WRC Opinion DirtFish’s Rally Islas Canarias 2025 driver rankings Rally Islas Canarias brought a challenge unique in the World Rally Championship: pure, unblemished and mostly smooth asphalt: for one weekend, the WRC’s best had… Read more by DirtFish Staff April 28, 2025 5 min
WRC Features The one fight even Ogier was never going to win Rally Islas Canarias can best be summarized by comments from Sébastien Ogier after just the opening trio of stages. “It’s two surprises,” Ogier began. “One… Read more by Luke Barry April 28, 2025 10 min +
WRC News Drivers deliver opinion on Canarias’ WRC debut The World Rally Championship’s top drivers have heaped praise on Rally Islas Canarias after it made its WRC calendar debut last week. Rally Islas Canarias… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay April 28, 2025 3 min
WRC Features What we learned from Rally Islas Canarias 2025 For one of the three World Rally Championship teams, Rally Islas Canarias could not have gone any better. For the other two, it’s a rally… Read more by Luke Barry April 28, 2025 5 min
WRC News Kankkunen “not impressed” by Rovanperä’s crushing Canarias win It’s an odd statement on paper. Kalle Rovanperä simply disappeared into the distance on Rally Islas Canarias, not giving anyone so much as a crumb… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay April 27, 2025 3 min
WRC News Rovanperä and Toyota complete dominant Canarias victory Kalle Rovanperä delivered a crushing victory on Rally Islas Canarias, scoring maximum points and outpacing eight-time world champion Sébastien Ogier by 53.5 seconds. The two-time… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay April 27, 2025 3 min
WRC News McErlean crashes out, Rovanperä resumes stage-winning form The final morning of Rally Islas Canarias started with a bang, as the first car on the road Josh McErlean crashed out on the final… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay April 27, 2025 2 min
WRC Features Inside the WRC’s very first basketball stage I’ll be honest, I’m with the lion’s share of World Rally Championship drivers. I can’t call myself a basketball fan. And after what I saw… Read more by Luke Barry April 26, 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 Ogier admits age is making him rethink approach to risk When Kalle Rovanperä rocked up to the finish line of the Tejeda stage on Rally Islas Canarias, there was an ominous sense of ‘business as… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay April 26, 2025 2 min
WRC News Rovanperä extends Canarias stage-winning streak Kalle Rovanperä is running away with the lead on Rally Islas Canarias, continuing his 100% stage win streak from the rally start and increasing his… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay April 26, 2025 3 min
WRC News New Hankook compound reveals key weakness in Hyundai’s design Hyundai technical director François-Xaiver Demaison has conceded that the new Hankook hard compound asphalt tire – making its World Rally Championship debut on Rally Islas… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay April 25, 2025 3 min
WRC News Rovanperä ‘relieved’ by his return to form It’s come three months later than perhaps we all expected, but the Kalle Rovanperä show is back on the road. Six stages; six scratch times…. Read more by Luke Barry April 25, 2025 3 min
WRC News Rovanperä’s clean sweep as Toyota hold 1-2-3-4-5 Kalle Rovanperä has strengthened his grip on the lead of Rally Islas Canarias, spearheading a Toyota domination of the leaderboard as Hyundai continued to struggle… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay April 25, 2025 3 min
WRC News Why Hyundai is struggling so much on Islas Canarias Thierry Neuville, like every Rally1 driver in the World Rally Championship, is required to talk to media when coming back to service. Not much was… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay April 25, 2025 3 min
WRC News Rovanperä leads early Toyota 1-2-3 in Canaries Kalle Rovanperä was a cut above the rest on the opening morning of Rally Islas Canarias, winning all three of Friday’s first loop of stages… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay April 25, 2025 2 min
WRC News How driver pacenotes are compromised for WRC Canarias The recce at Rally Islas Canarias, a brand-new event on the World Rally Championship calendar, was always going to be a challenge with drivers creating… Read more by Luke Barry April 24, 2025 5 min
WRC News Drivers react to Wilson’s FIA deputy president candidacy Drivers have reacted positively to the potential appointment of Malcolm Wilson as FIA deputy president for sport. FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem revealed the M-Sport… Read more by David Evans April 24, 2025 2 min
