Molly ready to rock Wales
Posting some top times in a recent event has Australian rally driver Molly Taylor quietly confident of a strong result in the final round of the WRC Academy. Wales Rally…
R.I.P.: Spotti Woodhead
Passionate, enthusiastic and wonderfully insightful: Spotti Woodhead was a rallying encyclopaedia and an institution in this sport. On Saturday, Woodhead passed away, leaving his wife Giselle and many friends. Woodhead…
Read all the week’s top news here: H&H 208!
Welcome to issue 208 of HANDBRAKES & HAIRPINS, your favourite free source of rally entertainment! To download this week’s issue, please click here: http://handbrakeshairpins.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/hh-2081.pdf As always, please enjoy this week’s…
Mikkelsen wins in Cyprus to claim IRC title
Andreas Mikkelsen has become the youngest driver to win the Intercontinental Rally Challenge (IRC) after claiming victory on the season-closing Cyprus Rally. Amid emotional scenes captured live on Eurosport, Mikkeslen…
Croft Circuit revved up for spectacular R.A.C. rally action
The countdown is well and truly under way… there are now just five weeks to go (Saturday 3 December) before the Croft Circuit in North Yorkshire hosts a stage of…
Volkswagen’s WRC video star
On the first test day Dr Ulrich Hackenberg and Carlos Sainz, both with co-driver Timo Gottschalk (Rheinsberg, Germany) at their side, drove about 100 kilometres on the 2.8-kilometre tarmac circuit.…
Volkswagen’s Polo R WRC takes it first tentative steps
Volkswagen has successfully started the tests with the new Polo R WRC. Dr Ulrich Hackenberg, Member of the Volkswagen Board of Management for Technology, and the two-time World Rally Champion…
Like pretty cars? Here’s one that’s also wickedly fast!
Here is an EXCLUSIVE photo gallery of the new Volkswagen Polo R WRC in testing. The man behind the wheel in most of these action photos is none other than…
Through the paces
The breathtaking dunes on the skeleton coast south of Walvis Bay in Namibia was home to the Imperial Toyota Off Road Racing team yesterday, during their preparations for the 2012…
2012 WRC Academy draft calendar released
The draft calendar of the 2012 FIA WRC Academy Cup has been released today and will feature six European rounds of the 2012 WRC Calendar. The events the WRC Academy…