Route Preview: Croatia Rally 2021

Croatia Rally is a new tarmac event on the WRC calendar. Not much was known about its character before the recce videos, but it seems we’re in for mostly fast roads on worn tarmac, but also technical or smooth sections. There’s similarities to many previous established tarmac rallies, but also some unique features. Cover image […]

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 […]