by Tom Stajduhar · Published January 4, 2014 · Last modified February 17, 2014
Subaru is one of those brands that belong in WRC, period. Like Lancia and Toyota, even Porsche… and Opel. But back to Subaru and their recent announcement concerning the new 2015 Impreza WRX STI. The new flagship is scheduled to debut in Detroit in 10 days and what better time to disclose some tasty and...
Junior World Rally Championship turns to French power for the next two years, FIA announced today. Citroën DS3 R3T turbocharged front wheel drive car became the exclusive weapon of choice for crews and teams wishing to compete in this particular category. All cars will be factory prepared to set standards and rules and all teams...
Behold Robert Kubica and his inspired drive in today’s free practice and qualifying stage runs. For you it might look like a pretty impressive drive around that tight square right, but I bet he wasn’t even happy about it. Now imagine Kubica winning in Austria. He would be so unhappy it would hurt. Perhaps Robert...
First of all, unless the picture shown below in a tweet is a hoax and a joke, I’d like to wish a very hap-hap-happy birthday to Jarmo Lehtinen, the brains in Mikko Hirvonen’s car, the guy reading the pace notes, wielding the numbers and staying calm and high spirited in the process. The cake Mikko...
I like this winter so far. In fact, I love it! It’s above 5°C at night and above 10°C during the day, meaning it’s unusually warm. I don’t care for snow, unless it’s badly needed for a motorsport event. This weekend it’s time for Janner Rallye in Austria, first round of the 2014 European Rally...
by Tom Stajduhar · Published January 1, 2014 · Last modified January 2, 2014
Chances are I already posted this video at some point, but no matter. It’s one of those things you can watch over and over again, like a favourite movie or a silly gif you simply cannot stahp laughing at. This video isn’t silly nor funny, it’s actually very totally awesome. Especially now when we’re less...
We’ve had all sorts of years in the World Rally Championship; Citroën year(s), Loeb year(s), Volkswagen year, Mini-revival-that-never-happened year, promoter-ends-up-in-prison year, we-have-no-TV year, all sorts of years. And dramas, never forget dramas. Yet, despite all this, sport prevailed and, dare I say it, grew. Last year we saw Volkswagen Motorsport and Sebastien Ogier topple the...
Oh you fart inhalers, you. That was very well played. It did sound a bit too good to be true all of a sudden, but on the other hand, we’ve seen weird and unusual things happen in and around the WRC in recent years. Whether M-Sport managed to attract a big-ass sponsor for next year...
