It was one year ago this week when I wrote a piece about the maturity of Hayden Paddon in the way he approached the 2015 Rally Sweden. In light of this timing, it seems absolutely fitting to put up another piece about how Hayden again showed his maturity, but in a different way this year....
You can probably file this one in the category of “calendar rants”. OK, well, it isn’t really a rant, but perhaps more of a musing. After reading a piece this week about the possibility of the WRC adding another winter rally to the calendar, it got me thinking… does the WRC really need another snow...
Toyota today took the wraps off their 2016 motor sport programme, which, as we know, also includes the World Rally Championship. That is, more or less, all, because at this point Toyota obviously isn’t ready to share more information about this particular project. It’s in Tommi Mäkinen’s hands, his team will co-operate with TMG’s HQ...
By their own admission, Hyundai is still not “there” with their brand new i20 WRC and we were instructed to wait for the real pace in coming events. This project simply must not fail and they have to close the gaps to leading cars and teams this year. It’s not an easy situation for them,...
by Tom Stajduhar · Published February 1, 2016 · Last modified February 18, 2016
I believe so. In essence, this sport is about drivers, co-drivers, teams and manufacturers fighting against time and elements. With one snow event we do have this particular element covered, especially when Monte Carlo is also playing nice with its ice and slush and snow. There is, in my humble opinion, absolutely no reason for...
“Seven or eight seconds won’t win or lose this rally.” These 10 words capture perfectly the transformation that has taken place inside of Kris Meeke since mid 2015. They were spoken as he described his spin at the stop control of SS1. It wasn’t so long ago that we would have seen Kris so upset...
by Tom Stajduhar · Published January 24, 2016 · Last modified January 26, 2016
…and then let me know if you find anything interesting in it. (scroll down for video) Personally, I started counting cars that were sliding off the road in same exact spot that caught Jari-Matti Latvala out. Then I stopped because the numbers became too big. I was totally relieved when I noticed the area in...
Perhaps this shock therapy is exactly what Elfyn Evans needed in his career. Maybe he needed to see and realize things will sometimes align against you, and this is when you should be strongest and bring out the best in you. It is possible that a straight talk from M-Sport boss could have yielded a...
