Everything about WRC special stages
Rally Deutschland is a tarmac rally with many unique characters. It’s often called “three rallies in one”, but is it really? Meanwhile, the route has changed only slightly from last year. Let’s take a closer look. Rally Deutschland is based at the lake Bostalsee, Western Germany. It is one of the youngest WRC events, having […]
Read More Route Preview: Rally Deutschland 2019Rally Finland is the fastest event of the season by a clear margin. Last year the route was heavily updated to be less outrageously fast and this year relies mostly on those updates.
Read More Route Preview: Rally Finland 2019Rally d’Italia Sardegna is the roughest European rally of the current calender. It will present a dusty and sandy challenge for the drivers on narrow gravel roads. Almost all stages have remained from last year, but most of them have been tweaked slightly. Rally d’Italia Sardegna is one of the younger generation rallies on the […]
Read More Route Preview: Rally d’Italia Sardegna 2019Rally Portugal is one of the classic gravel rallies of the WRC calendar. For this year it has dusted off some classic stage material not used in decades. The Portuguese WRC event is based in the city of Matosinhos, near Porto on the North-West Atlantic coast of the country. However, the ceremonial start is in the […]
Read More Route Preview: Rally Portugal 2019Chile is a new addition for the 2019 season. Although it is located near Argentina and the rallies are paired together, the roads are quite different. Better comparisons can be actually found from other continents. Chile is actually the first new country to host a WRC event since Bulgaria in 2010. The rally is based […]
Read More Route Preview: Rally Chile 2019Rally Argentina is about rough gravel roads, water splashes and possibly even fog. For this year the route remains almost unchanged from last year, but let’s see how the stages are like in detail.
Read More Route Preview: Rally Argentina 2019Virtual chicanes could be taken into use on various national levels soon, maybe even on WRC events. This has already raised concerns for local farmers whose business is largely depending on hay bale construction for chicanes.
Read More April Fools 2019: Virtual chicanes damage farming businessThe first proper tarmac rally of the season offers again countless corners and long stages. For this year, once again, much of the route is new to the drivers. If Rally Sweden keeps its route stubbornly unchanged, Tour de Corse is the opposite, changing its route from year to year. There’s plenty to choose from […]
Read More Route Preview: Tour de Corse 2019WRC rallies used to be longer and different to each other, whereas today they are short and quite similar in format. How much do the regulations limit the routes? Let’s take a look at the current rule book.
Read More WRC itineraries by the rule bookThe route of Rally Finland 2019 has been constructed for months in secrecy and today it is finally revealed to the public. This year’s route is quite similar to last year, like expected, but some things have been changed.
Read More Rally Finland 2019 Route revealed