Route Preview: Rally Estonia 2020

Rally Estonia got a surprise slot on the 2020 WRC calendar after the COVID-19 pandemic forced numerous rallies to be canceled. The event will be run in a compact three-day format. Its sandy gravel roads will likely produce the fastest special stages of the whole season.

Route preview: Rally Turkey 2020

Rally Turkey is the slowest and roughest event on the calendar driven in hot conditions, making it the endurance test of the season for both the drivers and the vehicles. However, this year the endurance element is compromised by a shortened event format. Additionally, pace notes from 2019 can be reused on every stage kilometre. […]

WRC event in three days – case Rally Finland 2020

Lately there has been a lot of talk about cutting the costs of WRC, especially in the exceptional times of COVID-19. Shortening the events by one day has been one suggested solution. Here is an example how Rally Finland 2020 could have been made one day shorter.

WRC event in three days?

It has been proposed often, especially lately, that WRC events should be shortened to cut costs. How could it happen in practice and what different parties think about it? In this post we hear from the rally organizers, the drivers, the fans and others about their views on shortening the events from four to three […]

WRC History: Tour de Corse routes 1996-2019

In the latter part of the Tour de Corse route history we take a look at the modern versions of the Corsican WRC rally, although it wouldn’t be anymore true to its name. This part offers a good selection of onboard videos. Cover photo by Antoine Valentini / Flickr 1996-2008 At the end of April […]

WRC History: Tour de Corse Routes 1973-1995

Tour de Corse is the longest-living all-tarmac rally of the WRC history and one of the original WRC rallies from 1973. It’s called infamously the rally of 10 000 corners and in this blog post series we take a look at the roads which have contained them throughout the WRC years. In the first part […]

Fantasy Routes: Rally Finland Moksi Edition

A twitter discussion mentioned the amount of excellent rally roads in the Moksi region, which I have written earlier about. It was suggested you could arrange a whole WRC event in the area. Of course I had to take up the challenge!

Recognizing filming locations from rallying videos

As a route enthusiast I love recognizing filming locations from rallying videos. It’s become almost of a hobby of its own, especially with 1000 Lakes Rally videos. I cannot even just watch rallying videos anymore without doing this. Often I fast-forward through a long video just to see all the different filming locations. Here’s a […]

Fantasy Routes: WRC Carlisle Rally GB

Rally GB has has had its forest stages driven solely in Wales for the past 23 years. Would there be a way to arrange the British WRC round further in the North for some classic stages in Scotland, Lake District and last but not least – Kielder forest?

WRC History: RAC Rally 1985

RAC Rally 1985 has become legendary for being such a tough event. The route was longer than ever with conditions as treacherous as always, but the cars had taken giant leaps in terms of performance. As usual, no pace notes were allowed.