Maxrally
Toyota’s potential return to the World Rally Championship received a shot in the arm when the head of the Japanese firm Akio Toyoda requested a drive in the company’s latest rally car.
So far this year, the Intercontinental Rally Challenge has been all about the Skodas, but after the opening afternoon in Corsica there's a three-way battle brewing between Skoda, Ford and Mini.
Veteran team boss Gabriele Favero is never one to shy away from a challenge having helped to nurture the likes of Mikko Hirvonen and Jari-Matti Latvala during their respective stints competing in Italy early in their careers.
The Tour de Corse will go ahead as planned this week after island authorities are understood to have intervened to avert strike action in France that had left 15,000 litres of competition fuel stuck in port in Marseille.
Motley Crue drummer, Tommy Lee (more famous, in my opinion, for his on-off relationship with Baywatch’s Pamela Anderson) has teamed up with Ken Block for his latest YouTube sensation.
The calendar for next year’s World Rally Championship is being constructed in Paris this week, with the 2013 schedule under discussion at the World Rally Championship Commission.
Citroen’s Thierry Neuville travelled to northern Italy last week to give some pointers to Britain’s Harry Hunt ahead of this weekend’s Tour de Corse, the fourth round of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge.
Andreas Mikkelsen reckons his knowledge of the final day’s stages could make the difference in his quest for his first IRC victory on asphalt when the series resumes in Corsica this week.
