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.

Rally Finland Route History: Stats Extra

The route history series has finished, but there are still some interesting statistics left which correspond over the whole history. Which stages were most often the first stage of the Finnish WRC event? Which stage is used most often? Here you can find the answers.

Rally Finland 2020 Route revealed

Rally Finland celebrates its 70th anniversary this year. The route represents stages from each era. This blog post introduces the route briefly.

Route Preview: Rally Mexico 2020

In Rally Mexico the challenges include power-eating high altitude and loose gravel for the first cars on the road. In addition, there are always numerous super special stages. This year’s route seems slightly faster than the previous ones.

Rally Sweden 2020 route altered

The lack of snow and ice has forced the organizers of Rally Sweden to come up with a reduced route. This post introduces it and sums up why this happened, and why can’t they run on the stages without snow.