In World Rally Championship we rarely hear about politics and I think that’s a very good thing, even though I am pretty sure there exists a massive political battlefield even in our beloved motor sport series. Most of what we hear from team bosses and other officials, promoters or the FIA, is completely harmless and...
It may have been lost in the lead up to WRC Rally Portugal, but the Australian Rally Championship announced its draft regulations for 2016 in a press release last week. (A link to the release can be found at the bottom of this article) To be honest, I am not very familiar with this championship,...
I wanted to discuss comments made by Sebastien Ogier after he crossed the finish line in Portugal in this post, but maybe that will have to wait a bit and get some space in another post (I will try to share my thoughts on the things which prompted SO’s controversial comments). It is often we...
Road sweeping: After the roughness of Rally Argentina negated some of the road sweeping effects, those issues came right back to the forefront on Leg 1 of Portugal. It was interesting to hear how the different drivers reacted to it. I hate to pick on Sebastien Ogier too much, but lets be honest, he has...
Long breaks are long, too long in fact, but on the other hand, the world of rallying is big and busy enough, so even these long breaks between WRC events are not so difficult to survive. Actually, I am not entirely sure I would like to see rallies stacked too close together, with one or...
For now, I don’t have a definitive answer to this question. In fact, I don’t have any kind of answer, because I still haven’t had a chance to test this latest product of the team behind so many legendary rally and racing games. Right now, there is a lot going on in my life, mostly...
Here is Jason Anthony’s Rally Argentina review, done in a Report Card format. VW World Rally Team Sebastien Ogier: B From the very first stage, it was clear that Seb was on a mission to conquer Rally Argentina. His stage win in the opening super-special served as a warning shot to all of his competitors...
We have now had two rough gravel rallies in a row, with two opening days of carnage amongst the front-runners of the WRC. In Mexico, the first day claimed 7 WRC teams that were forced to retire and return under Rally 2. Now in Argentina, 5 crews retired on day one with several others suffering...
