Asked to comment on the sad news of the death of the former F1 champion and motor sports legend Sir Jack Brabham, Kimi Raikkonen said it’s a shame modern F1 drivers are no longer allowed to compete in other motor sport series, mainy because of all the safety concerns, which can also be translated as...
Volkswagen Motorsport team principal Jost Capito is one of the main promoters (no, not that promoter) of the infamous new model for the final power stage, also known as the shootout stage. So far we’ve heard a lot of bitter criticism of this idea, and I am proud to say I tried really hard to...
Another week, another edition of Hyundai Motorsport News. What’s going on in other teams, why aren’t they releasing similar news bulletins? Well, for one, Hyundai is still growing and ironing things out in preparation for full assault, scheduled for next year. I don’t suppose M-Sport, Citroën or Volkswagen would be making changes in their staff...
Every article concerning Rally Argentina must have “tango” in its title, so there. Mud, fog, rain, twisty narrow stages combined with faster and more flowing ones, 50+ kilometer monsters… all this and more made up the 2014 Rally Argentina. Jari-Matti Latvala outfoxed Sebastien Ogier and, according to many, saved the championship from becoming another one...
So far we’ve heard what some team bosses think about the proposed changes to the final stage of each WRC event, and we’ve also heard what fans think as well. The fact is, we still don’t know exactly what the format would or might be, so it’s not easy to comment and make any reliable...
Nobody will admit it, but the current scheme simply isn’t working for the WRC or at least it’s not enough to satisfy the (understandably high) ambitions. Sure enough, even one or two special stages shown live on TV are better than nothing, but it’s not nearly enough. Just ask manufacturers, and by manufacturers we should...
Peugeot Sport’s biggest motor sport project is the 2015 Dakar Rally, but maybe only slightly more important and/or elaborate when compared to their rally programme, namely European Rally Championship and further R5 car development, as well as Rallycross projects involving 208 supercar. This weekend Peugeot will once again unleash their power in an attempt to...
This is a busy year for Hyundai Shell World Rally Team, or just Hyundai for friends. When they’re not busy winning stages and conquering kilometers on the rallies all around the world, they’re keeping themselves occupied with a lot of testing, developing and then some more testing. At the same time, team is also building...
