SPIN, The Rally Pod

In a special interview (recorded prior to Rali Ceredigion), Hayden Paddon chats to David Evans about the health of rallying today, and where he feels it could improve See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

It's been a dramatic few days in the World Rally Championship. Luke Barry, David Evans and Alasdair Lindsay discuss Toyota's decision to bench Takamoto Katsuta and analyze the Thierry Neuville and Sebastien Ogier battle in Greece See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

As the World Rally Championship emerges from its four-week summer break, David Evans, Colin Clark and Luke Barry look at the key questions that need answered, starting with this week's Acropolis Rally Greece See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Richo Healey has been a sensation in the ARA this year, emerging as the favorite to claim the L2WD title. His co-driver, DirtFish Rally School instructor Michelle Miller, chats their progress and epic class win on last weekend's Ojibwe Forests Rally with Brenten Kelly See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Hyundai has a decision to make – who should be in its third car next season? David Evans, Alasdair Lindsay and Luke Barry debate Cyril Abiteboul's dilemma and also catch up on an exciting pair of rallies in the USA and Finland. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Sara Price became only the third woman ever to win a stage of the Dakar as she battled for victory in the SSV class. Becoming world champion is the aim – but she's going off on unexpected new adventures in the meantime. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

In a special edition of SPIN, The Rally Pod, Luke Barry sits down with M-Sport team principal Richard Millener to talk about his five years at the helm of Dovenby Hall's WRC efforts – plus test out how well he knows team founder Malcolm Wilson. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Join Colin Clark, George Donaldson and host Alasdair Lindsay for our review podcast of Secto Rally Finland - as the team ask what can be done to fix the current WRC points system, and ponder the future of WRC's biggest young talents, as well as analyzing what went down in Jyväskylä. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-se...

Rally Finland fans might be focused on Kalle Rovanperä this week – but the intensity of the WRC title race is also ramping up. Which of Thierry Neuville, Ott Tänak and Elfyn is feeling the heat heading to the fastest round of the season? Colin Clark, David Evans and Brenten Kelly discuss. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-...

Twenty years ago, Petter Solberg endured a torrid Rally Finland - feeling ill, and then going off early in the rally. But restarting on Saturday, the Subaru driver would make history by breaking the record on the legendary Ouninpohja stage - a record that stood for over 10 years. Petter talks to Colin Clark to rekindle those special memories See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and Cali...

The end result went begging for Mārtiņš Sesks in Latvia, but it doesn't matter - the statement he has made to the entire World Rally Championship service park is emphatic. The question now: what happens next? M-Sport team principal Richard Millener has already said he'd love to have Sesks back in the car, but how feasible is that? If Sesks can't make an M-Sport reunion work, what other option...

The World Rally Championship heads to a new location this week as Rally Latvia makes its WRC debut. And that’s the focus of this week’s edition of SPIN, The Rally Pod. Host Alasdair Lindsay is joined by Colin Clark and George Donaldson to look ahead to the action in Liepāja. With Toyota fielding both Kalle Rovanperä and Sébastien Ogier in Latvia, each with advantageous road positions, how will tha...

Colin Clark, George Donaldson and Alasdair Lindsay discuss Ott Tänak's high-speed roll on Rally Estonia and its consequences – plus there's debate on whether Takamoto Katsuta is pulling his weight at Toyota and a closer look at whether WRC testing needs a revamp. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

From Kalle Rovanperä's against-the-odds win from the substitute bench, Andreas Mikkelsen's response to recent poor form, yet another podium for Adrien Fourmaux and that marvellous debut from Mārtiņš Sesks, Rally Poland wasn't short of storylines. On this week's SPIN, The Rally Pod, Colin Clark and George Donaldson debate spectator problems, the blueprint Sesks has now provided fellow young drivers...

With the Donegal International Rally taking place last weekend, DirtFish’s David Evans, Brenten Kelly and Eliot Barnard made the trip to the north-west of Ireland to find out why the World Rally Championship simply must return there in 2026. Aaron Johnston, Jon Armstrong, James Cullen and local co-driver Niall Burns explain why rallying means so much to the people of Ireland, and we take a drive t...

The WRC's short-term technical future has finally been firmed up. But was retaining Rally1 rules the right call or should rally have gone more radical? George Donaldson joins David Evans and Alasdair Lindsay to debate the decision – plus talk Irish rallying and the WRC's fast gravel bloc. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-...

It’s a SPIN of two halves this week, with David Evans catching up with Colin Clark post-Finke in Australia, and Brenten Kelly in America following the latest ARA action at Southern Ohio Forest Rally. Or that was the plan. Then World Motor Sport Council made its announcements in Uzbekistan and, predictably, there was lots to talk about. Even though there were no changes to the technical regulations...

Following last weekend’s Rally Italy Sardinia, Hyundai is 13 points clear of Toyota in the World Rally Championship’s manufacturers’ standings, and Thierry Neuville and Ott Tänak are sitting first and second in the drivers’ points. So is Toyota in crisis? That’s a question we ask on this week’s edition of SPIN, The Rally Pod. Host David Evans is joined by George Donaldson, Brenten Kelly and Jon Sc...

A dramatically reduced number of stages means a very different looking Rally Sardinia. In this episode of SPIN, the rally pod, Colin Clark, David Evans, Jon Scoltock and George Donaldson discuss whether Thierry Neuville's Friday disadvantage could be nullified, if the new route offers value for fans, and what the WRC can do to increase its reach. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and...

Oregon Trail Rally threw plenty of curveballs. The headline was both Subaru factory cars retiring within a mile of one another and opening the door for its 12-rally winning streak to be broken. But it was about more than Subaru’s unexpected disaster. An ARA cameo might become something more after Ricardo Cordero got to taste the winner’s champagne – albeit at the expense of a potential first win f...

A dramatic Rally Portugal brought plenty of talking points to the World Rally Championship last weekend. While Toyota’s Sébastien Ogier secured his second consecutive WRC victory with a masterclass performance, Hyundai driver Thierry Neuville significantly extended his lead atop the drivers’ championship standings. Titles are won by maximizing your points on events where winning isn’t possible, an...

Kalle Rovanperä and Sébastien Ogier will go head-to-head for the first time in 2024 at Rally Portugal – so are they favorites to win? Or can the current WRC title contenders, Thierry Neuville and Elfyn Evans, do something to stop them? Alasdair Lindsay, David Evans and George Donaldson go in-depth on what's to come from Rally Portugal. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California...

Unique cars, arch-rivals helping one another, Olympus Rally had it all. Nate Tennis, Jack Harrison and Brenten Kelly talk through the action – plus historic rally cars and how DirtFish helped one competitor iron out a haunting mistake. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Croatia Rally’s ‘Super Sunday’ proved to be particularly dramatic as mistakes by Thierry Neuville and Elfyn Evans on the same stage proved costly on the latest round of the World Rally Championship. But just how did those errors occur? Were Neuville and Evans unlucky or could they consider themselves fortunate to be able to continue and limit their time loss? Ott Tänak too had his fair show of mom...

This week is the biggest event of the American Rally Association season: the Olympus Rally. But what’s the big deal? Why should you be following? A trio of DirtFish pros have the answers: Brenten Kelly, Nate Tennis and Jack Harrison. Sam Albert’s Ferrari-swapped Subaru, the fearsome challenge of Nahwatzel, the exciting rally debut of DirtFish alumnus Casen Pedersen and more are the hot topics in a...