Petter Solberg announced his temporary retirement from the World Rally Championship today – not a good news and certainly a sign of problems and troubles still very much alive within the sport. Sure enough, Petter’s season was dismal to say the least, and much like former team mate Jari-Matti Latvala, he enjoyed rallies as spectator...
The living legends of rally photography, The McKlein “brothers”, are on a quest and this one is not easy at all. They want to find that one perfect image of another legend, Colin McRae. Yes, I know exactly what you’re thinking – Colin’s flamboyant style and “pedal to the metal” philosophy are safe guarantee of...
We can all breathe a sigh of relief – at least one of the young talents managed to find a nice new home for upcoming 2013 season, and that alone is achievement with not that many teams dedicated to full WRC campaign next year. After the talks with Citroën failed to materialize and French squad...
Robert Kubica did amazing job, and I plan to write about it a bit soon enough, but here’s little something in the meantime. Great comeback and I sincerely hope we’ll see more of Robert, regardless of the series and car.
If only news stories like this would keep coming! Opel just confirmed their intention to step up brand’s involvement in motor sports, namely rallying and circuit racing. And while we don’t care much about round-roundy boys (at least not until Sebastien Loeb starts competing in WTCC), the bit about rallying caught our attention. Opel was...
Third edition of one of the most spectacular rally shows in region (region being Croatian capital Zagreb) takes place at the end of this week – it started small in numbers but high on ambitions, and this combination proved out to be huge success. I’m talking about Rally Show Santa Domenica, unique event that keeps...
Few days ago Citroën finally confirmed their lineup for 2013, and they selected experience over ambitions, at first glance. Dani Sordo was picked instead of Mads Ostberg, which was decision not too hard to understand. After all, Sordo knows the team, he spent half a decade driving for Citroën and he also matured as a...
If Autosport’s sources are correct, FIA will soon reveal new timing and tracking services provider for the World Rally Championship. And it won’t be Stage One Technology. Instead, Sistemas Integrales de Telecomunicacion (SIT) will take over the championship, starting in Monte Carlo in January next year. For now, this is all unofficial, of course, and...
