Sentences with phrase «wrc events»

[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.

He has been lucky enough to cover many WRC events around the world as a photographer and writer.

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.

Rossi already has experience with rallying, having entered a handful of WRC events in the last decade.

The only thing that annoys us about this video is that it's only two minutes long... we could watch drone footage from WRC events for hours on end.

Here's hoping more WRC events feature such incredible, exciting and close finishes in the future.

Instead of having to conform to a thick booklet of rules set out by the FIA, the CRC allows competitors to enter larger, 2 - litre engine'd cars with bigger, 35 mm restrictors, wearing aero - kits and bodywork that would send scrutineers into a tape - measure based frenzy at a WRC event.

And events are straitjacketed into a «generic WRC event».

Not exact matches

Elfyn Evans had earlier enjoyed a comfortable lead of over a minute after a stunning start to the event in his Ford Fiesta WRC, but brake problems, two punctures, small errors and other issues cut his advantage severely.

Citroen returns to the WRC as a works outfit full - time after skipping this season, completing a selected number of events only in order to focus on the C3 WRC.

Rally Sweden is now underway and is typically one of the toughest events on the WRC calendar, thanks to its icy and snowy conditions.

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!

If you've watched coverage of a World Rally Championship event you'll find out why the WRC is probably the most popular form of motorsport worldwide, ahead of Formula One and way ahead of NASCAR.

Beautiful supercars from every era join WRC winners and Le Mans contenders at RM Sotheby's Monaco event

The WRC circus arrived in Monte Carlo for the opening event of 2017 where Sébastien Ogier claimed victory.

This year's WRC includes 13 events in 13 countries and four continents.

The event should be a good barometer for the company and the team to gauge how ready the car is when it makes its WRC debut later that year.

Co-incidentally, or perhaps not, VW unveiled its plans at the same event where the new Mini WRC team had its debut outing.

Hyundai's prototype WRC car, based on the new i20 Coupe, appeared on stage at the event giving us a good idea on what's to come, which according to Hyundai will be a full «performance - orientated and race - track - capable» line - up.

The unveiling happened at a recent event in Frankfurt when the Hyundai Shell World Rally Team officially announced that it had finally wrapped up the project in time for next season's WRC season.

It's been four years since Hyundai launched the first i20 WRC at the 2012 Paris Motor Show, and the Korean automaker returned to the same event to showcase the fourth iteration of the rally - spec race car.

With the 2016 WRC season set to debut with the Monte Carlo event in January, the Korean brand unveiled the race - ready model at the team's headquarters in Alzenau.

The first practical test for the MINI Countryman WRC will take place in autumn 2010 in preparation for competition in selected events of the 2011 WRC, before competing in the full series in 2012.

The DS3 WRC will boast a 1.6 - litre direct - injection turbocharged engine with 224kW of power and 350Nm of torque — the maximum allowed in the event.

After three events in Europe, focus in the WRC Esports Championship has shifted to North America.

awesome news I would LOVE too see a Track pack with some Australian GT tracks or other GT tracks... or even some WRC Tracks from UK and surrounding Rally Events...

Unlike WRC 5, which has a more comprehensive roster of rallies and more realistic event format, Dirt hasn't got an official FIA license.