Big news today is the return of full length Ouninpohja special stage to the itinerary of this year’s Rally Finland. Not only did famous stage make it’s return but it’s also going to be used as a power stage on which crews can score extra points. Neste Rally Finland published a schedule of stages today...
Some fans travel to World Rally Championship events just to see the cars and enjoy the atmosphere and the journey itself. Other just follow the crowd to get some yelling, eating and drinking done. But there exists a special kind of rally fans, those with photo cameras permanently attached to their hands. One such recently...
Matmut Carrera Cup France season starts at the end of April and one of the teams entered carries the name of eight-time World Rally Champion, Sebastien Loeb. Frenchman announced this project last year in partnership with the man who launched his rallying career, Dominique Heintz. Circuit racing is most likely Loeb preferred “retirement plan” –...
High costs are presumably behind Prodrive’s decision to skip next month’s third event of the World Rally Championship season in Mexico. Conveniently, this will allow british team to test and prepare host of upgrades recently announced for Mini’s WRC machine.
Volkswagen’s star driver Sebastien Ogier declared himself ready to lead the development of a new rally car, but warns there is much more work needed for Volkswagen’s WRC specification Polo R to become truly competitive. German team remains in Scandinavia this week in order to test first proper WRC specced Polo R, different car to...
Jari-Matti Latvala’s victory in Sweden marked an impressive milestone for M-Sport and Ford – their 50th victory since the co-operation between two entities began decade and a half ago. Of course, this occasion had to be properly celebrated and remembered, so M-Sport’s Malcolm Wilson promised team will deliver more Sweden-like performances this year. This number...
Despite the recent drama and still ongoing doubts regarding the nature of Mini and it’s parent company BMW’s WRC programme, british company Prodrive continues work on development of Mini’s WRC machine. Two opening rallies of this season showed Mini has tremendous potential and with right drivers can be at the very top of the standings...
This winter really turns out to be quite special – WRC event in Sweden had to cope with the lack of snow while at the same time Adriatic coastal towns got covered in it. In continental parts of Croatia motorsport enthusiasts were quick to react and an event was put together. End result: skiering (spelled...
