With Ford’s number one driver Jari-Matti Latvala being forced to skip Rally Argentina, team will have to look for replacement. Good thing is there are many to choose from, both old (or should I say veteran) ones and youngsters looking for additional experience and exposure. Among some of the fan and media favourites for Jari-Matti’s...
Okay, this “Yet Another One” will be short. It will! With that out of the way let me share some ideas concerning the infamous Rally2 restart system and it’s place in modern rallying. And this time I’ll even try to give few ideas on how to actually keep Rally2 in the World Rally Championship. One...
I don’t really mind when rallies get switched from one area of a country to the other for this reason or another, but when that switch means we are having Rallye de France in Sebastien Loeb’s backyard and not on legendary Corsica, I get a little upset. Perhaps I can afford to be upset –...
Adding more fuel to the fire of Jari-Matti Latvala’s alleged transfer from Ford to Volkswagen, driver’s manager Timo Jouhki confirmed contacting Volkswagen. Rumour has it that Latvala is seriously considering other options and with both seats taken in Citroën (at least until Sebastien Loeb decides he’s had enough) Volkswagen remains only viable solution if Latvala...
Arrival of third factory team to the World Rally Championship (OK, fourth if we still consider Mini a factory team) means exciting times on drivers market – main question is who will be selected to accompany Sebastien Ogier in Volkswagen next year, and there are several options. Recently, british Autosport dropped a mini-bomb by claiming...
Finnish press is buzzing today with the unconfirmed and of course unofficial news of Jari-Matti Latvala’s move to Volkswagen by the end of this year, sourced from Autosport. After seeing what move to Citroën brought to Mikko Hirvonen, I can only say, good one Mr. Latvala! Of course, I can only speak from my admittedly...
2012 really was shaped to be The Year for Jari-Matti Latvala – he got promoted to number 1 status in Ford and with new and experienced team mate Petter Solberg, Latvala was expected to shine and show maturity, speed and ability to bring home victories, or even more important, points. But, we all know what...
This will be short because I just had a massive pizza and I will not allow myself to be influenced by some of the “#%”!#$& antics played out by the FIA, thus spoiling my late dinner. It’s about the priorities, and from the looks of things, FIA has them all mixed up in a strange...
