BREAKING NEWS: Wilson’s livery for Wales Rally GB revealed!
Making a welcome return to the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) on his home event at this week’s Wales Rally GB, Matthew Wilson’s M-Sport Ford World Rally Team Ford Fiesta…
Habig and Durant start testing the Ford Fiesta RS WRC
“Exhilarating!” That is the word Jan Habig used to express his first encounter with the new WRC spec Ford Fiesta today in Wales. Habig will compete in the Wales Rally…
Wales Rally GB pays tribute to shining star
The organisers of Wales Rally GB, the British round of the FIA World Rally Championship, have announced plans to commemorate the late Gareth Roberts, an extremely talented young co-driver from…
Your insight into the world of rallying, #248
Welcome to issue 248 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/2012/09/hh-248.pdf As always, please enjoy this week’s…
Petter Solberg’s stage record in Ouninpohja still stands
In 2004, Petter Solberg and then co-driver Phil Mills took to Ouninpohja stage of the WRC’s Neste Oil Rally Finland in their Subaru Impreza WRC. They set the fastest overall…
Habig joins M-Sport for Wales Rally GB
M-Sport Ford World Rally Team is pleased to announce that a fourth driver will compete for the team at Wales Rally GB with South African Jan Habig joining regular points…
Harry Hunt set to drive S2000 in extended 2012 rally schedule
Harry Hunt will take the next step in his international rallying career when he contests the upcoming Rallye Mont-Blanc and Rallye Sanremo in a Peugeot 207 S2000. The London-based rally…
Loeb teaches the WRC Academy a thing or two
The FIA WRC Academy crews met with nine-time Rallye Deutschland winner Sébastien Loeb as the Citroën Total World Rally Team driver imparted his knowledge and experience ahead of the first…
Your insight into the world of rallying, part #247
Welcome to issue 247 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/2012/08/hh-2471.pdf As always, please enjoy this week’s…
Quick, quicker, quickest: Tanak, Neuville and Novikov and Ostberg
The sport’s “next big thing” is an all-too-familiar phrase nowadays. We’ve all read the reports, seen the interviews and the exciting clips on YouTube, and maybe even bought the Fan…