Everything about WRC special stages
2020 marks the 70th anniversary of the Finnish WRC event. On such anniversaries it has been a tradition to add classic stages from the past. We should expect to see some historic touches on next year’s route as well, but which classic stages would suit the current cars and how should they be modified?
Read More Which classic stages will we see in Rally Finland 2020?Rally Turkey is the slowest and roughest event of the WRC season. Last year the rally returned onto the calendar in a new location. For this year the route is only slightly tweaked. Rally Turkey has featured in three locations during its WRC history. The rough and slow events from 2003 to 2008 were driven […]
Read More Route Preview: Rally Turkey 2019Rally 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 2019