It’s been a pretty busy week for the World Rally Championship – fresh after the event in Greece the community was stunned by the departure of championship’s now former title sponsor Nokia. Shortly after that another news came, informing the events organizers and the public of the arrival of the new age for WRC. At...
After last night’s pretty emotional outbursts, WRC community woke up to a new morning today, trying to find the positives in FIA’s recent announcement of a fee imposed upon the rally organizers. One common conclusion is that the times are tough and the fee was long coming, especially in the current situation in which FIA...
If you thought WRC is in rather bad shape but not yet in critical condition, think again. World Rally Championship today is on life support, it’s deaf, it’s eyes have been pulled out of it’s head, it’s legs have been cut at knee level and prognosis is pretty bleak. After six months of debating and...
FIA is scheduled to announce the identity of new global promoter for World Rally Championship at the next World Motor Sport Countil meeting on June 15. This should, by all means, be good news for the sport and we all know pinnacle of rallying really could use some good news at the moment. So with...
Among the many people involved in the major rally championships, such as World Rally Championship or Intercontinental Rally Challenge, I somehow always enjoyed what Andrew Coley brought into both TV and/or radio broadcasts, ever since I started this blog and became a little more actively involved in following these competitions on Twitter and TV/radio. Interesting...
I can’t say what I would do in such situation – my only visit to World Rally Championship event was 2000 Rallye Monte Carlo – but what team people and reporters of both Formula 1 and World Rally Championship thoroughly enjoy doing is snapping pictures of things in no way related to the sport at...
First of all, it’s hard to really compare Intercontinental Rally Challenge to it’s FIA counterpart, World Rally Championship – different set of rules, business vs. official WC status, different events, teams and drivers… but in the end it comes down to basics of rallying: crews, teams, fans and media. Despite the fact that Intercontinental Rally...
I am not sure if this idea borders with fantasy, is it even plausible or is just plain silly, but here it is anyway. The age old question on who is better driver – your average Formula 1 champion or his World Rally Championship counterpart – could be solved by putting them all together in...
