First special stage of 30. Jännerrallye starts tomorrow, and with it the new season of revamped European Rally Championship. There is indeed much to be excited about, and one of the things I’m mostly looking forward to is media coverage as well as impressive list of entries for this year. Eurosport Events got behind new...
Random Thoughts / World of Rally / WRC News
by Tom Stajduhar · Published December 28, 2012 · Last modified December 30, 2012
Similar to how McKlein Photography work speaks with authority of decades spent documenting our fascinating sport, the calendars and books published by same team speak about the genuine passion and in-depth understanding of rally and motorsports in general. And just like McKlein photographs are not mere snapshots of rally cars racing by, the calendars they...
The living legends of rally photography, The McKlein “brothers”, are on a quest and this one is not easy at all. They want to find that one perfect image of another legend, Colin McRae. Yes, I know exactly what you’re thinking – Colin’s flamboyant style and “pedal to the metal” philosophy are safe guarantee of...
Robert Kubica did amazing job, and I plan to write about it a bit soon enough, but here’s little something in the meantime. Great comeback and I sincerely hope we’ll see more of Robert, regardless of the series and car.
If only news stories like this would keep coming! Opel just confirmed their intention to step up brand’s involvement in motor sports, namely rallying and circuit racing. And while we don’t care much about round-roundy boys (at least not until Sebastien Loeb starts competing in WTCC), the bit about rallying caught our attention. Opel was...
Third edition of one of the most spectacular rally shows in region (region being Croatian capital Zagreb) takes place at the end of this week – it started small in numbers but high on ambitions, and this combination proved out to be huge success. I’m talking about Rally Show Santa Domenica, unique event that keeps...
Croatian round of European rally championship is quite popular topic in local motorsport media, but for all the wrong reasons. With motorsports being utterly sidelined and largely ignored by Croatian media, this event is now gaining popularity thanks to conflict brewing between organizer, MCR Sport, and Croatian national motorsports federation (HAKS). And recent confirmation of...
Peugeot Sport is continuing the development of the 208 R2 in near-rally conditions. After outings on the Tour de Corse and a series of test sessions, the 208 R2 took part in this weekend’s Ulster Rally, based in Northern Ireland, a market where the competition for customer-spec cars is particularly fierce. The newcomer impressed those...
