Few World Rally Championship events will be remembered as well as Croatia Rally 2026, for the right (or wrong) reasons depending where your allegiance lies.... Read more
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Nobody truly knew what to expect from Jon Armstrong ahead of his first season as a Rally1 driver in the World Rally Championship. He’d ended... Read more
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The result was historic: Lancia’s first ever WRC2 win, and the first time one of its cars featured in the top-four of a World Rally Championship... Read more
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Jon Armstrong has grabbed the limelight in the M-Sport Ford camp so far in 2026, but that’s not the disaster it might seem for team-mate... Read more
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It’s a tough watch, but a necessary one. Just what went wrong to cause Thierry Neuville to squander a one minute lead on the final... Read more
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On the one hand Oliver Solberg’s Croatia Rally was dreadful. On the other, it was brilliant. He made a mistake on SS1. But after hat... Read more
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You know it was a crazy round of the World Rally Championship when the driver who won didn’t lead the event at all until the... Read more
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The wry smile etched across Sami Pajari’s face demonstrated his mental dilemma. “I feel very happy for Taka and Aaron,” he told DirtFish. “I was... Read more
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When team-mate Adrien Fourmaux clattered a telegraph pole and booked himself a spot at a friendly local’s lunch table instead of into the afternoon’s stages,... Read more
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There was something rather fitting about the result of last weekend’s Croatia Rally: an Irishman’s name at the top of it. Croatia has remained a... Read more
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Four events down, four different winners. Or so we thought. I’ve chosen to keep my originally-planned intro to this piece to demonstrate just how unexpected... Read more
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Takamoto Katsuta waited 94 events for his first World Rally Championship victory. He waited just one for his second. After a heartfelt debut win at... Read more
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Takamoto Katsuta has taken his second successive World Rally Championship win – and with it the lead of the drivers’ championship standings – after Thierry... Read more
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World Rally Championship drivers felt Saturday’s leg of Croatia Rally was too extreme, with conditions unfair and potentially unsafe without more anti-cut devices present. Returning... Read more
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Thierry Neuville holds a commanding lead heading into the final day of Croatia Rally, taking advantage of puncture for key rivals to inherit a substantial... Read more
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Croatia Rally has been turned on its head by the second pass of Generalski Stol – Zdihovo, with the majority of frontrunners picking up punctures... Read more
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Adrien Fourmaux’s hopes of capitalising on Elfyn Evans and Oliver Solberg’s earlier Croatia Rally retirements have disintegrated on stage 12, as he oversteered into a... Read more
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Takamoto Katsuta has restored a Toyota 1-2 at the head of the Croatia Rally field after stage 10, usurping Thierry Neuville’s Hyundai for second place.... Read more
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For a man that once conquered the world, being lost in the doldrums didn’t suit him. He’d likened himself previously to Lewis Hamilton – a... Read more
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Sami Pajari has held off a fightback from Thierry Neuville to lead Croatia Rally after the opening day, taking advantage of his Toyota team-mates’ early... Read more
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Jon Armstrong retired from the podium battle on Croatia Rally after going off the road and into a concrete kerb – but M-Sport team principal... Read more
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An emotional Oliver Solberg has reflected on his rally-ending crash only three miles (4.8km) into the first stage of Croatia Rally, suggesting he may need... Read more
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Elfyn Evans and rally retirements are a rare combination. Consistency has been key to all of his runners-up finishes in the World Rally Championship. But... Read more
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Jon Armstrong is the latest driver to be caught out by Croatia Rally’s variable grip, clattering into a concrete kerb and retiring from stage four.... Read more
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Elfyn Evans has crashed out of the lead from Croatia Rally, overshooting a right-hander and ending up stuck well off the road in thick foliage.... Read more
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Oliver Solberg has crashed out of Croatia Rally only three miles (4.8km) into the first stage of the event. Driving through a medium-speed right-hander, his... Read more
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You can’t move the crew, you can’t move key mechanical components, so what can you do when looking to improve the weight distribution of your... Read more
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In its brief WRC tenure Croatia has been known for throwing up drama triggered by sudden shifts in the weather. Heavy rain rewrites the character... Read more
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Oliver Solberg set the fastest time on Croatia Rally’s shakedown test, besting Toyota team-mate Takamoto Katsuta by 0.3s – though running was disrupted due to... Read more
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Croatia might be a new addition for the 2026 World Rally Championship compared to 2025, but it’s not a new challenge having featured from 2021-24.... Read more
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