With no official announcements regarding future of BMW’s involvement in the World Rally Championship fans all around the world are hoping that story posted earlier on Autosport will not become reality. In fact, fans of WRC and BMW’s brand Mini decided to take this matter one step further by launching campaign to save iconic brand’s...
While WRC is going through some of it’s darkest hours only thing missing now is full cancellation of the championship by FIA or withdrawal of Ford and Citroën to make the news as bad as possible. Autosport just published a story we all feared would come out these days. It features usual suspects, BMW, Mini...
First contacts with the world of rallying are sometimes pretty complicated, especially for people with no previous motor sports experience. Compared to traditional circuit “round and round” racing, rallying is indeed a bit more complex with it’s many rules and schedules, legs, stages, power stages, time controls, etc. For rally newbies it is usually best...
This week’s Rally Finnskog in Norway will serve as final preparation opportunity for crews before the proper Swedish WRC event starts next week. With lots of snow and compact itinerary, Rally Finnskog is ideal for final touches to the cars and setups and it’s no surprise leading WRC drivers and teams submitted their entires to...
The way this year started it seems we will see equally exciting things happen on and off the World Rally Championship rallies and stages. Translated, the drama regarding TV broadcasting is still far from over and contrary to previous reports, iRally now reveals talks are still in progress between Eurosport and FIA.
Some hoped for the best, but many feared the worst and it seems latter were right in yet another round of tragedy called “Gone with the WRC”. iRally reported this evening about the major meeting which took place today in Paris and which brought little fruit. In fact, it is now official – Eurosport is...
Only when you sit in a real race car and you’re properly “fastened” to your seat by safety belt and harness can you believe just how tight these things must be set in order to limit (or rather, prevent) body movement during violent cornering and braking during race or rally. But the heroine of this...
According to Autosport’s report, relationship between British motorsports company Prodrive and BMW’s brand Mini is in good shape and rumours about the possible split are not based on actual facts. Mentioned rumours were rampant earlier this year when Prodrive and Mini announced semi-lineup featuring only one fixed name, Dani Sordo. BMW reportedly was not happy...
