WRC Calendar History II: 1974-1978

The World Rally Championship didn’t start in easy times. Already on its second year, it was in the middle of a worldwide crisis. After that the calendar seemed to be in constantly changing state as the series was looking for suitable events. The longest events in the history of the series are found from this […]

WRC Calendar History I: 1973

This is the beginning of an article series where we go through the history of the WRC from the viewpoint of the routes and seasonal calendars. There won’t be many mentions of cars, drivers or winners, but plenty of geography, kilometer numbers and rule changes. To kickstart the series, we look at the inaugural WRC […]

Checking my estimate of Arctic Rally Finland pace

The first ever Arctic Rally Finland just ended. Before the rally I posted my estimate of the average speed of each stage (and through that, the whole event). Let’s see how that turned out. Cover Image by Taneli Niinimäki / AKK The original post Estimating the pace of Arctic Rally Finland Stage times Stage Length […]

Estimating the pace of Arctic Rally Finland 2021

Arctic Rally Finland is a completely new event for the WRC. The stages are driven in different configuration than on the national event, which is primarily contested with Rally2 cars. Can we use some mathematics to estimate how fast the upcoming event will be? Cover image by Taneli Niinimäki / AKK Rally2 vs WRC Valtteri […]

Route Preview: WRC Arctic Rally 2021

Rally Sweden’s canceling because of COVID-19 led to the WRC Promoter asking Finland to arrange a replacement. In the end, a version of the traditional Arctic Lapland Rally was put together quickly. The route packs 250 stage kilometres into three days and 10 stages, meaning longer stages for a change. This represents the challenge of Arctic Lapland Rally, long winter stages in the desert. The stages are predominantly fast, making this one of the fastest rallies of the season if not the fastest.

WRC Calendar 2021

The WRC calendar of 2021 looks again quite different than before with lots of tarmac rallies and European events. This could actually be the fastest WRC season ever. Read this post to find out why!

Route Preview: Rallye Monte Carlo 2021

It seems 2021 continues where 2020 left off. Monte Carlo is run without spectators and the route is compromised. In addition, the Turini stages had to be exchanged because they were damaged in a storm. Cover photo by Richard Simpson / Flickr (C) The route hasn’t been published except for WRC+’s preview clip. This blog […]

New Special Stage Rules for 2021

The 2021 FIA Sporting Regulations for WRC were published. There’s a couple of new rules related to special stages. Let’s take a closer look at them. 2021 FIA WRC Sporting Regulations | Cover image by Kyn Wai Chung / Flickr 10.1.5 NUMBER OF SPECIAL STAGES BETWEEN SERVICESThe construction of any itinerary that contains any more […]

2020 WRC Season Review

The 2020 season became exceptional in many ways. Many rallies were cancelled, leading in the championship having only half of the rallies it was planned to have. The routes were also shortened for various reasons. Meanwhike, two events made their WRC debuts. Cover image by Richard Simpson (C) Calendar shuffle It feels unnecessary to explain […]

Route Preview: Monza Rally 2020

Monza rally was added to be the closing round of the WRC at the last minute, making it two Italian rounds to end the COVID-19-stricken 2020 season. The event was upgraded from Monza Rally Show with the addition of mountain stages in Lombardy. The main character of the Monza stages have remained with a fresh […]