SPIN, The Rally Pod

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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!

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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 tests

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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 WRC2

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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

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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.

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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 means

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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 Japan

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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 Armstrong

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Colin Clark is joined by George Donaldson and Luke Barry to review the WRC's first Central European Rally. Having become a two-time world champion at the age of 23, is Kalle Rovanperä aready staking a claim to be the best ever? Also up for discussion is the importance of Thierry Neuville's win, given the changing dynamics at Hyundai next year, the progress of the WRC's young drivers and the impression left by the CER itself.

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Central European Rally isn't just a brand-new rally, but a brand-new concept in the WRC with three nations co-hosting the one event. Will it work? And who'll come out on top? Join Colin Clark, George Donaldson and Luke Barry who preview round 12, as well as discussing next year's calendar and questions that still remain within the driver market

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On this week's pod, Steve Gingras and Eric Carlson - the men who know everything about rallying in Michigan - join Brenten Kelly and David Evans to wrap up the LSPR weekend and share some grand tales about rallying in and around the Great Lakes. 

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In light of Ott Tänak's return to Hyundai, David Evans, George Donaldson, Luke Barry and host Lisa O'Sullivan get their thinking caps on and contemplate WRC driver moves that either were close to happening, or they simply wish came to fruition

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Colin Clark and David Evans reflect on an entertaining return to Rally Chile, discussing Ott Tanak's victory, where it went wrong for Toyota and the importance of local starts to the WRC

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Just 12 months after leaving for M-Sport, 2019 world champion Ott Tänak will return to Hyundai for 2024. Why? What does this mean? Join David Evans, Colin Clark and Luke Barry as they discuss this breaking news

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The World Rally Championship makes only its second visit to Chile - and its first since 2019 - this week. And with only three rounds left this year, it's getting towards crunch time in the championship. Colin Clark hosts a discussion with David Evans, George Donaldson and Luke Barry on what to expect from the South American event where two drivers will make their Rally1 debuts.

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In a bonus edition of SPIN, The Rally Pod, Luke Barry talks to William Creighton, who follows an illustrious list of Junior WRC champions

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SPIN, The Rally Pod gets technical this week! Join David Evans, George Donaldson and host Lisa O'Sullivan as conversation turns tire tenders, reflects on the old tire war and veers off into chat regarding future technologies and what M-Sport Ford needs to keep competing in the WRC.

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This year's Acropolis was one of the most demanding events in recent memory, and was mastered by Kalle Rovanpera. Colin Clark and David Evans discuss all the major talking points from the event

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The World Rally Championship is back from its summer break, and so is our full podcast team! Join David Evans, Colin Clark and George Donaldson who, along with host Lisa O'Sullivan, deliver a full preview of this week's Acropolis Rally Greece. And look out for discussion on bears, snakes and the British Rally Championship too!

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Whenever a driver dominates, it's easy to overlook the majesty of their driving. So how good is Brandon Semenuk? Join Colin Clark, Brenten Kelly and Jack Harrison as they review the latest round of the ARA, Ojibwe Forests Rally

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We're trying something different on SPIN, The Rally Pod this week as the team - Colin Clark, George Donaldson, Luke Barry and Lisa O'Sullivan - share their rallying backstories. Let us know how you got involved in the comments

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Colin Clark and David Evans review Rally Finland 2023 - an event where Elfyn Evans triumphed as the three favorites for victory all crashed out

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Colin Clark, David Evans and George Donaldson look forward to one of the most exciting rounds of the year: Rally Finland. The latest round of the European Rally Championship and last weekend?s Rallycross Fest at DirtFish Rally School are also up for discussion.

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Colin Clark and David Evans sit down and digest a dominant performance from Kalle Rovanperä, a heartbreaking event for Ott Tänak and a potentially final Rally Estonia, at least for a while, in the WRC

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As the World Rally Championship returns this week, Colin Clark sits down with DirtFish instructors Brenten Kelly and Jack Harrison to talk all things Estonia. But there's also a nod to the Goodwood Festival of Speed and an important tribute - and message - following the tragic loss of Erin Kelly at last weekend's New England Forest Rally

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David Evans and Luke Barry look back on Sweden's new ERC round - including some thoughts from Petter and Pernilla Solberg - and look ahead to this weekend's Goodwood Festival of Speed and New England Forest Rally in the ARA

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It's a busy episode this week as the team looks back on an emotional Raven's Rock Rally, analyzes Jari-Matti Latvala's Rally1 chance and looks ahead to this weekend's ERC event

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Colin Clark and George Donaldson bring you the review of a dramatic, and controversial, WRC event in Kenya

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The 2023 WRC season has reached its halfway mark, and what an event to mark it - Safari Rally Kenya. Here's the full preview with David Evans, George Donaldson, Luke Barry and host Lisa O'Sullivan

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In this bonus episode, George Donaldson tells Luke Barry all about his adventures at the Safari Rally over the years - from mad tire testing stories to touring Kenya in a Group A Celica!

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The SPIN, The Rally Pod discuss everything that the Southern Ohio Forest Rally had to offer

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After one of the most dramatic rounds of the WRC in recent years, Colin Clark and David Evans dissect all the major talking points and deliver their verdict on Rally Italy Sardinia

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David Evans and Colin Clark look back on a fascinating inaugural Mythical Cars Rally

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David Evans and Colin Clark sit down with Andrea Adamo to discuss all things Mythical Cars Rally

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David Evans, Brenten Kelly and George Donaldson discuss all the topics from an action-packed Oregon Trail Rally

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David Evans, Colin Clark and Simon Hughes discuss all the major talking points from Rally of Portugal

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