First year of It Gets Faster Now!

It’s now exactly 12 months since I got the idea of putting up a blog about special stages. What has happened during that time?

Virtual chicane dilemma

For the 2019 season, the Finnish ASN allows “virtual chicanes” to be used instead of traditional obstacles placed onto the routes. What kind of an idea is this?

The return of the Safari

The legendary Safari Rally is on a mission to return to WRC for 2020. But it won’t be Safari as we know it

Short or Long WRC rallies? Why not have both?

The discussion about the lengths of WRC rallies have remained fiery for weeks. The bosses want to cut rallies shorter and the fans want to make them longer. Maybe we could have both?

Differences between the 2017 WRC rallies

How long shall we allow it that the events dictate the format? We have experience to give freedom to the organiser to come with their strengths and do the rally as they would like it. But I have to say we have failed. In some cases it works, in some cases it doesn’t work. A […]

Future of the WRC Format

In a recent interview the FIA rally director Jarmo Mahonen gives out some opinions on the current format of WRC rallying and its future. Some things that he said have caused a rage on social media and forums. Let’s look closer at what he actually said.