With majority of WRC and IRC events being held in Europe it’s no wonder we tend to think of rallies as European only sport, with some exceptions around the world. Needless to say, such thinking is wrong – rally is truly international sport and it is extremely popular in all corners of the world. Even...
In more ways than one Volkswagen’s arrival to the World Rally Championship scene will be very significant, and regardless of the outcome of their first rally in Sardinia later this year I am sure they will be the breath of fresh air, so badly needed by the WRC in general. There are rumours going around...
Rallying is (so) much more than just WRC, IRC and other big regional, continental or global series – there are national or even club events, very accessible and also fairly popular, depending on the country or region. One national event took place not long ago in Slovenia, around the town of Maribor. Now, I’m not...
Molly Taylor, the young Australian driver, continues her apprenticeship with the Citroën DS3 R3T in the United Business livery followed by BP Racing, in view of future commitments in the World Rally Championship events, the first of which will be the forthcoming Rally Finland. After the debut at the Geko Ypres Rally in Belgium, Molly...
Favourite topic is back – how to bring video signal from the stages of the World Rally Championship to our homes, PCs, mobile devices, etc. One way is to secure well funded and organized team of broadcaster and promoter companies and let them do their thing with extended TV coverage, occassional live TV stage and...
Recent drama surrounding Peugeot and it’s announcement of massive layoffs made for an interesting thought, evil even – scumbag Volkswagen and Hyundai are destroying the european car markets for other brands, and when they’re done they’ll enter World Rally Championship to have some outdoor fun. On a slightly more serious note, Peugeot thing is quite...
There is first time for everything, both good and bad in life. Well, if you’re about to attend your first proper rally and you’re wondering if it’s going to be bad experience or a good one, fear not – it will 99.9% be amazingly good. Despite rally being very accessible sport (if you can consider...
Oh I was so right when I suspected that WRC fans have some impressive photographs taken on their journeys to the rally stages of not only World Rally Championship events, but rally in general. Some of those great images made their way to my Facebook page and one showing then much younger Sebastien Loeb and...
