Issue 172 – Free Download
Welcome to issue 172 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/2011/03/hh-172.pdf As always, please enjoy this week’s…
Video: Van Merksteijn Testing DS3 WRC
Peter van Merksteijn Jr testing the Citroen DS3 WRC on gravel, in the Vosges region of France, prior to Rally de Portugal. Video courtesy of www.planetemarcus.com. After the test, Van…
FERM World Rally Team rises to great heights in Mexico
This week the FERM World Rally Team will change from minus 28 degrees Celsius in Sweden to the heat of 28 degrees in Mexico, the second round of the FIA…
Petter Solberg ready for Mexico
From the snow and ice in Sweden, the WRC have travelled to the sunny and warm Mexico. We are ready for the round two of the 2011 WRC. Petter Solberg…
Geneva showgoers to preview MINI WRC Rally Team
On Tuesday, the 81st International Geneva Motor Show (CH) provided the stage for MINI to unveil the MINI John Cooper Works S2000 – the latest milestone on the road to…
Russia’s Novikov set to join Stobart in Mexico
The M-Sport Stobart Ford World Rally Team will welcome Russia’s Evgeny Novikov, the youngest ever driver to set a fastest WRC stage time, into their Cumbrian-based squad for next week’s…
Munchi’s Ford prepared for WRC comeback in Mexico
The Munchi’s Ford World Rally Team will make their comeback to the FIA World Rally Championship for the fifth consecutive year at next week’s Rally Mexico. Nine-time Argentine Rally Champion,…
Victorious Fiesta swaps Swedish freezer for Mexican furnace
The extremes of climate and terrain that Ford’s new Fiesta RS World Rally Car must master in its quest for FIA World Rally Championship success will be highlighted at Rally…
Fiesta S2000 crews set to fight for Mexican glory
M-Sport’s new generation rally car – the Ford Fiesta S2000 – had a dream start in 2010 after it won the legendary Monte Carlo Rally on its debut event and…