WRC News Hyundai abandoned fix for Lappi’s Safari fault in 2023 DirtFish can reveal Esapekka Lappi’s retirement from last week’s Safari Rally Kenya was likely caused by a homologation problem last year. The teams are permitted… Read more by David Evans April 2, 2024 3 min
WRC Features How Rovanperä rode the rocks to rule the Safari Friday As the cars departed the south-bound side of the Nairobi Expressway, passing Kenya’s parliament building, heading for the Kenyatta International Convention Center, the sense… Read more by David Evans April 1, 2024 10 min +
WRC News Why Lappi didn’t want to drive a Safari Saturday Esapekka Lappi was put through the wringer by Safari Rally Kenya. Anything that could go wrong, did go wrong. On Friday, his gearbox literally exploded,… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay March 31, 2024 2 min
WRC News More drama for Hyundai drivers on Safari Rally Thierry Neuville’s hopes of picking up maximum Sunday points on Safari Rally Kenya have been curtailed by an impact with a rock, which has broken… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay March 31, 2024 2 min
WRC News Hyundai drivers told to slow down to save transmission Hyundai’s chances of ending Toyota’s domination of Safari Rally Kenya look to have been spoiled by transmission issues, with the team’s technical director François-Xavier Demaison… Read more by David Evans March 29, 2024 3 min
WRC News Neuville: Lappi would have beaten Rovanperä Could he? Would he? Who knows? Thierry Neuville knows. The World Rally Championship leader believes he has the answer to a question which more than… Read more by David Evans February 23, 2024 2 min
WRC Opinion Why Evans is wrong about the WRC points system Elfyn Evans is wrong. At least, he’s wrong this week. Because this week, I like the new World Rally Championship’s shiny new points system. Post-Monte?… Read more by David Evans February 21, 2024 5 min
WRC Features The five longest waits for a second WRC win Every rally driver craves that winning feeling. For the professionals, it’s why they take such big risks behind the wheel – the elation of victory… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay February 18, 2024 5 min
WRC News Lappi wins Sweden as Evans narrows Neuville’s points lead Esapakka Lappi wrapped up a first WRC win since 2017 as he cruised to Rally Sweden success while Elfyn Evans overhauled Adrien Fourmaux to secure… Read more by Mark Paulson February 18, 2024 3 min
WRC News The Sweden condition factor on every WRC driver’s mind Umeå was a winter wonderland on Wednesday as the World Rally Championship crews completed their Rally Sweden recces. It’s been snowing for weeks in this… Read more by James Bowen February 14, 2024 3 min
WRC Features Rally Sweden 2024 form guide The World Rally Championship’s only winter rally is upon us, and predicting which of the nine Rally1 runners will take the victory is as tough… Read more by James Bowen February 13, 2024 3 min
WRC Video Everything you need to know about WRC 2024 This year’s World Rally Championship season promises to offer something different to years past. Kalle Rovanperä temporarily vacating his full-time seat means a different title… Read more by DirtFish Media January 22, 2024 10 min +
WRC Opinion Hyundai’s surprising revelation about its 2024 WRC targets It’s not so often that a press release takes you by surprise. Tuesday’s did. The mailbox missive from Frankfurt required a read. A re-read. And… Read more by David Evans January 16, 2024 3 min
WRC News Lappi’s honest reflection on his status within Hyundai There’s a very real argument to suggest that Hyundai’s World Rally Championship lineup is now stronger than it has ever been. In confirming Andreas Mikkelsen… Read more by Luke Barry December 8, 2023 3 min
WRC Features What we learned from Rally Japan 2023 Rally Japan 2023 isn’t an event the World Rally Championship drivers will be forgetting in a hurry. In a way the rally was all over… Read more by Luke Barry November 20, 2023 3 min
WRC News Lappi wanted part-program for better home life Esapekka Lappi requested to drop to a part-time World Rally Championship program in 2024 so that he could strike a better work/life balance. Lappi joined… Read more by Luke Barry November 16, 2023 2 min
WRC News Lappi to contest part-time 2024 WRC season Esapekka Lappi will remain with Hyundai Motorsport for the 2024 World Rally Championship season, but will regress to a part-time program. In a move that… Read more by Luke Barry November 15, 2023 2 min
WRC Opinion Where does Lappi go from here? In a field south of Kosmo, Esapekka Lappi patiently and methodically picked up the pieces of his broken Hyundai i20 N Rally1. He made a… Read more by David Evans November 2, 2023 3 min
