FINLAND: Are you excited yet?
The awe-inspiring WRC Neste Oil Rally Finland runs next weekend, and this the spiritual home of rallying, will see the WRC legends go head-to-head once more in 2012. Here’s a…
World’s first RHD WRC to debut in Ireland
Prodrive has built the world’s first new generation right hand drive (RHD) World Rally car. The new MINI John Cooper Works WRC will be driven by Derek McGeechan at the…
FIA WRC Academy Prize: Which path would you choose?
2013 will see the WRC Academy champion further integrated into the Ford ‘family’ with the opportunity to advance their career in the World Rally Championship (WRC) behind the wheel of…
Your insight into the world of rallying!
Welcome to issue 241 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/2012/07/hh-241.pdf. As always, please enjoy this week’s…
Singing in the Rain with Ashley Haigh-Smith
Rallying in a forest on fast gravel roads defines what rallying is for me. The Volkswagen Rally, the fourth round of the South African Rally Championship took place in the…
Rockstar Energy Drink Rally Team wins third consecutive New England Forest Rally
Newry, ME (July 15, 2012) – The Rockstar Energy Drink Rally Team of Antoine L’Estage from St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec and co-driver Nathalie Richard from Halifax, Nova Scotia won their third consecutive…
Craig Breen: ‘Time’ to grasp the ‘Future’
On that faithful morning as ‘time’ ticked by to start the opening Saturday stage, Rally Targa Florio Sicily, no one could fore-tell what would transpire 8 km’s up the road.…
Sousa pleased with Lotus progress
Bernardo Sousa says the Lotus Exige R-GT’s first public outing as a course car on the Geko Ypres Rally last month marked an important step in the car’s ongoing development.…
Volkswagen Rally in pixels
The Volkswagen Rally, Round Four of the South African Rally Championship, will long be remembered as the wettest event in the Championship’s history in decades. Mud, rain and cold did…
Good news for Patrik Sandell
Patrik Sandell and his co-driver Maria Andersson will run the hole season in the Chinese Championship, starting next week! The investment in China will be done in parallel with WRC…