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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.
Read More WRC event in three days – case Rally Finland 2020It 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 […]
Read More WRC event in three days?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 […]
Read More WRC History: Tour de Corse routes 1996-2019Tour 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 […]
Read More WRC History: Tour de Corse Routes 1973-1995A 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!
Read More Fantasy Routes: Rally Finland Moksi EditionAs 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 […]
Read More Recognizing filming locations from rallying videosRally 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?
Read More Fantasy Routes: WRC Carlisle Rally GBRAC 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.
Read More WRC History: RAC Rally 1985The 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.
Read More Rally Finland Route History: Stats ExtraRally Finland celebrates its 70th anniversary this year. The route represents stages from each era. This blog post introduces the route briefly.
Read More Rally Finland 2020 Route revealed