Tour de Corse: five things we learned
The unseasonal weather did nothing to dampen MAXRALLY’s enthusiasm for Tour de Corse and the European championship. Here are five things we learned.
Top five musical rallying talents
As Denmark “celebrated” its victory in the Eurovision Song Contest last night, MAXRALLY recalls the most successful musicians with a link to rallying. And this is our top five.
Claim to fame: when Jean-Claude Andruet put a Ferrari on the WRC podium
Ferrari’s legendary tifosi are more often found heading to a race track rather than a rally stage. But there was one man who made their dreams come true even in rallying: and that man, somewhat embarrassingly for Italian national pride, was French.
Remembering when… Top Gun hit town
It wasn’t an obvious way to dial the Satria Neo S2000 into the precise requirements of Queensland’s tricky gravel stages – but racing a helicopter up a runway and back was undoubtedly a cool way into Australia’s Asia-Pacific Rally Championship round.
One careful owner
From time to time, you see something on eBay that genuinely surprises you. It’s best for these moments to happen when you’re completely sober, in order to prevent waking up the following morning with a banging headache and the realisation that you are now the proud owner of a life-size singing statue of Elvis Presley, not to mention a colossal overdraft.
Top 10 things to do in Corsica
If you’re heading across to the Tour de Corse this weekend – or even if you’re not – these are MAXRALLY’s top 10 things that are an absolutely must-do on the ‘island of beauty’.
Remembering when… King Carlos was a racer
With the Spanish Grand Prix taking place today, MAXRALLY looks back at the time when another Spanish racing driver – later to become his country’s biggest rally hero – was hitting the headlines.
Tour de Corse: five reasons to get excited
It’s Tour de Corse time next week and MAXRALLY is getting very excited. Here are five reasons why.
My perfect day. By Esapekka Lappi
As part of a regular feature on MAXRALLY, we speak to various drivers and co-drivers to find out what they would do on their perfect Saturday. This week we spoke to 22-year-old Esapekka Lappi (the driver famously billed as being faster than God in his native Finland) ahead of his debut in the Asia-Pacific Rally Championship in New Zealand next weekend.
REVOLUTION: the argument against
Really? Seriously? You’re kidding, right? I don’t believe that you can’t fathom the argument against this thing on your own…