Category: World of Rally

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GT86 CS-R3 finally granted homologation

“After an extended development, prolonged by the challenge of being the first rear-wheel-drive in the previously-exclusive front-wheel-drive R3 category”, they say. Yet, previously they said “As a whole, the CS-R3 has performed very well during testing but selection of appropriate power steering has been a recurring difficulty. Due to the specific lay-out of the GT86,...

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Rally Cyprus: Then and Now

While we’ve all been looking forward to the return of the Tour de Corse to the WRC, lets not forget about the ERC, which just completed its 8th round in Cyprus this past weekend. First of all, big congratulations to Kajetan Kajetanowicz for another brilliant drive to a dominating victory. It looks more and more...

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Mikko Hirvonen spotted driving a Toyota

People say it’s him, but do we really know for sure? Yes, I’ve seen the photos and heard all the stories, but they can all be fabricated, shopped, made up or planted by saboteurs. Mikko Hirvonen is supposed to be in a deep retirement, not a care in the world, thinking about bees and clouds...

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Will Jan Kopecky Make It Back To The WRC?

With the WRC “silly season” heating up, there has been a lot of discussion over which drivers will switch teams, and whether any of the younger drivers will get a shot at the top level of rallying. Plenty of names have been bounced around including Esapekka Lappi, Craig Breen, Sepp Wiegand, and Stephan Lefevbre. All...

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First RX content pack hits Dirt Rally

From the press release, published today: From today, owners of DiRT Rally can race in RX Supercars that boast more raw power and acceleration than most other motorsports, accelerating from 0-60mph in under two seconds before hurtling into jumps, ruts and hairpins across a mix of dirt and asphalt. Drivers will be able to compete...

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Mikko Hirvonen to start a big Mini adventure

Motor sport drivers rarely really quit. They just switch from one way of pushing the limits to another, whether it’s weekend racing or rallying or some other kind of top involvement, but in a different discipline. Same goes for Mikko Hirvonen. The World Rally Championship no longer interested him, which I still find a bit...

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