OK, so Sebastien Loeb is retired now and nobody cares anymore for the French round of the Championship, so the local government and authorities had no other choice but to withdraw their support for the Alsace based event? No, not really, even though I suppose Loeb being a local played some part in the past....
World Rally Blog joined the WRC+ family of fans today. I thought I should pay up and see what this is all about, since I am actually writing and pretending to be clever and witty about it all. I’ve decided to go with a monthly option, which costs 5€ per month. If you want to...
Every year it’s the same thing. You can hardly believe we’re days away from the start of the new season. It feels like last season ended only days ago. It’s fantastic and I wouldn’t want to trade the start of WRC season for anything. We barely had time to abandon all our new year resolutions...
This is both adorable and awesomely impressive at the same time. Petter Solberg, the only driver with two world champion titles in two FIA disciplines (WRC & World RX) and his son Oliver took part in Finnskogvalsen rally in Norway. Two Solbergs competed in Petter’s famous Ford Escort MkII, taking third place overall. While Oliver...
by Tom Stajduhar · Published January 17, 2015 · Last modified January 18, 2015
Weather can be your friend or foe, it can make things more enjoyable and doable, or it can turn even the most mundane things, such as standing at the side of the road, waiting for (rally) cars to drive by, into living hell. Casual fans will complain, to them even few drops of rain are...
Eleven crews, seven rounds and a new car, this is what 2015 Junior World Rally Championship is in a nutshell. Citroën and FIA are heading into season two of their joint project, aimed at providing a platform for young drivers and co-drivers to enter the WRC scene and gather experience competing in the events that...
Here’s a better view of Volkswagen Motorsport’s new rally weapon. Usually camera phones and similar “devices” aren’t really your best friend if you’re trying to present something properly, so forget about those early photos from Facebook, Twitter and such and enjoy these fine images, made by team’s official snappers. Sebastien Ogier, Jari-Matti Latvala and Andreas...
Not trying to steal the show for/from Volkswagen or anything, but Hyundai Motorsport picked today to present their media pack for the upcoming season, revealing few more photos of the new livery and sharing all the interesting bits of information regarding team’s crews and its ambitious plans. The promise of further progress is here, dear...
