Wales Rally GB 2012 – return of the Celtic Tiger!
Britain’s round of the 2012 World Rally Championship (WRC), the Wales Rally GB, will be held this year from the 13 – 16 September and will include an all new…
Jost Capito is new Volkswagen Motorsport Director
Jost Capito has assumed the role of Motorsport Director. Dr Ulrich Hackenberg, Member of the Board of Management of the Volkswagen Brand for Development, officially welcomed the 53-year-old on Wednesday…
Ford’s 150 WRC points finishes by numbers
Ford created history this past weekend by becoming the first manufacturer to score 150 consecutive points finishes in the FIA World Rally Championship. Sixth place for Petter Solberg and Chris…
Petter Solberg to star at Rallyday 2012
Rallyday is thrilled to announce that 2003 World Rally Champion Petter Solberg will make his very first appearance at the UK’s Premier Rally Car Show at Castle Combe Circuit this…
Download, download, download!
Welcome to issue 229 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/2012/04/hh-229.pdf As always, please enjoy this week’s…
Volkswagen team is in for real endurance test in Argentina
Three times Volkswagen won the Dakar Rally and three times the victorious racers were crowned as winners in the Argentine capital of Buenos Aires. Now the Volkswagen team is returning…
Ford taps Sordo to replace injured Latvala at Rally Argentina
Ford World Rally Team has finalised an agreement for Dani Sordo and Carlos del Barrio to drive for the squad in next week’s Rally Argentina. The Spanish duo will replace…
Ostberg enters Rally Talsi in Group N Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X
On 12th and 13th May in the Talsi region of Latvia, the Rally of Champions will be held, which for the fourth year will gather rally champions from different countries…
H&H’s WRC news and views!
Written by Evan Rothman/Handbrakes & Hairpins. The World Rally Championship (WRC) is a massive news machine. Moving from country to country, continent to continent, it attracts the attention not only…