Renault has registered as an official manufacturer of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge for the first time, Eurosport Events, the IRC promoter, is delighted to confirm. As well as being eligible for IRC manufacturer points, Renault’s Mégane N4 European Challenge will support six rounds of the all-action IRC from next month’s Donnelly Group Circuit of Ireland...
Luca Rossetti and United Business, the company that takes care of his sporting management, have signed an agreement with Pegasus Racing, with the cooperation of Skoda Turkey – Yuce Auto, to take part in the 2012 Turkish Rally Championship. The series consists of six events plus the Bosphorus Rally, also valid for the European Rally...
Volkswagen Motorsport might be hard at work in preparation for their 2013 World Rally Championship campaign with the new Polo R WRC, but German manufacturer is also continuing it’s involvement in various national championships. One such championship takes place in South Africa and features BP backed Volkswagen rally team running couple of Polo rally cars....
Historic rallies are really something special – bringing together famous cars and drivers and introducing them to younger generations of rally fans. Because not all of us were born when cars such as Opel Kadett GT/E or Lancia 037 were conquering the stages around the world. And we all agree it’s much better to see...
It all looked good for Andreas Mikkelsen up until the final kilometers of penultimate stage of Rally Islas Canarias – that’s when Norwegian ace noticed problems with the engine. Much to his dismay, little could be done and Mikkelsen was forced to tackle last stage of the rally with misfiring engine, losing almost half a...
Rally is so much fun, regardless if you’re behind the wheel, or reading the pace notes! It’s just one of those things. If you are lucky enough to be a part of a rally crew, then I’m sure you know the feeling. And what can make it even better is to have mutual understanding but...
The Barbados Rally Club (BRC) has stepped up its worldwide promotion of Sol Rally Barbados 2012 by joining forces with the Donnelly Group Circuit of Ireland Rally (April 6/7). Two lucky volunteer marshals who work on the Easter weekend event will win an all-expenses-paid return trip across the Atlantic if their names are drawn out...
Andreas Mikkelsen has a plan and according to that plan he is to start tomorrow’s special stages of Rally Islas Canarias from the second place and behind Jan Kopecky. To put that plan to work Mikkelsen opted to slow down on the last stage of the day and lose few seconds to let Kopecky take...
