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 seeking a chance in the big league, and whether the balance of power within Hyundai is shifting fro...
Jul 03, 2024•59 min•Ep. 249
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 through the famous Knockalla stage. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Pr...
Jun 26, 2024•56 min•Ep. 248
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-not-sell-my-info ....
Jun 19, 2024•45 min•Ep. 247
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, the debate raged for quite some time. Now, the talk is of what comes next. If you’re a technically...
Jun 12, 2024•57 min•Ep. 246
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 Scoltock to dissect Sardinia’s major talking points. Is Toyota’s use of its part-time drivers not help...
Jun 05, 2024•59 min•Ep. 245
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 California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....
May 29, 2024•42 min•Ep. 244
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 for Sam Albert’s Ferrari-powered Subaru. And then there’s the story of how Sean Edwards went to extre...
May 22, 2024•51 min•Ep. 243
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, and Neuville appears to have mastered that approach. Was it a champions’ drive that we witnessed last ...
May 15, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 241
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 Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....
May 08, 2024•33 min•Ep. 240
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 .
May 01, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 239
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 moments on the treacherous SS18, while Adrien Fourmaux lost more time than anyone – but bounced back to...
Apr 24, 2024•53 min•Ep. 238
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 special Olympus edition of SPIN, The Rally Pod. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and...
Apr 18, 2024•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 237
Thierry Neuville heads to this week’s Croatia Rally with a six-point lead in the World Rally Championship standings. He’s been at the top of the pile ever since the season kicked off in January - but he’s had to rely on some stunning ‘Super Sunday’ performances on the past two rounds. Is the Hyundai driver building a sustained title bid? Or can Elfyn Evans find that elusive sweet spot with his Toyota GR Yaris and strike a momentum-swinging blow on a rally he won last year? With pressure building...
Apr 17, 2024•29 min•Ep. 236
Competing in New Zealand is something that’s on every rally driver’s bucket list – certainly that’s the case for five-time world rally winner Kris Meeke and double American champion Brandon Semenuk. These two adrenaline junkies have traveled to the South Island this week to take part in the Central Machine Hire Otago Rally based in Dunedin. Before the action commenced, we took the opportunity to sit the pair down to talk cars, bikes, Guinness… and what makes Kris Meeke’s hair stand on end. On th...
Apr 11, 2024•47 min•Ep. 235
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 of SPIN, The Rally Pod. New Zealand’s South Island is sometimes in the shadow of its World Rally Championship-hosting northern neighbor but its roads have their own character and are just as spectacular. Colin Clark and David Evans discuss what draws folk from all over the world to the wonderful city of Dunedin for the event. The pair also ponder...
Apr 10, 2024•46 min•Ep. 234
Colin Clark and George Donaldson discuss Safari Rally Kenya, including a look at the controversial WRC points system that allowed Thierry Neuville to extend his championship lead. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
Apr 03, 2024•1 hr•Ep. 233
Michelle Miller is used to calling pace notes in the ARA or guiding students through the world’s best rally school. This week, she’s added to her repertoire by hosting the final Women’s Month SPIN, The Rally Pod. And what a fantastic job she did. Sit back and enjoy the next hour as Michelle is joined by Kelley Clausen-Walters, Zander Lozano, Kendra Miller and Tasha Krug to talk through the last month and, specifically, the Women in Motorsport Summit. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/priva...
Mar 27, 2024•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 232
The FIA has radical plans to reshape the future of rallying. But are they the right plans? Alasdair Lindsay, David Evans and Colin Clark evaluate the consequences of those plans – plus there's excitement for Safari Rally Kenya. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
Mar 26, 2024•46 min•Ep. 231
Janni Hussi guest-hosts this week's SPIN, The Rally Pod, and is joined by two of her fellow co-drivers in the World Rally Championship: WRC2 champion Reeta Hämäläinen and WRC3 champion Enni Mälkönen. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
Mar 19, 2024•47 min•Ep. 230
Guest host Becs Williams is joined by Michèle Mouton at the DirtFish Women in Motorsport summit to talk about the four-time WRC winner's long career, both behind the wheel during the fearsome Group B era, how she reached the highest echelons of motorsport and the impact her work outside of the cockpit with the FIA has made. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....
