Rally Finland Top 30 stages – Introduction
favourites, I have gathered data to make up the ranking. Before I start listing, this introductory post sheds some light on my rating system.
Read More Rally Finland Top 30 stages – IntroductionEverything about WRC special stages
favourites, I have gathered data to make up the ranking. Before I start listing, this introductory post sheds some light on my rating system.
Read More Rally Finland Top 30 stages – IntroductionRally Finland returns to its familiar summer slot and is again back in its full four-day format, both for the first time since 2019. The route has a new things like always, including three more or less surprising nice returns.
Read More Rally Finland 2022 Route revealedWe’ve seen lately quite often crews cruising through the early Sunday stages, saving their tyres to get maximum result on the power stage. This is not nice for the spectators, neither on the stages nor watching the footage at home. What could we do about it? Here’s some ideas that I have seen proposed, and the challenges they result in.
Read More What should be done for the Tyre Saving Sundays?The years 2011 – 2013 were saw the calendar becoming more persistent after two years of rotation. However, new experimental rules were again introduced and the event schedules were more free than before.
Read More WRC Calendar History XI: 2011-2013After a few low-snow rallies in Värmland, Sweden decided to relocate their event higher North, to Umeå, where snow should be guaranteed in February. Thus, it’s a new rally for everyone. The character of the roads is now slightly different – the straights are longer, narrow houseyards more frequent, forest paths smaller and spectator-designated sections fewer. The whole rally could have a very high average speed depending on the conditions. There’s little footage available but this preview still says something about each stage.
Read More Route Preview: Rally Sweden 2022This year Rallye Monte Carlo has relocated from Gap to Monaco, and all the stages are run relatively near the principality. This has resulted in dusting off many stages that haven’t been used in years, making them mostly new to the current drivers. The route is also likely slower and more technical than ever, as if the new cars wouldn’t pose enough of a challenge!
Read More Route Preview: Rallye Monte Carlo 2022It’s time to drive the blog into the Parc Ferme for a while. It grinds to a halt for a while, but it will get faster again.
Read More Parc Ferme timeSpain’s Rally Catalunya used to be known as the only mixed surface of the series from 2010 to 2019. However, mixed surface events are not allowed anymore so after one year off the Catalunya has returned in all tarmac format, like it was from 1993 to 2009. There’s a few new stages and sections to […]
Read More Route Preview: Rally Catalunya 2021Last year’s Rally Finland was another victim of COVID-19 cancellations. This year’s event also got postponed into October to make sure they can run the event with spectators. In turn it means we’ll get a unique darker and moister autumn rally. The route itself packs 287 stage kilometres and the shakedown compactly into two and […]
Read More Route Preview: Rally Finland 2021The decline of world economy near the end of the 00’s saw the teams disappearing and FIA responding with a shorter WRC calendar. At the same time, a number of events were rotated – some taking years off, some joining the new IRC series – allowing new countries to join in as well. Mixed surface […]
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