Block Admits Frustration for Portugal Crash
6 Apr 2011, 07:52 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The sun refuses to come up on Ken Block's street, at least if we are to judge by his performances in the World Rally Championship. After a struggling first year in the WRC, the American driver ...
Solberg Fears Bad Luck Could Chase Sponsors Away
28 Mar 2011, 14:31 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Seldom in the recent history of the World Rally Championship one will find a driver as unlucky as 2003 champion Petter Solberg. The Norwegian driver won a multitude of stages in the first 3 rallies ...
Ogier Wins 2011 Rally Portugal
27 Mar 2011, 14:27 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Citroen’s Sebastien Ogier found the perfect solution to leave his Rally Mexico crash behind him: he won the next round on the 2011 WRC schedule, in Portugal. Returning to the scene of his firs...
Rally Portugal Spectator Injured, Taken to Hospital
25 Mar 2011, 11:00 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Rally Portugal started off this week in a rather spectacular fashion, after the very shakedown of the event witnessed a major crash from Monster Ford World Rally Team's Ken Block on Wednesday. ...
Block Released from Hospital, Retires from Portugal
24 Mar 2011, 12:41 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Ken Block and his co-driver Alex Gelsomino have now been released from hospital, following their accident in the Wednesday night shakedown of Rally Portugal. Neither of the two WRC competitors have ...
Ogier Sets Fastest Time in Portugal Shakedown
24 Mar 2011, 10:19 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Citroen's Sebastien Ogier came from Rally Mexico a few weeks back empty-handed and has now made his winning intentions very clear in the shakedown for this weekend's Rally Portugal. Ret...
Ken Block Taken to Hospital After Portugal Crash
24 Mar 2011, 09:51 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Ken Block doesn't seem to get rid of his bad luck in the World Rally Championship, as the American driver experienced the worst possible start in this weekend's Rally Portugal. The Mon...
Solberg Targets Podium Appearance in Portugal
22 Mar 2011, 15:42 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Petter Solberg is yet to secure a podium finish in the 2011 World Rally Championship, but that doesn't mean his title ambitions for the ongoing campaign have faded one bit. On the contrary, giv...
Latvala Targets No Crash in Difficult Rally Portugal
18 Mar 2011, 13:22 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The World Rally Championship will return to Europe next week for the 3rd round of the 2011 campaign, in Portugal. And while the Faro-based event gives most of the WRC competitors the creeps due to i...
Ogier Says He Was Faster than Loeb in Mexico
10 Mar 2011, 09:52 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Citroen's Sebastien Ogier blew a perfect opportunity to break Sebastien Loeb's run of victories in Rally Mexico last weekend, when he had to retire at the beginning of Day 3 – while ...
11 Teams Eligible for Manufacturer Points in the 2011 WRC
23 Feb 2011, 14:03 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / When the 3rd round of the 2011 World Rally Championship kicks off in Portugal late next month, there will be no less than 11 teams eligible for manufacturer points in the series. The number was boos...
Raikkonen Will Miss Rally Mexico, Focus on DS3 WRC Testing
21 Feb 2011, 14:50 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Kimi Raikkonen began his second campaign in the World Rally Championship – his first one with the new Citroen DS3 WRC though – in a positive way, scoring a decent 8th place and making th...
Raikkonen to Have Extended Testing Programme in WRC
2 Jun 2010, 09:44 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / After contesting in 5 rounds of the World Rally Championship this season, Kimi Raikkonen finished 3 of them inside the Top 10, which is nothing short of good news for the former F1 champion. The Fin...
Hirvonen Takes Lead in Rally Portugal
28 May 2010, 06:27 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Mikko Hirvonen knows that he has to mark his comeback into the 2010 WRC title fight at some point this season, and the gravely roads of Rally Portugal should provide him with a good opportunity to s...
Gronholm Will Not Compete in 2010 Rally Portugal
29 Apr 2010, 10:08 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Former World Rally champion Marcus Gronholm denied the recent reports that he's considering a late entry into the 2010 Rally Portugal, due to take place between May 28-30. The rally organizers ...
Rally Portugal to Hold Porto Roadshow in May
9 Apr 2010, 07:17 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Rallying will return to the city of Porto one week before the official start of Rally Portugal, scheduled to take place between May 28-30 and counting as the 6th event of the 2010 WRC calendar. The ...
Prodrive to Extend WRC Programme in 2009
7 Apr 2009, 07:19 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Prodrive have announced they are considering signing up for several rounds of the World Rally Championship this season. Following Marcus Gronholm's impressive run in Day 1 of Rally Portugal, th...
Loeb Wins Rally Portugal
6 Apr 2009, 08:00 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Sebastien Loeb is yet to lose a WRC event in 2009, as he clinched his 4th consecutive win this season, in Portugal. Being a gravel-surfaced event, it was expected that Ford's Mikko Hirvonen to ...
Jari-Matti Latvala Takes Lead in 2009 Rally Portugal SS2
3 Apr 2009, 12:27 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Jari-Matti Latvala was the fastest driver on the track in the SS2 stage of the 2009 Rally Portugal, leading the session by 5 seconds. Marcus Gronholm, who returned to WRC in a Subaru Impreza WRC2008...
Prodrive Reveal New Subaru Impreza WRC for Marcus Gronholm
20 Mar 2009, 10:27 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Prodrive have unveiled the revised Subaru Impreza WRC2008 to be driven by former WRC champion Marcus Gronholm in Rally Portugal this year. The partnership between the Finnish driver and David Richar...