auto24 Rally Estonia is glad to announce that just a few days after the opening of competitiors regsitration already first WRC car is in the entry list. Czech drivers Martin Prokop and Zdenek Hruza will come to auto24 Rally Estonia which is held on 20-21th of July with Ford Fiesta RS WRC. Martin Prokop, driver...
Following a successful pre-season test at the Willow Springs International Raceway in California last week and an inaguration event in Huntington Beach, Marcus Grönholm today confirmed his 2012 programme in his much-awaited full-time return to international competition. The 42 year-old double World Rally Champion outlined his participation in the six round Global Rallycross Championship in the...
A week after completing 1,074km of special stages and road sections as ‘zero’ car on the recent Tour de Corse, the new 208 R2 is still in Corsica where it is being put through its paces in asphalt trim until Friday. This test forms part of the 6,000km programme specified in the brief for Peugeot...
First of all, it’s hard to really compare Intercontinental Rally Challenge to it’s FIA counterpart, World Rally Championship – different set of rules, business vs. official WC status, different events, teams and drivers… but in the end it comes down to basics of rallying: crews, teams, fans and media. Despite the fact that Intercontinental Rally...
Spectacular highspeed collision with a telephone pole and two punctures coupled with few other tiny but expensive problems prevented Andreas Mikkelsen in his bid to finally claim that elusive first tarmac IRC win. Despite that Norwegian is determined to continue his title defense campaign and if problems arise best you can do is try to...
Well done for Dani Sordo, well done for Mini and finally well done for Eurosport – the spectacular Tour de Corse rally deserved only the best from everyone involved and luckily they all delivered. Spaniard was my favourite before the start of the rally, not only because I enjoy his driving and character but because...
It all began with Andreas Mikkelsen putting a ball in his own goal – Norwegian managed to pull another one of his costly mistakes and on special stage 5 lost over 2 and a half minutes while trying to change a puncture. This not only put him right out of contention for victory in Corsica...
Another rally and another chance of that elusive tarmac victory gone for Andreas Mikkelsen. Norwegian IRC champion lost concentration in one of the corners in stage 5 and hit a pole, damaging the wheel. Resulting puncture took forever to fix due to malfunctioning jack but as he said at the finish of the stage, Mikkelsen...
