domingo, febrero 27, 2011

WRC 2011: Rally Mexico - Day Maps, times and recomendations

All the information about the stages for everyday and the times for each stage can be seen in the maps that you can access in the official rally mexico website. Its not the first year, but it seems that the organizers cant make a decent page with accesible info. But we are here for you!


Then, in the maps section, download the color maps (first document) and print the day map you are going to be there. Its easy to read. Each stage is marked with a number. For example SS11/15. This road will be run twice on saturday, at aprox at 8:54 AM and 13:57.  It is recomended that you arrive to the site by a secondary road and at least one hour or more in advance, as the running section will be closed from the first hours of the day. And the parking places are not near the road. So, from previous years I recomend to arrive early, get food, cold beverages, a hat and your camera. And stay in only one stage, you can move from one part to another. And it will be complicated to move from one stage to another as the competitor´s car move between stages and there is not too much to time to catch up. But remember: do not stay in the red zones! The marshals have marked it for a reason and its because is dangerous. This will be my fourth time at the Mexico Rally and if you follow these recomendations, you will enjoy the rally safely.

Let me know in the comments section if you have any question in particular.

sábado, febrero 26, 2011

W&R at the WRC Rally Mexico in Guanajuato, Mexico!

I will be reporting live to the blog from the site on Saturday, March 5. With live comments and pictures. All these and more additional to the traditional coverage. This time supported from bits and pieces from youtube, wrc.com, rally.com.mx and all around the web.


The WRC Rally Mexico 2011 its here! And this is the place to get into the action!

sábado, febrero 12, 2011

WRC 2011: Rally Sweden - Hening Solberg rolls on day two

The M-Sport Stobart driver, who was four minutes late leaving service due to a powersteering problem, was two kilometres into the 15-kilometre Lesjofors stage when the incident occurred.
Both Solberg and Austrian co-driver Ilka Minor were unharmed although it’s not clear how much damage they inflicted to their Ford Fiesta RS WRC.
Solberg, who started day two in fifth overall following an encouraging start to his rally on Friday, is starting his fifth season with the British M-Sport squad and his second alongside navigator Minor.
Speaking following the incident, Solberg’s team boss Malcolm Wilson said: “Henning made a very impressive show of speed yesterday with two top three stage times. Considering he only tested the Fiesta RS WRC for the first time last weekend, it was a remarkable feat that he and Ilka were able to finish the end of the first full day in the top five of the WRC leaderboard. Henning was four minutes late out of service this morning due to issues with powersteering that the team were trying to sort out and then we received the news that he had rolled two kilometres into the opening stage. We won’t know full details until they’ve returned into service but he and Ilka are both fine.”
It’s currently unclear whether Solberg and Minor will be able to restart on the final day of the event.

WRC Rally Sweden 2011 Day 1 Part 2

WRC Rally Sweden 2011 Day 1 Part 1

jueves, febrero 10, 2011

WRC 2011: It´s on, Rally Sweden has started!

After a long wait the 2011 WRC season has started and the first event is happening right now in Sweden. Shakedown´s fastest was Hening Solberg on board his Ford Fiesta RS WRC. But now that the action has started and SS1 has finished Andersson was first, followed by Latvala also in a Ford, and Peter Solberg in third in his Citroen DS3 WRC. They were followed by Hirvonen in fourth and Loeb in fifth. Its too Early to see any trends but the action has begun.

 
Andersson

Ford WRC 2011 Sweden Preview

MWRT 2011: Ken Block's first test of the new WRC Ford Fiesta for Rally Sweden

MWRT 2011: Ken Block's all new WRC Ford Fiesta and 2011 Schedule

KEN BLOCK'S 2010 HIGHLIGHT CLIP: WIN OR FAIL?