According to Mads Ostberg, what we saw in Monte Carlo, or rather in the French mountains, was not proper snow. And he is right – it was slushy, muddy, wet mess in which keeping your right foot off the rightmost pedal often guaranteed good result, or at least safe finish. It was as much a...
Rallye Monte Carlo was amazing, and it’s not too long before the second rally of the season gets underway in Sweden. Plenty of things to be happy about, great new team, talented young drivers, well produced it not very well broadcast TV footage… great start to new season! Yet many questions still remain, and there...
Absolutely great piece of footage from Rallye Monte Carlo, showing two Sebastiens doing what they do best. Okay, so there is no Ogier showing some of his other skills, but never mind. Instead of pushing the drama queen image to the limits, he adopted much better stance of just refusing to answer certain questions, while...
European Rally Championship season started off with Jännerrallye earlier this month in Austria, first event of the new format, promoted and designed by Eurosport Events. Based on the experiences gained over the years of running Intercontinental Rally Challenge, Eurosport Events successfully presented some of the ideas they will be using over the course of 2013...
We all like to have a go at Jari-Matti Latvala – so we call him Crashi-Matti, or Crashvala, but I am pretty sure he is not at all amused by what looks like the worst luck ever. And it happened again in Monte Carlo, just when we thought he will bring the car home in...
Rallye Monte-Carlo is treacherous at the best of times, but the 2013 edition of the legendary event witnessed some of the most difficult conditions the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) has seen in years. Nevertheless, as always rising to the challenge, Qatar M-Sport’s Mads Østberg put in a sterling performance on his Monte debut to...
I believe Volkswagen knew their potential and had at least some kind of idea about the actual pace compared to the Citroëns and Qatars, but to some extent they needed to see all the cars in action to be able to finally compare some solid numbers. And when they did, I bet they sighed with...
by Tom Stajduhar · Published January 19, 2013 · Last modified January 20, 2013
Alright, let’s call things by their real name. If there is a rally going on, chances are stages will be tough, technically demanding, in dark, with heavy rain or very slippery slush and snow, but unless spectators or competitors safety is at stake, there should not even be the remotest of hints suggesting stages are...
