[4-Feb-12] SKODA Auto Deutschland has launched an all-out attack on the Intercontinental Rally Challenge in 2012 with a one-car entry for rising star Sepp Wiegand. Although the 21-year-old’s exact schedule of events is unconfirmed it is understood he will take part on 10 rounds in a SKODA Fabia Super 2000, similar to the one used by Juho Hanninen and Andreas Mikkelsen to land IRC title glory in 2010 and 2011 respectively. Wiegand, who has yet to...
Proton Rally Sweden Preview [5-Feb-12] Winning the FIA Asia-Pacific Rally Championship is about beating the best in 40-plus degrees Celsius on s...
SATA Rallye Acores gets own TV channel [4-Feb-12] Round one of the 2012 Intercontinental Rally Challenge, SATA Rallye Acores, now has its own channel on Yo...
Ford targets six of the best [3-Feb-12] Ford World Rally Team’s Nordic drivers will aim to extend the squad’s winning grip at the Swedish Rally (...
Al Attiyah's first start with Citroen [3-Feb-12] Winner of the 2011 Dakar Rally and P-WRC Champion in 2006, Nasser Al-Attiyah is set to take part in his f...
A rally best served chilled... [3-Feb-12] After the 2012 season kicked off in style at Rallye Monte-Carlo, the World Rally Championship moves on t...
Rally Canarias stars at FITUR trade fair [2-Feb-12] The Intercontinental Rally Challenge was promoted to a new audience in Spain last month when Rally Islas ...
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It was the same dilemma as Ford had with the group A Sierras. Read more in that chapter. The two Sierra versions were basically one with a turbo engine and one with 4x4, when it was the combination of both that was needed. It is an easy to work out fact that on gravel a powerful turbo RWD should still cope better than a low torque, non-turbo, heavy 4x4 would cope on asphalt. As the group N cars were more attractive to privateer drivers than works drivers, the cars were hugely unlikely to be run exclusively at WRC level. Nor are privateers likely to buy t...
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