This year’s Rally Estonia will be all sorts exciting. From Jari-Matti Latvala driving a historic beast, called Audi Quattro, to the just announced batch of Ford Fiesta R5 cars, as they start their conquest of the world’s rally stages. Two young Estonian hopefuls, Martin Kangur and Karl Kruuda, will drive the two Fiestas, run by...
Random Thoughts / World of Rally
by Tom Stajduhar · Published July 3, 2013 · Last modified July 4, 2013
According to one of the comments on this post, Sebastien Ogier and Jari-Matti Latvala comments on Pikes Peak were collected weeks before the race, and they weren’t questioned about Sebastien Loeb personally. Which means I took it a bit too far, and Maxrally also played it well, skipping on few important bits, subtly adding Loeb’s...
This is what Sebastien Loeb said to Peugeot’s PR crew after his record breaking attempt in Pikes Peak International Hill Climb race. I don’t think this interview is descriptive enough, though, but I also think it’s hard to put all the emotions and sensations into words. Regardless, it’s a nice little insight into what was...
But of course, you know it by now. Sebastien Loeb made good on his promise to bring the car to the top of the Colorado mountain in one piece, and fast. Months of hard work, development, research and testing went into this one run, and not surprisingly, one of the first things Seb experienced was...
Prodrive and Mini still have PLENTY of unfinished business in the World Rally Championship, but until that happens, and we still hope it will at some point, there is little use in idling and waiting for things to happen. Known for their ability to turn just about any car into a winning machine, Prodrive are...
Every good president, secretary or similar high official will not be successful unless he promises big things to us, the ordinary folk. We’re so used to this from the “normal” politicians and other people employed to rule us, so it’s only normal we get same things in sport. That being said, I’m sure the following...
Several days ago, M-Sport held a hands-on presentation of their latest product, Ford Fiesta built around the new R5 rally car specification. Selected journalists and reporters were offered a chance to get behind the wheel of the actual car, and see for themselves what Fiesta R5 has to offer. To ensure that learning curve does...
You learn all sorts of things while working, especially if your work consists of research into the rich motorsport heritage of a major car brand. The brand in question is Volkswagen, and they surely have a lot to say about motorsport. They’ve organized some of the most successful cup series on the planet and steered...
