WRC Video Why the WRC’s future hangs in the balance The talking is just about done. Once the dossier is closed, the next two years in the World Rally Championship is decided. Slower Rally1, faster… Read more by DirtFish Staff May 8, 2024 2 min
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 WRC 2025 calendar puzzle is falling into place The pieces of the 2025 World Rally Championship calendar are falling into place, with WRC Promoter promising that the full schedule will be published by… Read more by Jon Scoltock April 25, 2024 5 min
WRC News WRC investigating live team radio for broadcasts WRC Promoter is hoping to make live radio communications between teams and drivers a possibility as early as next year, with the intention of broadcasting… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay April 22, 2024 3 min
WRC News Ireland still in contention for WRC 2026 slot WRC Promoter has confirmed that Rally Ireland is still under consideration for a future calendar slot in 2026, after Ireland’s bid for 2025 inclusion was… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay April 16, 2024 2 min
Rally Opinion What makes Otago Rally special With Otago Rally taking place in New Zealand this weekend and an important WRC Commission just concluded, there’s lots to digest on this week’s edition… Read more by DirtFish Media April 10, 2024
WRC FIA reports progress from key WRC meetings Stakeholders in the World Rally Championship have reported progress following WRC Commission meetings in Switzerland. Anybody expecting a ‘Geneva Treaty’ moment for the WRC were… Read more by David Evans April 9, 2024 3 min
WRC Features Sainz: Canarias is a worthy WRC replacement for Catalunya Three years earlier he was still in the Seat Panda 45. And that jaw-dropping World Rally Championship debut was still a couple of years away…. Read more by David Evans April 9, 2024 2 min
WRC News What’s at stake on this WRC Tuesday? So, no pressure then. It’s just the World Rally Championship’s immediate future on the line. Fortunately, Pernilla’s driving the meeting. It’s Tuesday. It’s Geneva. It’s… Read more by David Evans April 9, 2024 3 min
WRC News Millener: The WRC is not broken When the FIA’s WRC working group issued its series of directives for the future of rallying’s top level in February, reactions were understandably mixed. For… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay April 8, 2024 2 min
WRC News WRC teams unify in call to retain Rally1 regulations Toyota, Hyundai and M-Sport Ford have collectively written to the FIA requesting current Rally1 regulations remain in place until the end of the 2026 World… Read more by David Evans April 5, 2024 2 min
WRC News Toyota tests 2025-spec WRC prototypes in Croatia Toyota has tested potential 2025 specification Rally1 and Rally2 cars in the last week. The cars both ran in Croatia as part of Toyota’s wider… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay April 5, 2024 3 min
WRC News Hankook set to test asphalt Rally1 rubber Hankook will real-time test its asphalt-specification tires in Croatia for the first time this week. The Seoul-based firm ran its i*pike snow tire during the… Read more by David Evans April 4, 2024 2 min
WRC Opinion Assessing the World Rally Championship’s future The future of the World Rally Championship is still very much up in the air. Last month, the FIA’s WRC Working Group unveiled its vision… Read more by DirtFish Media March 26, 2024 10 min +
WRC News The WRC word from inside the Paraguayan president’s office Emerging from the inner sanctum, shaking hands with the bodyguards and the special agents who’d been part of his world for the last hour and… Read more by David Evans March 25, 2024 2 min
WRC News Planned date for WRC 2025 calendar revealed Next season’s World Rally Championship calendar – one of the most eagerly anticipated in years – is expected to be revealed in June. WRC Promoter… Read more by David Evans March 25, 2024 1 min
WRC Features The paradox that risks killing Rally2-plus before it begins Toyota team principal Jari-Matti Latvala has admitted the potential for Rally2 cars trumping Rally1 cars under proposed new regulations is a cause for concern. The… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay March 13, 2024 3 min
WRC Opinion Is Gran Canaria the right home for Rally Spain? Spain is back on the World Rally Championship calendar. But it’s not the same Rally Spain we had become accustomed to over the last three… Read more by DirtFish Media March 11, 2024 3 min