SPIN, The Rally Pod

Our highlights of DirtFish's women's month

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/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

What is the future for the World Rally Championship?

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.

Janni Hussi, Reeta Hämäläinen and Enni Mälkönen

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.

Michèle Mouton's incredible career, in her words

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.

The women inspiring the next generation in motorsport

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 the Summit fresh from their appearance on the DirtFish stage.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

DirtFish's WIM Summit is back + Rally of Nations reactions

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 https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

A very strange Rally Sweden

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.

Who can stop Rovanperä from winning WRC Sweden?

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 review Sno*Drift, where Travis Pastrana’s return injected some stardust into proceedings.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Did Monte Carlo live up to the hype?

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 the season went down.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Neuville's Monte Carlo brilliance (feat. Andrea Adamo)

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://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

What Monte Carlo has in store for WRC 2024

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.

Elfyn Evans opens up on the WRC's future, points system and more

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.

The biggest storylines of WRC 2024

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 Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The season starts here: Monte Carlo testing

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 joins the team from Saudi Arabia to provide an insight into the the marathon event.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

What's in store for 2024

Q&A listener special, part two

Talking cars with the creators of EA SPORTS WRC

Q&A listener special, part one

To celebrate the end of another exciting year in the World Rally Championship, we decided to host our first ever SPIN, The Rally Pod listener special. And after so many of you got in touch across our social channels, we assembled a DirtFish panel of experts - David Evans, Colin Clark, George Donaldson and host James Bowen - to give their takes on the topics you want to know more about. So sit back and enjoy as the DirtFish team answer your questions on part one of our listener special, and don't forget to check back soon for part two!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Central European Rally coming to EA SPORTS WRC

The WRC's newest event will be added to the official WRC game on December 14, and to celebrate its release we just had to get Codesmatsers game designer and professional rally driver Jon Armstrong back on SPIN, The Rally Pod to tell us all about it! In this episode, brought to you in association with EA SPORTS WRC, Armstrong gives Luke Barry an insight into how the new stages were designed, how a real life rally driver makes pacenotes in the virtual world, and hands out a few tips and tricks for players to go faster through CER's tricky testsSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

WRC 2023 season review, part two

In the second half of SPIN, The Rally Pod's look back on this year's WRC, Colin Clark, David Evans and George Donaldson take a closer look at M-Sport Ford's season. The team debate what went wrong for Ott Tänak and if he's made the wrong decision to leave in favour of Hyundai for 2024, while also making their choices for the M-Sport seats next year and giving their thoughts on WRC2See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

WRC 2023 season review, part one

Join Colin Clark, George Donaldson and David Evans for part one of the SPIN, The Rally Pod 2023 WRC season review. The team talk about Kalle Rovanperä's second title, the huge news of his upcoming part-time season, and the drivers that ran him close in what was another dramatic championship battle See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Our thoughts on Rovanperä's big decision + Rally Japan

Why might Rovanperä have felt the need to do this? What will he do instead? What does this mean for Elfyn Evans, Thierry Neuville and Ott Tänak and co, and does Rovanperä’s absence for one year only devalue a championship win?And don’t worry, we haven’t forgotten about Rally Japan either! Join David Evans, Luke Barry and podcast debutant James Bowen for all the discussion.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Rovanperä steps back to a part WRC program in 2024!

Toyota has announced its 2024 World Rally Championship lineup - but its world champion won't be around full time! Hear from all the drivers, and team principal Jari-Matti Latvala, about what this news meansSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

When Subaru made Loeb an offer + Japan 2023 preview

Last week marked 20 years since Petter Solberg won the 2003 World Rally Championship, defeating Sébastien Loeb by just a single championship point. But Loeb could have joined Solberg at Subaru thereafter, as George Donaldson explains on this week's podcast! Join George, Colin Clark and Luke Barry as they also preview Rally JapanSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

An in-depth look at EA SPORTS WRC

EA SPORTS WRC was released to the world last week, but DirtFish was fortunate enough to be invited down to Codemasters' headquarters a couple of weeks earlier to get our hands on the game and to talk to some key members behind making it - Ross Gowing and Jon ArmstrongSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.