Monthly Archives: May 2018

WRC A FULL 2018 EVANS BACK IN BUSINESS IN PORTUGAL PODIUM POSITION.     EVANS BACK IN BUSINESS IN PORTUGAL PODIUM POSITION M-Sport Ford World Rally Team’s Elfyn Evans and Daniel Barritt are back in business – their EcoBoost-powered Ford Fiesta WRC currently holding second position at Vodafone Rally de Portugal. With Teemu Suninen and Mikko Markkula in fourth place, the team are on course for another positive result. There was however less good news for World Champions Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia – an impressive performance through the morning stages going unrewarded…Read more

WRC A FULL 2018 A TOUGH FRIDAY FOR TOYOTA IN PORTUGAL.     Rally Portugal: Day 2 A tough Friday for Toyota in Portugal The TOYOTA GAZOO Racing World Rally Team experienced a tough first full day on Rally Portugal, which proved to be day of attrition among all the teams. While Ott Tänak and Jari-Matti Latvala were forced to stop during the morning after impacts damaged their cars, Esapekka Lappi made his way up the leaderboard during the afternoon to complete the day in fifth overall. Car 9 (Esapekka Lappi, Janne Ferm)…Read more

WRC 2 A FULL 2018 RALLY PORTUGAL: ŠKODA DRIVERS PONTUS TIDEMAND AND JUUSO NORDGREN DELAYED BY PUNCTURES.     RALLY PORTUGAL: ŠKODA DRIVERS PONTUS TIDEMAND AND JUUSO NORDGREN DELAYED BY PUNCTURES › With their ŠKODA FABIA R5 collecting two punctures last year’s winners and WRC 2 Champions Pontus Tidemand /Jonas Andersson dropped to fifth in WRC 2 category › ŠKODA Junior Team Juuso Nordgren/Tapio Suominen suffered two punctures as well and are currently in ninth place on the WRC 2 leader board › ŠKODA Motorsport boss Michal Hrabánek: “Pontus and Juuso had really…Read more

ERC A FULL 2018 THE 6th RALLY DI ROMA CAPITALE WILL START WITH THE SPECTACULAR STAGE ACI ROMA ARENA.     The July appointment will start from the capital town of Italy where is provided the famous first stage with two cars racing at the same time one against the other in front of what is called the squared Coliseum in the area of EUR. The race will then move for two days in the area of Frosinone and on the Simbruini Mountains. The final arrival will be at Ostia Lido. Three super…Read more

WRC A FULL 2018 TOYOTA TAKES AN EARLY LEAD IN PORTUGAL.     Rally Portugal: Day 1 Toyota takes an early lead in Portugal Rally Portugal kicked off this evening for the TOYOTA GAZOO Racing World Rally Team with a 3.36-kilometre super special stage at the Lousada rallycross circuit, where Ott Tänak posted the fastest time to take an early lead of the event. Car 8 (Ott Tänak, Martin Järveoja) The first competitive stage followed this morning's shakedown, held over a 4.6-kilometre route. Jari-Matti Latvala was fastest overall, with both Esapekka Lappi and…Read more

WRC 2 A FULL 2018 PORTUGAL RALLY: A GOOD START FOR MOTORSPORT ITALIA.     Mexican driver Guerra was fourth, Andolfi took care himself It’s started Portugal Rally. In the thursday’s evening there was the Lousada Special Stage (km 3,360). Two the Motorsport Italia’s crews running up, both scheduled in WRC2. The mexican Benito Guerra junior, with spanish Borja Rosada as codriver, has signed the fourth time with 2’41”6 special stage time, behind the best time of swedish driver, Pontus Tidemand (2’40”5). The italian crew Fabio Andolfi and Simone Scattolin has signed the…Read more

WRC A FULL 2018   UN SHAKEDOWN INSTRUCTIVO PARA EL CITROËN TOTAL ABU DHABI WRT.     Rally de Portugal (18-20 de mayo 2018) – Shakedown UN SHAKEDOWN INSTRUCTIVO PARA EL CITROËN TOTAL ABU DHABI WRT Cuarto, undécimo y decimotercero respectivamente, Kris Meeke–Paul Nagle, Mads Ostberg–Torstein Eriksen y Craig Breen–Scott Martin, aprovecharon el shakedown para probar diferentes opciones de reglajes en sus C3 WRC Con la intensidad de la pelea que reina hoy en día en el WRC, los equipos aprovechan cada kilómetro recorrido para mejorar sus coches y el shakedown tampoco se…Read more

WRC A FULL 2018 AN ENLIGHTENING SHAKEDOWN FOR CITROËN TOTAL ABU DHABI WRT.     Kris Meeke – Paul Nagle, Mads Østberg – Torstein Eriksen and Craig Breen – Scott Martin finished fourth, eleventh and thirteenth respectively at today's shakedown, using the final practice session to tun through various set-up options on their C3 WRCs. The WRC is an incredibly closely-contested championship these days, with the teams using every kilometre driven to optimise their cars and the shakedown is no exception to this rule. Today's 4.6km stage provided Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT…Read more

WRC A FULL 2018 THE MICHELIN LTX FORCE H4 AND S5 PROMISE TO PLAY STRATEGIC ROLES AT SEASON’S FIRST EUROPEAN GRAVEL ROUND.     The MICHELIN LTX Force H4 and S5 promise to play strategic roles at season’s first European gravel round The Rally de Portugal was a fixture of the inaugural FIA World Rally Championship in 1973 and, after a brief spell off the calendar from 2001 to 2006, it returned to the sport’s premier class in 2007 with a new-look event in the country’s southern Algarve region. In 2015, the Portuguese…Read more

WRC 2 A FULL 2018 200 ŠKODA FABIA R5 SOLD TO CUSTOMERS WORLDWIDE, ŠKODA CREWS SUCCESSFUL AROUND THE GLOBE.     200 ŠKODA FABIA R5 SOLD TO CUSTOMERS WORLDWIDE, ŠKODA CREWS SUCCESSFUL AROUND THE GLOBE › ŠKODA FABIA R5 is the most successful motorsport car in the history of ŠKODA AUTO  › Car number 200 delivered to ŠKODA customer team SRT from Latvia › 89 private ŠKODA teams of 30 countries achieved 414 victories and won 14 national titles in 2017 alone with the ŠKODA FABIA R5 › During the 2018 season ŠKODA…Read more