Botterill and Vacy-Lyle take the lead in the SA Rally Championship Very few South African fans knew exactly what to expect from the new R4 class on the local rally scene and with a little bit more sense the combination of classes now make – many of us hoped that the S2000 would be […]
JACO VAN DYK AND KIDS – UPDATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON 19/07 One of my contacts Michael Barnard has spoken to Jaco on his cell phone today and could find out how Jaco is handling this very serious event. From the phone call one could only conclude that he was still very brave about it, but the […]
Carlos Sainz crowned The Greatest WRC Driver Carlos Sainz has been crowned The Greatest WRC Driver of all time in a poll of fans and expert journalists on the FIA World Rally Championship’s official website. The double world champion, from Spain, defeated Sébastien Loeb in the head-to-head final. Sainz claimed 57.28 per cent of […]
Fanatec announced as new official partner for WRC eSports German company boasts strong motorsport portfolio Development underway on rally products for WRC gamers Fanatec backs WRC’s virtual challenge in Rally Argentina classic WRC Promoter has completed a multi-year agreement with sim racing hardware experts Fanatec to become the official partner of the […]
THE SAD PART OF FRIENDSHIP Some one asked this morning, “When is this going to stop?” after I told him of the passing of one of our stalward members at PMC – Alex Costa – one of the best story tellers, passionate rallyist and one of the Tie-brigade. Always wore his tie when driving a […]
If I say I was not slightly worried when I first had a look at the completely revamped Toyota Yaris Theuns Joubert acquired – I will be lying. The car looked great – but we were supposed to get it set-up for a tar event the following day and it looked high and it sure […]
The FIA Rally Star project brings good news. If you’re between 17 and 25 and pretty sharp on DiRT, your virtual moment could be about to get real thanks to the FIA’s all-new Rally Star initiative. World motorsport’s governing body is chasing the next generation of talent to take them from grass roots right through […]
MSA seems all bright eyed and bushy tailed after obtaining what we hear is an interim order against Steve Wyndham. The press release they sent out appears below. From what one can read in this release neither MSA nor one single one of the six applicants for the interdict (they were not mentioned in the […]
RallyRACC Catalunya – Rally de España Three days, seventeen special stages, three hundred and twenty five comma 56 Spanish stage kilometres and some serious luck, and then maybe lucky for him, Rally Australia stands between Ott Tänak and his maiden WRC title. Everything where a winner or champion is crowned has a Fat Lady […]
This is worth a look. Dieter Zetsche the former CEO of Mercedes retired a day or so ago. BMW send him and the world this very funny message.