Posts Tagged ‘WRC’

Mini Countryman WRC Live From Monaco

Saturday, February 5, 2011 17:16 by No Comments
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Mini brought out the new Countryman WRC car for the first time in Monaco along with the legendary Mini of 1960, at the Monte Carlo Historic Rally so the finished version of the race car sees the sunlight for the first time. Read More… Present at the event were Kris Meeke (GB) and Dani Sordo (ES), the [...]

Posted under category: Mini, Motorsport Tags: Mini, Mini Countryman, WRC

Citroen DS3 WRC Debuts In Rally Sweden

Monday, January 24, 2011 17:22 by No Comments
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Next month at the Swedish Rally Citroen Racing will present their third World Rally car. It’s the new DS3 WRC powered by a 1.6-litre turbocharged direct injection 4-cylinder engine, and the big question is will it be able to bring home the seventh world title for Citroen and eighth for their first driver Sebastien Loeb? [...]

Posted under category: Citroen Tags: Citroen, Citroen DS3, WRC

2011 Ford Fiesta RS WRC

Thursday, January 13, 2011 16:25 by No Comments
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Ford has unveiled its new Fiesta RS World Rally Car at 2011 Autosport International Racing Car Show in Birmingham, and we immediately stopped missing the Focus WRC! This new little beast is powered by Ford’s 1.6-litre turbocharged EcoBoost engine and is based on the Fiesta S2000 rally car. Read More… Granted it’s not as powerful [...]

Posted under category: Ford, Motorsport Tags: Ford, Ford Fiesta, WRC

Kimi Raikkonen Runs His Own WRC Team In 2011

Wednesday, January 12, 2011 15:27 by No Comments
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With the recent rumors about Kimi Raikkonen ending his motorsport career following his father’s death, it’s a relief to hear that the Finn F1 world champion is still up and running! And he will be competing in 2011 World Rally Championship WRC with his own team, named Ice 1 Racing Team. Read More… In 2011 [...]

Posted under category: Motorsport Tags: Citroen, Kimi Raikkonen, WRC

Group B Rally Monsters Tribute Video

Thursday, January 6, 2011 12:15 by No Comments

This is probably the most awesome rally footage you will ever seen! It is about some old rally cars, but no modern WRC or indeed any other type of rallying comes close to this, when it comes to speed and excitement. This is a video about Group B rally monsters of 1980s which got banned [...]

Posted under category: Motorsport, Videos Tags: Videos, WRC

Skoda In World Rally Championship

Tuesday, December 28, 2010 16:18 by No Comments
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Winning this year’s IRC gave Skoda the confidence to try their luck in World Rally Championship as well. So they acted quickly and teamed up with Red Bull and the private team BRR to form a team for 2011 S-WRC. This team sees the IRC champions Juho Hänninen & the Finn Mikko Markkula along with [...]

Posted under category: Motorsport, Skoda Tags: Skoda, WRC

Ford Focus WRC Tribute Video

Wednesday, November 24, 2010 9:12 by No Comments

Even though it’s always been in the shadow of Citroen in the World Rally Championship, Ford Focus WRC will always be remembered as a rally legend. Over the years it’s been driven by a number of great drivers such as Collin McRae and Marcus Gronholm and achieved many victories. But as of next season the [...]

Posted under category: Ford, Motorsport, Videos Tags: Ford, Ford Focus, Videos, WRC

Video: 2010 WRC Official Game Trailer

Saturday, October 9, 2010 18:09 by No Comments

Fans of world rally championship may now rejoice as the new official WRC Videogame 2010 for PC, XboX, and PS3 released. Here’s the latest trailer of the game to show you a bit of what you can expect from it. That should include awesome graphics, realistic cars, weather and of course crashing, and a good [...]

Posted under category: Motorsport, Videos Tags: Videos, WRC

Video: 2011 Citroen DS3 WRC

Friday, October 1, 2010 16:00 by No Comments

When we heard about WRC’s new rule for engine downsizing we felt a bit blue, but based on what we see from the new WRC cars unveiled yesterday at the Paris Motor Show none of the thrill and excitement is going to be lost! And one of the finest cars of the new breed is [...]

Posted under category: Citroen, Videos Tags: Citroen, Citroen DS3, Videos, WRC

2011 MINI Countryman WRC

Thursday, September 30, 2010 13:09 by No Comments
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Mini is the third company to reveal their WRC car at the 2010 Paris Motor Show, and they have the most interesting car of them all. As you know in 2011 Mini will make a big comeback to the world rally championship after many years of absence. But they are not coming back with the [...]

Posted under category: Mini, Motorsport Tags: Mini, Mini Countryman, Paris Motor Show, Prodrive, WRC

2011 Ford Fiesta RS WRC

Thursday, September 30, 2010 12:58 by No Comments
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Right in the middle of electric cars storm at the Paris Motor Show this year, it warms our heart seeing a few full blooded sportscar! Some companies have decided to unveil their new world rally cars at the show, and Ford is one of them. And I think I’m right in saying that the new [...]

Posted under category: Ford, Motorsport Tags: Ford, Ford Fiesta, WRC

2011 Citroen DS3 WRC

Thursday, September 30, 2010 10:59 by No Comments
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Citroen took the wraps off their new weapon for World Rally Championship (WRC) at their home motorshow in Paris. It’s the Citroen DS3 WRC, and when it reports to duty in 2011 season, it’s going to have a really tough job helping the Schumacher of WRC, Sebastien Loeb, defending the team’s reputation as the undisputed [...]

Posted under category: Citroen, Motorsport Tags: Citroen, Citroen DS3, WRC

Video: Citroen DS3 World Rally Car Teased

Thursday, September 23, 2010 15:03 by 1 Comment

Following the success of the Citroen DS3 R3 rally car, the French firm has a made full-fat World Rally version as well. The R3 is designed for local and national rallies, while the WRC model will compete as the factory’s new weapon for the World Championship. It will technically great, as all other WRC Citroens [...]

Posted under category: Citroen, Motorsport, Videos Tags: Citroen, Citroen DS3, Videos, WRC

Video: Ken Block Practicing For ADAC Rally

Friday, August 20, 2010 15:06 by No Comments

Ken Block is really more of a stunt driver than a fully-fledged rally master, and it shows! His Gymkhana which earned him a big fortune is amazing and kinda more exciting than WRC anyway, but the man wants to challenge himself in a more serious way. In Gymkhana he can’t win anything, but in WRC [...]

Posted under category: Motorsport, Videos Tags: Ken Block, Videos, WRC

Video: Mikko Hirvonen Finland Rally Crash

Monday, August 2, 2010 16:52 by No Comments

The spectators of 2010 Rally Finland, special-stage 3 Urria to be precise which is the opening stage of the rally, witnessed one of the most horrifying crashes of WRC history! It was the local Mikko Hirvonen who lost control of his Ford Focus WRC, which apparently had a broken steering as a result a big  [...]

Posted under category: Motorsport, Videos Tags: Videos, WRC