When long stages, five day events and stretched road sections are not enough, it’s time to look further and think of new (possibly even a bit silly) ideas on how to expand rallies and give entire season a more epic feel. If FIA’s latest initiatives are aimed at bringing back some of the long forgotten...
Silly thought – imagine Mikko Hirvonen being ahead of Sebastien Loeb in overall standings in Rally Argentina at the time Citroën bosses decided to instruct their drivers to end their in-house battle and settle for current positions. I cannot help but wonder if Yves Matton would be issuing same order at that point, basically telling...
Second “episode” of The Rally Show, new programme by World Rally Radio, brought another set of very interesting topics and even more interesting guests. Nicky Grist, Mark Taylor, Adam Gould, Jari-Matti Latvala, Andrew Coley… It was again a pleasure to hear the thoughts from so many people directly involved in rallying not only on World...
I took my sweet time since first post in what I thought would be regular series, discussing ideas and options of ideal rallying simulation. Despite that I still plan to write about the topic and discuss it far and wide, time permit. In first post I wrote a bit on how role of co-driver could...
It’s amusing how little it takes to stirr up a big debate over some aspect of modern day motorsports – team orders are here from the beginning of time, yet they are still being discussed and criticized then abolished and justified over and over again. And there is always one conclusion coming out from all...
And I am back at beating this dead horse once again, but I think this beating is quite needed and at the same time I do not think this horse is actually really dead. So beat it more I shall. I’ll try and skip lengthy intro of describing current situation, missing promoter, close to no...
Oh Ford… what is it about you and your rallies? Just a bad combination of trying too hard, being out of luck and lacking in reliability department? Ford’s situation reminds me of Sebastien Loeb and his unprecedented row of titles and victories. Some call it good luck while others claim it’s about car and his...
Paulo Nobre and Armindo Araujo enjoyed their time in Argentina, although rally did not go so well for either of them. I must admit I am still not 100% convinced about this team, or rather about BMW’s decision to do what they did. However, it’s hard to see where BMW is aiming with their decisions...
