Croatia Rally is without a doubt one of the highlights of Croatian motorsports season, together with FIA European Hillclimb championship round in Buzet. As such, we were very happy when Eurosport Events took over the ERC, and the promise of top European rally crews and teams, coupled with superb TV coverage, finally meant that decades...
After an initial shakedown test in December, development work on the 208 Type R5 continued this week with a four-day programme attended by Irish driver Craig Breen. The 208 Type R5 returned to a gravel test stage near Riboux, in the south of France, for a four-day workout beginning on Tuesday, January 22. The official...
Have you ever considered a sound of high revving WRC machine to be just the perfect wake up alarm? I did, although not necessarily in the shape of a real alarm clock. Instead, my secret wish is to get the loudest rally car in the recorded history to the square in my quiet little town,...
This time last year we were heading into another season of World Rally Championship, and things were not looking particularly good at that point. Media promotor was gone, Mini was in trouble and Ford almost followed them out. It was at that particular time that I decided to finally go ahead and launch this blog,...
All eyes are on Volkswagen now, despite other teams also making their way to Monte Carlo and preparing for first recce runs in next few days. German automobile giant will make it’s first competitive steps next week, with a brand new car and strong lineup. Sebastien Ogier and Jari-Matti Latvala will set off to test...
The blow of Carlos Sainz’s retirement was softened by Nasser Al-Attiyah making it five stage wins from a possible six for the Qatar Red Bull Rally Team at the 2013 Dakar. Nasser and co-pilot Lucas Cruz planned to attack on the 455km timed special stage from Arica to Calama and they executed their plan to...
by Tom Stajduhar · Published January 6, 2013 · Last modified January 11, 2013
What a great way to start a new year! While we wait for first event of new World Rally Championship season in Monte Carlo, we were treated to quite an epic battle on alpine roads of Austria. Jännerrallye joined European Rally Championship calendar last year, and once again it served as a season opener for...
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Seriously, I wasn’t that impressed with TV schedule of reports covering Round 1 of 2013 European Rally Championship on Eurosport – late night/early morning is not really how I pictured prime time for rally on TV. However, this is first round, and rally really needs to...
