Category: Random Thoughts
One of those events that will never ever be forgotten. One champion left the show, new champion earned his crown and there were people everywhere, witnessing the history in the making. Service park was full of people, stages were full of spectators braving rain, wind, fog only to see their heroes and to wave a...
Switch RANT button to off – done. Resume typing. With some time on my hands I decided to take another look at WRC and Formula 1 calendars for next year but this time I added MotoGP to the mix, just to make things even more interesting. As we know, both Formula 1 and MotoGP are...
Everyone’s attention was, and still is, focused on Citroën and the announced change to their WRC programme for next year. Team boss Yves Matton shared some thoughts and hints about next year, but we still have no clear picture of team’s prospects for 2014. But Citroën is not the only team with question marks over...
This argument is really resilient – Sebastien Ogier was able to claim his first WRC title (only) because Sebastien Loeb decided to -insert favourite reason here- this year. It seems Sebastien Loeb was/is so good that this year’s title would be his, all he needed to do is commit to a full season. Because when...
Scary, that’s all. Watching today’s stages of Rallye de France in live TV was downright scary as hell. It’s one thing to stare at the split times and listen to WRC Live radio show reporting from the studio and the stage ends, but it’s a whole new deal to actually watch as the cars make...
Can someone please help me understand this thing? Or rather, don’t because it makes no sense at all. I ran into this argument several times today and the more I think about it, the less sense it makes. Perhaps I’m wrong, though, it surely wouldn’t be the first time. On to the argument. According to...
I tried to come up with another title for this article for some time, but no matter what I “invented” it simply wasn’t good enough or had more impact and meaning than the actual title of this short documentary film. Allow me to be very honest for a moment here. I did not have a...
Out of many forms and shapes of pressure, I wonder which one Sebastien Ogier is feeling the most heading into another round of this year’s World Rally Championship. Except that it isn’t just another round. It’s a rally like no other, a spectacle which will, no doubt, go down in history and which, if recce...