In the end, it all turned well for young Norwegian hopeful Andreas Mikkelsen. After brief delay, Volkswagen was able to confirm third car for it’s World Rally Championship adventure next year. It will be driven by Mikkelsen, and he is expected to join two main drivers – Sebastien Ogier and Jari-Matti Latvala – in 2013...
With Ford’s demise and withdrawal from the World Rally Championship, few people went on to discuss what will happen to drivers, namely Jari-Matti Latvala and Petter Solberg. The former was rumoured to have already signed stuff with Volkswagen, but nothing was official until today. So, the big question is no more – Jari-Matti Latvala will...
To see Mini pulling the plug on their WRC “involvement” was not very suprising, nor disturbing as much as one might think. But oh my, now Ford is following in their footsteps, equally ending their WRC programme come end of this year. Challenging economy and the need to redirect their efforts and cash in more...
After BMW/Mini announced their withdrawal from World Rally Championship as manufacturer team, more than few of us were left wondering what that means for Prodrive. To further complicate things, BMW said they are focused on further development of the car together with famous British squad. In order to clear things up, Prodrive released a statement...
Following Mini’s official announcement it is now clear what the future holds for WRC Team Mini Portugal. Nothing. The team will lose it’s official manufacturer status following this season, which was most likely the plan from the start. Mini had to take part in all rallies this year in order to secure homologation for their...
It’s all about simple facts. Sebastien Loeb and Daniel Elena clinched their ninth (9!) World Rally Champion title today. What exactly can we add to this to make it more descriptive? This is simply beyond words and comprehension, as anyone at least remotely involved with rallying or any other form of motorsport can confirm.
Pardon my French, and no pun intended, but what the actual fuck? First I heard Petter Solberg and Jari-Matti Latvala screwed up again, and was not that surprised given their unfortunate record this year, but then the news emerged saying Petter had a bit of a serious crash. No wonder, I thought, them roads are...
To be pefectly honest, I have no idea if this feature is sign of new things coming to WRC or is just an idea someone had at some point, and went on to make it happen, but it’s not that important in the end. In case you’ve missed it – Volkswagen ace Sebastien Ogier took...
