Kimi moves to Nascar
With this headline breaking on 01 April, I wasn’t sure if this news was just another April Fools’ gag or not. Yet, pictures, press releases and videos have emerged since…
Handbrakes & Hairpins – Issue 177
Welcome to issue 177 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/2011/04/hh-177.pdf As always, please enjoy this week’s…
Electric rally cars to tackle e-miglia
125 years of the automobile, and where has it gotten us? Almost one billion vehicles worldwide, an enormous economic factor, and high individual mobility. The vehicles however require fossil fuels…
Miguel Baldoni shines in Volkswagen Gol Trend in Argentina
In the recent round of the Argentine Rally Championship, WRC Academy sensation Miguel Baldoni competed in a Volkswagen Gol Trend. This machine runs S2000 specification, and as Handbrakes & Hairpins…
FUNNY: Norwegian Rally Taxi (VIDEO)
Video uploaded to YouTube by verdensraskesteby.
Sebastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia pay tribute to “Handbrakes & Hairpins” at WRC Rally de Portugal (VIDEO)
Video uploaded by aderitofiliperamos to YouTube.
Sugarcane shenanigans: Rautenbach sweeps to win
After a lay-off of nearly five months, rally crews took to the first round of the South African Rally Championship this past weekend to tackle the 14 testing stages of…
Ogier masters mayhem in Portugal to win
A sense of humour should be a prerequisite for all drivers and co-drivers in the World Rally Championship. In fact, it should be a requirement for all involved in this…
Blue Oval makes teams green with envy
What would one call a “dominant” performance in a rally? A leader charging off into the sunset is one such way, another would be when a team romps home with…
BREAKING NEWS: WRC embraces greener future
With the world of rallying enjoying significant gains in popularity in recent seasons, the FIA, the sport’s governing body, announced on 01 April plans to change add another dimension to…