. Staring down the DirtFish camera lens on… Read more by DirtFish Staff November 12, 2022 3 min
WRC News Rovanperä loses two minutes as wheel issue continues Kalle Rovanperä has leaked several more minutes and is now out of the points on Rally Japan after starting SS10 late, losing one minute once… Read more by Luke Barry November 11, 2022 3 min
WRC News Rovanperä hits rockface on SS8, Evans extends lead A collision with a rockface has cost Kalle Rovanperä his third position on Rally Japan but he continued on with just a puncture, as Elfyn… Read more by Luke Barry November 11, 2022 3 min
