Will this topic ever retire? In short, no. For the moment, World Rally Championship is still repairing the damages of 2012, and for now UK viewers cannot even enjoy the daily late night reports from WRC events. And as you can imagine, complete absence of WRC did not go down well for UK rally fans,...
As soon as first information about the new format for Acropolis Rally hit the stage, WRC community went into red alert mode, with several different opinion groups lobbying for their ideas of what the ideal format for this classic event should be. Official info says that Acropolis will have only about 300 kilometers of special...
According to Mads Ostberg, what we saw in Monte Carlo, or rather in the French mountains, was not proper snow. And he is right – it was slushy, muddy, wet mess in which keeping your right foot off the rightmost pedal often guaranteed good result, or at least safe finish. It was as much a...
Rallye Monte Carlo was amazing, and it’s not too long before the second rally of the season gets underway in Sweden. Plenty of things to be happy about, great new team, talented young drivers, well produced it not very well broadcast TV footage… great start to new season! Yet many questions still remain, and there...
by Tom Stajduhar · Published January 19, 2013 · Last modified January 20, 2013
Alright, let’s call things by their real name. If there is a rally going on, chances are stages will be tough, technically demanding, in dark, with heavy rain or very slippery slush and snow, but unless spectators or competitors safety is at stake, there should not even be the remotest of hints suggesting stages are...
There is no need for lengthy comments or heartbreaking intros to this particular video – it’s all there, the passion and dedication of thousands upon thousands of rally fans, gathered around the arguably coldest stage of 2013 Rallye Monte Carlo, Saint Bonnet Le Froid. The video below clearly shows why FIA, Red Bull Media House...
Would you like some black ice and a sprinkle of snow on that dry tarmac, or shall we add some moist in couple of corners, just to round it up nicely? Yes, by all means!, fans and reporters shouted in response. Drivers were quiet, or at least we think they were, because they were behind...
by Tom Stajduhar · Published January 17, 2013 · Last modified January 18, 2013
Such a rally, what a day, again! Sebastien Loeb is so far in front that not even Sebastien Ogier cares about him anymore. In fact, if you ask Ogier about Loeb just one more time, he will… he will… do something! Oui! I do feel sorry for Mr. Ogier to some extent – faced with...
