Sentences with phrase «wrc driver»

Starting out as a junior WRC driver, you choose what team you want to race for, and you are then given objectives to meet during each season.

A driver lineup hasn't yet been announced, but Toyota has tapped four - time WRC driver's champion Tommi Mäkinen as its team principal.

When Ford enlisted Ken Block — occasional WRC driver and driving talent behind the massive Gymkana YouTube series — to help develop the new Focus RS» handling, it knew the results would be spectacular.

1992 debuted the combination of experienced Group B, Pikes Peak International Hillclimb, and WRC driver Ari Vatanen, paired with the up - and - coming Scottish driver Colin McRae for Subaru's WRC effort.

Tommi Makinen wins a record four consecutive WRC Driver's Championships from 1996 to 1999 while Mitsubishi claims the WRC Manufacturer's Championship in 1998, all with multiple generations of the Lancer Evolution.

My tentative actions produced poor results and growing frustration, and my inner WRC driver was appalled.

By the way did you know that Subaru «s current star WRC driver is Petter Solberg and his nickname is Hollywood — he could drive in the encore event next year if you pull off a great event this year!

Even if you're not a wanna - be WRC driver, the eDiff assists.

But it was reigning World Champion and VW Polo R WRC driver, Ogier who managed to clinch the final two rounds of the day, with his decision to run on winter tyres paying off in the increasingly slippery conditions.

Citroen C3 WRC driver Meeke had a commanding lead over the rest of the pack but in the last minute or so of the entire rally, he went off road.

WRC driver Craig Breen's Wales Rally GB came to a rather abrupt and crashy end on day one after sliding his Citroen DS3 WRC into a ditch during SS5.

Not WRC drivers.

Sebastien Loeb has picked up the WRC drivers» title for the last five consecutive years, and with 52 rally wins, he holds the highest number of race victories in the series, too.

WRC drivers Gigi Galli and Petter Solberg, Baja racer B. J. Baldwin, and West Coast Choppers» Jesse James were among the participants.

WRC 6 will feature all 14 rounds of the 2016 WRC season, including for the first time Rally China, all the star WRC drivers and also a wide selection of WRC 2 teams and competitors from the Junior WRC category.

Show off your driving skills by putting your ability to the test in stages lasting over 15 minutes: the ultimate endurance test for WRC drivers and fans!

Test your skills against the best WRC drivers in the world, or link up to other PSPs via Wi - Fi for multiplayer battles.

Not exact matches

Toyota is making its return to the World Rally Championship in 2017 with a monstrous Yaris WRC, which it officially unveiled today alongside its driver line - up.

It's amazing to see the WRC cars flying into the air and skipping along the ground as they land, the drivers somehow managing to keep their cars under control and escaping disaster.

Current drivers Jari - Matti Latvala and Andreas Mikkelsen also look set to go into the winter - break without a WRC future.

That didn't quite happen for WRC - 2 driver Gilbert, behind the wheel of his Skoda Fabia R5.

Here's what headline driver Latvala, who recently tested with the new Yaris WRC, has to say on his new team:

But, actually, rally drivers are a bit mad, so the complete opposite happens, as this awesome onboard footage from Ostberg's privately - run Ford Fiesta RS WRC shows.

The Peugeot driver is currently running a rallycross and Dakar programme, having previously competed in the World Touring Car Championship after his WRC exit.

For many rallying is still the ultimate display of driver skill, but in recent years the WRC seems to have become a bit, well, stale.

Before I continue with the review, I must digress and say that this is the only licensed game on the market at the moment that uses the official FIA WRC license of the 2003 that contains all the real - world drivers, teams, cars and even advertising of the current season.

If the instructions given to drivers are anything like those on WRC 6, then they're better people than I am.

WRC Experience puts you in the driving seat of a professional rally driver during the 2012 World Rally Championships season.

Developed by Kylotonn Racing Games, WRC 6 is an extreme motorsport challenge that offers the complete rally experience with accurately reproduced special stages, teams, and drivers from the World Rally Championship.

WRC 6 features all official rallies along with the official drivers and teams in the latest season of the popular rally series, making for a complete rally racing experience that is accessible to new and expert racers alike.

A series of young up - and - coming drivers have already done preliminary testing ahead of the Yaris WRC's 2017 debut.

Of course, Meeke isn't the first rally driver to get a reputation for crashing repeatedly, but since joining Citroën in 2013 the 38 - year - old rally driver has only won five WRC events, with a highest place championship result of fifth.

Nine - time WRC champion Sebastien Loeb had agreed to compete for three rounds of this year's season, but with a gap in its driver line - up, Citroën Racing may want to extend that contract.

Gathering a total of 78 WRC round wins over the course of his career, Loeb is arguably the most iconic modern rally driver and certainly the most successful.

Meeke clearly wasn't given much notice before the decision was made public, either; only 40 - or - so minutes before Citroën Racing announced Meeke and his navigator, Paul Nagle, would no longer be part of the team, the British rally driver had taken to social media to proclaim his excitement for the next WRC round in Sardinia.

With the exit of reigning champions Volkswagen, a driver reshuffle and new rules and regulations, WRC might have had the shake - up it needed.

And on the Dakar, it's a huge operation — considerably bigger than a modern WRC team, with 110 drivers, mechanics and support staff working together to look after the cars, and two vast «T4» support trucks lumbering after them that compete in a special lorry class but also provide technical support on - stage when it's needed.

In WRC 2, Skoda will be aiming to defend its 2016 title with the Fabia R5, with competition from drivers in Fiestas, Citroen DS3s, Peugeot 208 T16s and Hyundai i20s.

Our driver - four - time WRC winner, François Delecour - was happy with the handling on Michelin tyres, and the specially developed EXE - TC dampers were keeping our two - wheel drive 911 connected to the expected mix of low grip surfaces.

Probably more so than any other series, since the WRC and its various regulations over time has given us some of the world's most exciting drivers» cars.»

He grabbed the drivers» crown at 2009's final WRC round piloting his Ctroen C4 in Wales, but for once it was by the narrowest of margins, his 93 point total being just one ahead of title rival Mikko Hirvonen's.

The modern WRC show of quick cuts, on - board crash footage and slow - mo jumps is much more spectacular and more inclusive, but it doesn't satisfy the nerdy urge to compare the cars and drivers.»

To celebrate the occasion, one of the team's works drivers, Kris Meeke, took to the Plant Oxford forecourt and performed a motorkhana display in his new MINI John Cooper Works WRC.

Several World Rally Championship drivers, including five - time WRC champion Sebastien Ogier and Thierry Neuville, and team principals came together at the Autosport International Show to unveil their...

Three i20 Coupe WRCs have been entered for the 2018 season, and these are driven by Hyundai Motorsport's four drivers: Thierry Neuville, Hayden Paddon, Dani Sordo and Andreas Mikkelsen.

The new world record for the Vitesse was set at the VW facility at Ehra - Lessien where Chinese driver Anthony Liu took the Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse to 254mph, creating a new world record for an open - topped production car and, more importantly for Bugatti, an excuse to produce a limited run of the Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse WRC Edition with a black and orange paint job for $ 1.99 million each.

[23] Between 1976 and 1981 the Fiat 131 won 20 WRC events; other notable drivers were Sandro Munari, Timo Salonen, Attilio Bettega and Michèle Mouton.

Kris Meeke has been confirmed as the first driver to compete for Prodrive in the MINI WRC.

Experience the 2013 season with the drivers, cars and courses of the WRC, WRC 2, WRC 3 and, for the first time, Junior WRC championships.

WRC Experience on the other hand will put you in the hotseat of a professional driver during the official 2012 WRC Championship.