To say it’s great to see Robert Kubica determined to race and enjoy himself is an understatement. After terrible accident and lengthy recovery process, Kubica is once again ready to tackle some of the most challenging motorsport events in the world. Instead of racing around circuits in Formula 1, he will be getting his adrenaline...
Yesterday I “reviewed” two WRC cars by two official manufacturer teams – Volkswagen Polo R WRC and Citroën DS3 WRC. Discussing performance and results is not my aim in this mini-series – quite the opposite. Performance and even potential (that’s the thing some cars have, but then they end up rolling into a ditch or...
Rally Mexico is over, and as the WRC machine winds down for a bit to take a bit of rest, Formula 1 is upon us (if you care about that sort of thing), but rally community will be more interested in the week after that. Round three of the FIA European Rally Championship starts on...
Group B cars are still quite popular subject, even though their roar is missing from the stages of the World Rally Championship for nearly three decades. They were unique, outrageous, in your face and had little to do with common sense – in essence, they were the perfect rally cars, made to be driven by...
by Tom Stajduhar · Published March 10, 2013 · Last modified March 16, 2013
Whether he likes it or not, Sebastien Ogier IS shaping to become another Sebastien Loeb, not by name, character or sheer amount of skill, but purely due to the dominant performance he displays on rally stages. Listening to Ogier last year, as he was frustratinlgy not able to challenge WRC cars in S2000 Škoda Fabia,...
Biggest retirement of the day happened right between the first two stages, when Mads Ostberg reported alternator malfunction and was forced to give up his second place. In bitter disgust he kicked the car and got himself slightly injured. Good thing is, injury is nothing more than a sore battle scar, so Mads should be...
Citroën ended second leg of Rally Mexico in good position – Mikko Hirvonen inherited second place after Mads Ostberg was forced to retire with a broken alternator, while Dani Sordo is aiming for points finish. That is unless he decides to rage quit and go home, as some of his comments suggest. There is obviously...
Day two proper of 2013 Rally Mexico ended up with Sebastien Ogier dominating the scoreboard, while Jari-Matti Latvala was busy testing the car and it’s various configurations. At the same time, Finnish driver gained very valuable experience behind the wheel of a Polo R WRC. Volkswagen had but one scare on second leg of the...
