As we celebrate the beginning of a new year and a new decade, I wanted to take a moment to look back on this past year in rallying. These might not be the biggest stories of the season, but for me, they are some of the defining moments from 2019 across the world of rallying...
I know that the last time you heard from me, I didn’t leave things in the most positive way. With the heaviness of all the unfortunate news coming out of the WRC weighing me down, I definitely left things on a somber note. With the confirmation of Michelin’s departure from the championship this week, it...
Over the past 2 decades in the world of rallying, Skoda Motorsport has played an interesting role. In their early years with the Octavia and Fabia WRC cars, they were the perennial underdog. As that era passed and Skoda turned their attention away from the top class towards S2000 and R5, they transitioned to became...
Last week, the FIA World Motorsport Council approved the guiding principals of the 2022 WRC rules package. Like the initial proposal of this rules concept that emerged back in the summer, the details are still pretty sparse. We do know that the next generation of world rally car will feature a standardized “bolt on” hybrid...
So it’s that time of year again: early winter in the Northern Hemisphere. It’s time for eating too many sweets, strolling through Christmas markets, getting to see (or having to put up with) the family, and that terribly awkward work party… you know… all that holiday stuff. For the rally lover, it’s a time to...
Two major bombs descended upon green pastures of World Rally Championship in recent weeks. They were closely linked and their explosion rocked our world almost in unison. Bomb number one belonged to Citroën while number two had Toyota logo on it, underlined with Sebastien Ogier’s signature. Citroën’s bomb went off first – French squad announced...
Dust has not properly settled yet on the news of Ott Tanak finally stealing the WRC title from Sebastien(s) when another tsunami wave hit us. He (Ott) decided it is time to leave his championship winning team and move from Japan (or rather Finland) to South Korea. In other words, he will not be wearing...
Big congrats to 2019 World Rally Champions, Ott Tanak and Martin Jarveoja of team Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT.
