Rally – FiA Stalls WRC Calendar
The FiA World Motor Sport Council met today with a number of issues on the agenda. One such item, was the 2011 WRC calendar that has been put forth by North One Sport. The calendar that was purposed has been under wraps and had a large amount of buzz surrounding it as we reported about a month ago. The FiA however has stalled the calendar in a very typical FiA fashion. The motorsport governing body asked North One Sport to further consider the calendar.... [Read More...]
Rally – Corona Mexico Review
So ends the first proper gravel test of the year, and what a rally it turned out to be in Mexico! The clear favorites going into this weekend had to be Mikko Hirvonen and the BP Ford team, however it was not to be as the Citroens would prove to be too much. Day 1 was exciting as Petter Solberg would set a dominant pace all day long. Sebastian Ogier would run a clean and consistent second as the two factory Citroen efforts would take the third and... [Read More...]
Rally – SWRC/PWRC Day 1 Review
Rally – Quirky Mexico Shakedown
Round 2 of the WRC campaign kicked off today with the shakedown stage and a number of cars would not make it back to service without a battle wound courtesy a water bridge. Petter Solberg would claim the fastest time in the shakedown with a 2:51.7. It would appear as though the gremlins that haunted the Norwegian during Rally Sweden would allow him to enjoy at least one day of the event. Both Petter Solberg and Dani Sordo would suffer damage to... [Read More...]
Rally – Sweden Footage
Rally – Could Gronholm Compete Again in 2010?
The opening round of the WRC saw one of its past champions come back to contest one of his favorite rallies. Things did not go Marcus Gronholm’s way however. The two time champion had electrical problems as well as a puncture that resulted in his 21st place finish. However, team owner Mattias Therman says he would be happy to have Marcus in the car again this year. Marcus has since retired from the WRC with two world championships and participated... [Read More...]
Rally – WRC Odd Couple?
There are a number of odd couple scenarios that we can see this season already in the WRC. Raikkonen and Ogier, Ken Block and M-Sport are just a couple that come to mind. Today it was announced that Monster Energy and Stobart will now join forces. Starting this weekend in Sweden, both Monster and Stobart will grace the cars of Ken Block and UK driver Matthew Wilson. Stobart, a UK based logistics firm, has been the primary sponsor of the M-Sport satellite... [Read More...]
Rally – Hirvonen Takes Sweden
Mikko Hirvonen has started off his 2010 campaign in style as he has won the Rally of Sweden. The Finn defeated Sebastian Loeb by a margin of around 42 secs. The battle raged in the morning stages as Sebastian Loeb took an early lead. However, a differential change at the mid day service park saw Mikko surge ahead of his title rival. Once ahead, the Ford number one began to pull away until Sebastian threw in the towel and Hirvonen was able to take... [Read More...]
Rally – Hirvonen Leads After Day 1
The WRC and Rally Sweden are now officially go and the first day has ended with the factory Ford of Mikko Hirvonen in the lead. The day started with Sordo and Ogier in the first and second position, but that was short lived as the rally ventured out into the proper stages. The Citroen duo attacked early and were able to claim the lead with Sebastian Loeb. Dani Sordo and Mikko Hirvonen were engaged in a battle for most of the morning, with the Finn... [Read More...]
Rally – Sweden Preview
Tonight’s spectator super special will kick off Rally Sweden and the 2010 WRC campaign. Here is a preview of what to expect from the one snow rally of the year. The rally was last run in 2008 with Jari-Matti Latvala taking the victory. This time over half the stages have changed and Latvala’s mission objectives have changed as well. Mikko Hirvonen was runner up in 2008 as he now begins his title bid in an attempt to capture his first ever... [Read More...]
