This years biggest motorsport event in Estonia, also a part of the European Rally Championship – Rally Estonia, had an estimated 30 000 spectators. This number was gotten from mobile phone position tracking. The organizers hope to get the number up to 50 000 within a few years. “Actually, we were hoping for even more...
The Clio R3T showed all its potential on its French Rally Championship debut at the Rallye Mont-Blanc Morzine, with Manu Guigou guiding the latest member of the Renault Sport Technologies range to an emphatic Class R win. Also driving the works car, the young Quentin Gilbert gathered valuable technical data that will soon be put...
Codemasters did something dirty, something very dirty. Which usually means that they did something good for all the WRC and rally fans out there. No, it’s not DiRT 4 yet, but it’ll grab everyone’s attention, I’m sure. Especially if you consider yourself to be a classic example of a rally fan, emphasis on classic bit....
In about 45 minutes the 2014 Neste Oil Rally Helsinki Battle will begin on the streets of, well, Helsinki. Featuring a host of WRC legends on one side and equally impressive line-up of current rally stars, this show promises to be a fantastic intro into the next week’s Rally Finland. According to the official schedule,...
Sander Pärn and James Morgan, driving Ford Fiesta R2 had a perfect weekend when they won FIA ERC round, auto24 Rally Estonia in 2WD category. It was great perfomance by Estonian-Wales crew as they outperformed higher specification machinery like R3 and R3T cars. “It feels really good and we are very happy to get this...
Petter Solberg has always been a good representative for his sports. Whether in the Prodrive team driving his many Subaru Impreza’s or in World RX. Where Petter goes, something happens. But why did he choose World RX over WTCC or Dakar? And is the budget struggle of the WRC-times over? Next there is Pontus Tidemand....
The World Rallycross Championship season is at its halfpoint, the Belgian round, held in Mettet this last weekend marked the six rounds done and six to go. World Rally Blog was there thanks to Dré Galiart, who did a great job covering the event in multitude of ways. He talked to the drivers, wrote reports...
Mettet (B) – Six rounds of World RX, six winners! Toomas ‘Topicross’ Heikkinen is the new name on the list after winning the Belgian round of the championship. With the oldest driver on the podium only 25 years old (Kristoffersson) it’s clear that the youngsters ran this weekend’s World RX. Youngest guy on the podium?...
