Luke Barry and Eliot Barnard are heading to media day/tests with all three Rally1 teams this week
It’s the World Rally Championship’s big warm-up weekend.
If you want to know how it’s all unfolding as the teams prepare for Monte Carlo Rally, the French Alps are the only place to be. Happily, we’re at the heart of it all.
DirtFish has been granted exclusive access to all three manufacturer teams in this pivotal period of pre-season testing. Luke Barry and Eliot Barnard have headed for the hills (and mountains) in search of Hyundai, Toyota and M-Sport – and the lowdown on who’s emerged from the off-season in the finest fettle.
As well as the serious stuff, there’s a special, Sunday night, nine-times-themed treat coming for one of the Gap locals…
Join us at Club DirtFish for daily content, including behind-the-scenes audio on what’s really going on in the DirtFish Hyundai (shout out to Hyundai France for the Santa Fe), insightful features and exclusive content via the ‘community’ feed, with special interviews promised very soon too.
Words:David Evans
Tags: Club DirtFish, Monte Carlo Rally, testing, WRC, WRC 2026
Publish Date January 10, 2026 DirtFish 
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