Last year Sebastien Ogier took victory on the first stage of the year, which was also the first win for Volkswagen. It looked impressive, but at that point we still did not fully realize what Volkswagen and Ogier are capable of. Last year was spectacular in many aspects, but if the start of 2013 Monte...
With so many things to look forward to and keep track of, how do you pick one thing, be it driver or team or a combination of both, to follow and pay special attention to? It’s easy, you don’t. At least in my case, it never is about one driver or team, because for me...
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by Tom Stajduhar · Published January 15, 2014 · Last modified January 16, 2014
Whenever I hear or read about 1.6 liter turbocharged engine these days, first thing that comes to mind is “rally this thing”, no matter which brand, model, class and whatnot this car is about. This engine was made with one purpose, to be out there, on rally stages. Or on WTCC tracks, but who cares...
by Tom Stajduhar · Published January 15, 2014 · Last modified January 16, 2014
First of all I’d like to apologize for posting yet another “podium prediction” article, even though you’ve already seen at least a dozen of those and submitted your entries to all of them, patiently and politely. As much fun as they are, sometimes you’re just fed up with all the predictions and expectations and you...
That’s it! No more white cars, no more testing, no more predicting, announcing, previewing… the cars and crews were out there today and we can now finally say that the new season is underway. Even though first proper special stages were not on the menu today, shakedown was, and that is more than enough to...
There are written event previews, there are video previews and then there is this… I could compare this video to a kind of porn for rally fanatics, but then people would think I’m weird and all, so I won’t. But really, this is a new level of video production, cramming a truckload of awesome into...
by Tom Stajduhar · Published January 14, 2014 · Last modified January 15, 2014
Days or should I say hours from now Robert Kubica and Maciek Szczepaniak will start their first WRC event of the year in Monte Carlo. I for one will monitor their progress carefully, as I’m sure will the countless others. But before they set off to conquer some WRC stages and embrace some WRC-flavoured challenges,...
Another official preview, another opportunity to stop and stare, momentarily confused by new names, I guess it will take a while to get used to new lineups and even new names in the WRC this year. Citroën’s lineup for 2014 is promising and full of potential, to say the least, but it will take a...
