No, dear friends and followers, guest authors are not taking away this blog from my still warm and not dead yet hands – it really is just a coincidence that two guest posts arrived to WRB’s mailbox so close together. Now, since this is supposed to be some kind of a disclaimer, I am going...
This little blog cannot give young, talented drivers a chance to prove themselves, because we’re fresh out of rally cars. But what World Rally Blog can do is give young people, old people, any people a chance to share their thoughts and ideas on the sport we all love. David van den Boom asked if...
First of all, this doesn’t even look, or should I say feel, like snow driving. At all. No matter how effective winter tyres you put on your car before going out for some fun in the snow, the grip will never be THIS good. If anything, driving on the snow should be slower than driving...
Next year, Rallye de France will move to the border region between England and Wales, just so it remains within a touching distance of Wales Rally GB. Then in 2017 we will see it move once again to another part of the world, but you can be sure it will be right next to another...
This is exactly why every major WRC team must have plenty of drivers on board – you simply never know what is going to happen to any of them. If I say that drivers are like tyres, does that sound wrong? No? Splendid. So, drivers are like tyres, if one goes out of order, you...
In 2004 Markko Märtin and Michael Park scored two WRC wins in Corsica and Catalunya together with numerous top 10 finishes in that same year and in 2005. Their car, Ford Focus WRC sporting a Castrol livery. At the end of 2005 car was sold to Vodka Kick founder Steve Perez, who then took it...
Whatever you wish for, Toyota will make it happen. We wished for more information about Toyota’s WRC programme and preparations for 2017 and they have delivered. At this point, we are almost two full years away from their first WRC event, so sooner or later we will reach the point of “I wish the wait...
Hyundai Motorsport started their 2015 WRC campaign with new partners and new drivers. At some points during this season we should also see them debut a new car, hopefully with more raw pace on board. Today Hyundai revealed more information about their second team, featuring Hayden Paddon and John Kennard in third i20 WRC. Paddon...