Mar 12, 2024•35 min•Ep. 229
Another DirtFish Women in Motorsport Summit has come and gone in a flash, and it's fair to say that this year's event was the best yet. On today's episode of SPIN, The Rally Pod, DirtFish's Josie Rimmer and Michelle Miller reflect on everything that happened last Saturday, and how inspirational the Summit continues to be for so many people. Plus, our panelists - Michèle Mouton, Pernilla Solberg, Becs Williams, Vanessa Ruck, Michele Abbate and Jndia Urbacher - tell us about their experience at th...
Mar 05, 2024•35 min•Ep. 228
On this week’s episode of SPIN, The Rally Pod, host Lisa O'Sullivan and DirtFish Women in Motorsport coordinator Josie Rimmer offer the perfect preview to what’s coming up in Snoqualmie on Saturday. Want to know how to get involved – how to join if you’re in Washington and how to tune in virtually if you’re not? It’s all in the SPIN. Plus, we travel to México to check in with Colin Clark and Alasdair Lindsay, fresh from their adventures at the Rally of Nations Guanajuato. See Privacy Policy at h...
Feb 27, 2024•47 min•Ep. 227
Rally Sweden 2024 was plain weird. World champions crashed, a WRC2 car won a stage and ran third overall, and the second-placed driver outscored the winner. And the rally winner stood on the top step for the first time in six years. Lisa O'Sullivan, David Evans, and George Donaldson talk about everything Rally Sweden. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....
Feb 20, 2024•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 226
As the World Rally Championship makes its traditional second stop of the season in Sweden this week, excitement is building for the WRC’s only snow rally. ‘Snow’ is the word on this week’s pod, because we also look back at the ARA’s season-opener, Sno*Drift. Host Lisa O’Sullivan is joined by George Donaldson and James Bowen to discuss all things Rally Sweden where world champion Kalle Rovanperä makes his first appearance of the season. Stateside, David Evans and Colin Clark join Brenten Kelly to...
Feb 13, 2024•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 225
The dust has settled on the World Rally Championship's season opening Monte Carlo Rally, but still many questions remain. Happily, SPIN, The Rally Pod is here to have a crack at answering them. Join Lisa O'Sullivan, Colin Clark, George Donaldson and David Evans for a post Monte chat on this week's episode, as the team give their thoughts on which drivers played it smart on round one of the WRC, how the new Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 fared on its debut, and how they think the first "Super Sunday" of ...
Feb 06, 2024•48 min•Ep. 224
Hyundai's Thierry Neuville took an emphatic victory on the 2024 Monte Carlo Rally, the opening round of the World Rally Championship season. But how did it stack up against some of the great Monte Carlo drives of the past? And what indications does it provide for the season to come? Those are among the topics discussed on this week’s SPIN, The Rally Pod, as Colin Clark and David Evans are joined by former Hyundai team principal Andrea Adamo to dissect the action. See Privacy Policy at https://ar...
Jan 30, 2024•37 min•Ep. 223
The 2024 World Rally Championship season finally gets underway this week with the Monte Carlo Rally. David Evans, George Donaldson, Alasdair Lindsay and James Bowen discuss title contenders, the move from Monaco to Gap, a hotly-contested WRC2 field and more. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
Jan 23, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 222
DirtFish went to Wales to sit down and chat with the man leading Toyota's charge this season - Elfyn Evans. In one of his most entertaining and revealing interviews ever, Evans opens up about his WRC career to-date, the current state of the championship, his 2024 title chances and much, much more. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....
Jan 19, 2024•49 min•Ep. 221
With just over a week until the World Rally Championship season kicks off, the SPIN, The Rally Pod team have assembled talk through the biggest storylines in the championship heading into 2024. Among several items on the agenda, David Evans, Alasdair Lindsay, James Bowen and Eliot Barnard discuss how they think the battle between Hyundai and Toyota will play out, why the WRC's new points system will provide plenty of intrigue, and what we should expect from M-Sport's young driver line-up. See Pr...
Jan 16, 2024•42 min•Ep. 220
For many World Rally Championship aficionados, the season kicks off with testing for the Monte Carlo Rally. George Donaldson and James Bowen join David Evans to discuss the keys to success on the WRC’s iconic season-opener. We have tales of Monte testing past, which could last for weeks, as well as mid-event recces! There’s even a suggestion for how teams could make greater use of technology in the current era of severely-restricted testing. Dakar devotees, we have you covered too. Colin Clark j...
Jan 09, 2024•58 min•Ep. 219
