WRC Season 2022 wrap-up

The first year of Rally1 cars is over and it’s time to look at stats and analyze the stages. We saw some record-breaking fast and slow moments, as well as interesting new events, but sadly also lots of cancelled stages.

2023 WRC Calendar Thoughts

The 2023 WRC calendar was finally published in late November, already after the 2022 season had ended. There’s only a few changes and we could say it’s now back to usual after a couple of exceptional years. And once again the calendar is 13 events long instead of 14.

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!

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 […]

WRC season 2019 review

The 2019 season introduced a new rally, but a whole round was cancelled along many individual stages. Some events remained as they were, while a few revamped their routes. Stages kept becoming shorter, whereas speeds became sometimes faster, sometimes slower. Cover photo by Richard Simpson / Flickr (C).

2018 WRC Season Wrap-up

It’s a good time to reflect on the past season and look a bit into the statistics of the 2018 WRC stages. What were the longest or fastest rallies or stages and how did they differ between each other? What were the most memorable or creative solutions? Cover image by Kyn Chung By the numbers […]

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 […]