What a day of rallying in Sweden. Snow, ice, gravel and ambitious crews, what more can we ask for? Sebastien Ogier is in stunning form, and same can be said about the car he is skillfully piloting through forests and over the crests of Rally Sweden – the French skills and German engineering really are...
Nasser Al-Attiyah was not able to compete in Sweden and Qatar M-Sport World Rally Team picked Matthew Wilson to take Nasser’s spot for Sweden. Apparently, there were no other valid options at that time, and it was a very short notice. With a new co-driver (Giovanni Bernacchini, Nasser’s co-driver) and without any pace notes, Matthew...
With more than a few special stage still to run in Sweden, I am not sure if I should talk about Jari-Matti Latvala’s pace – I wouldn’t like to hex him or anything, but I am glad he is doing a very good job in a Polo R WRC. His pace may still not be...
Colin McRae Rally, ah those were the times. Countless hours spent chasing the records on some stages (Greece was my favourite) and enjoying the superb physics and very realistic car behaviour, all while racing down the locations of true World Rally Championship events. Not even Richard Burns Rally could beat that feeling for me personally,...
Mini and Ford are not officially involved in WRC, so they’re not part of this little head to head comparison of road going versions of cars currently competing in World Rally Championship. Ford does not even have a valid competitor in B segment at the moment, at least until the arrival of Fiesta ST. With...
Every year Formula 1 springs back into action during winter with car and team presentations and first proper tests and shakedowns of the new machinery. Of course, it’s Formula 1, and such presentations are sometimes much more than mere chit-chat of team management and drivers, coupled with the unveiling of the brand new set of...
There is little doubt Andreas Mikkelsen deserves a spot in a competitive WRC team. He is established champion after all, with two IRC titles under his belt. The decision to hire him was not that hard for Volkswagen, I imagine, and I am pretty sure he will be very valuable asset to the team. It’s...
This is the kind of news World Rally Championship teams, crews and fans want to hear from the FIA, although this piece of information did not actually originate from the FIA, but was squeezed out of them by Autosport. Regardless, we now know that debacle that was Sistemas Integrales de Telecomunicacion (SIT) timing in Monte...
