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The date for the 2017 Wales Rally GB – 26-29 October – has been officially ratified by the World Motor Sport Council. As in 2016 Britain will host the penultimate fixture of a 13-round FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) opening in Monte Carlo in January and culminating in Australia during November. After many seasons as the […]
The MSA British Rally Championship (BRC) will return to terrestrial TV screens this year after concluding a deal with Channel 4 to cover the seven-round series. The country’s premier rally championship, which begins in March, will also be shown on BT Sport as part of a new broadcast package that will ensure that the high […]
Harnessing its technological expertise and galvanised by Yves Matton’s successes in the WRC and WTCC, the engineers at DS Performance have developed the entire drivetrain of the DSV-01 (The DS Virgin Racing Formula E car), including the electric motor and gearbox. DS Performance has also designed its cooling system, rear suspension and transmission. The motor […]
Rob Wilson is possibly one of the most important players in Formula One racing that you’ve never heard of. Based at Bruntingthorpe Proving Ground in South Leicestershire, Rob is instrumental in carving split seconds from the lap times of at least 12 drivers on the current grid, and his key training weapon is… a standard […]
Sebastien Loeb has stated that, despite a recent win at the Rallye Monte Carlo, he will not be returning to the WRC and his retirement is complete. Loeb stated about the 2012 Rallye De France Alsace: “And what else could I pick for my final choice other this very special moment?! This was my last […]
The past few years have really, really been tough on the motorist. We’ve been hit with some of the hardest fuel hikes we’ve seen in a long time as well as with rising car tax and the ever increasing congestion on our roads. But it’s not all bad – is it? Of course not. Here’s […]
The World Rally Championship is currently seeing a renaissance in both the cars that are running (super aggressive super minis anyone?) and and overall popularity. Volkswagen is not a manufacturer to miss out and has prepared a Polo R WRC car, which should be sitting on the starting line some time in 2013. The test […]
Sometimes, you’ll just think “Damn, I want his/her job!”. This video demonstrates this thought particularly well as Henry Catchpole of EVO drives the frankly incredible MINI Countryman WRC car. Just look at that thing drift! I’m not sure of the colour scheme but other than that it looks like one hell of a ride.
Sometimes, you just need to see a proper bit of machinery go incredibly quickly down a rutted dirt track. Nothing sums that up better than the WRC and this video from last year shows off the talent of the Citroen DS3 rally car. Enjoy!
Just look at that thing in action! Sebastien Loeb as usual makes it look easy as pie to drive like an absolute god on the most loose surfaces in the world at terrifying speed – whilst the rest of us who know the level of talent it requires simply look on in awe. This new […]