One of the topics, mentioned quite often by the drivers, but then swept under the rug by the officials and partly media, was the dust. As with any other gravel event, dust was a bit of an issue for the drivers starting further down the order, but that’s not all. Fighting against the dust is...
Several days ago, M-Sport held a hands-on presentation of their latest product, Ford Fiesta built around the new R5 rally car specification. Selected journalists and reporters were offered a chance to get behind the wheel of the actual car, and see for themselves what Fiesta R5 has to offer. To ensure that learning curve does...
You learn all sorts of things while working, especially if your work consists of research into the rich motorsport heritage of a major car brand. The brand in question is Volkswagen, and they surely have a lot to say about motorsport. They’ve organized some of the most successful cup series on the planet and steered...
For Sebastien Ogier things are just going in the right direction – unless car fails him, or Sebastien Loeb is around, Ogier will just disappear in the distance very early in the event, and then just control the pace, look after the tyres and stay out of trouble. In Sardinia, it all worked for him...
Plenty of action, tons of it, and it all happened in a single day of Rally d’Italia Sardegna today. Even though it does sound like playing a broken record by now, again we witnessed a bitter disappointment for both Mads Ostberg and Evgeny Novikov. Both Qatar M-Sport drivers crashed today – Novikov was first out...
Unlike most, if not all, other forms of motorsport, in rallying, starting from the back is actually beneficial in some events and on some surfaces. So you drive flat out in qualifying not to secure first starting position, but to be the first to pick the starting position for the day 1 of the rally....
Jari-Matti Latvala loves this sport. Of course there were ups and downs, he maybe even had his own moments of doubt a la Dani Sordo’s “I should maybe do something else”, but ultimately, rally is what Jari-Matti does and loves. His love goes beyond “just” the usual thing of being employed as a driver for...
40th edition of Croatia Rally will have 14 special stages, set on seven different tracks, covering 239 competitive kilometers over two days. Action begins on Thursday, Sept. 26 with short superspecial stage in the host town of Poreč.
