… Volkswagen realigns motorsport programme … New technologies and customer sport activities get top priority Commitment to the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) ends after winning twelve world championship titles in a row Employment guarantee for employees The Volkswagen brand is to realign its motorsport programme. From 2017, Volkswagen will […] Read more »
02 Nov: Obituary – Bill Henderson
… Bill Henderson, 1924 – 2016 … Another sad day for Scottish motor sport. Bill Henderson has passed away at the age of 92. Many of you won’t know the name or the man, but he was an influential figure on an impressionable young motor sport writer’s early ‘career’. In […] Read more »
26 Oct: Mull Rally – Leg 3 Report
… Mull Rally – Leg 3 … It was almost dry for the start of the final Leg with MacCrone’s lead having been reduced to 36 seconds, and still 50 miles to go, but there was no sign of Jonathan Mounsey. Lying fifth after the afternoon run, the Mitsubishi failed […] Read more »
26 Oct: Mull Rally – Leg 2 Report
… Mull Rally – Leg 2 … Saturday featured a longer run than usual in daylight with a total of 9 stages, and it was dry, mostly! It also suited McGeehan: “I don’t mind the dark, but the local boys can get away from me – they don’t get as […] Read more »
26 Oct: Mull Rally – Leg 1 Report
… Beatson’s Mull Rally, 14-16 October 2016 … A mere ten seconds separated the winners from the runners-up after 150 miles of stages on the Beatson’s Mull Rally, and the result was in doubt till the end of the final 18th stage. Repeating their 2013 victory, the Ford Fiesta R5 […] Read more »
24 Oct: Citroen’s Rally Wales Preview
… Abu Dhabi Total WRT Rally Wales Preview… At its final event of the season, the Abu Dhabi Total WRT lines up at the start of Wales Rally GB with four cars. For their home round – or as near as they come to one on the WRC calendar – […] Read more »