Rally Week

Krzysztof Bubik

Last weekend Lithuania rally championship officially started. The first two snow rounds were canceled due very warm winter in the Baltic region. Third round, a month late due to lockdown happened successfully. It was meant to be also a Polish championship event, but You know that plans and the year of 2020 do not merge well. And it seems that the other 3 remaining rounds will happen without a problem, which is great news for rally fans here in Lithuania. The one-day event was won by Rally and Dakar rally driver Vaidotas Žala with Škoda Fabia R5. For quite of time, he has no one to stop here. Simply he is too good. But there were many battles in all classes. Fights until the last meters were happening for 2nd place and for the 2WD winner. But I will not spread about it more, because I have an interview with one guest, who visited us from Poland. He is Krzysztof Bubik. For the first time in Lithuanian stages – he was very quick and impressive with his BMW M3 E46. Only technical problems seized his final result.

So, Krzysztof Bubik is on the plate.

Test Rally Sosnova ’20

Posted on July 9, 2020 by Vilius Šaltenis 2020 Czech Europe Weekly post's

Although the first waves of official championships have already started, we will touch the tests once again. A few weeks ago, all the cream of the Czech rally gathered in the northern part of the Czech Republic, where the Sosnova track is located. It is used very widely – rally, rally-cross, drift, and other disciplines are located there. The track is used also in the Richard Burns Rally game, which has two versions of it. And people gathered there because the start of the country rally championship is near. So it was the perfect opportunity to train the muscles and metal to be able to push in the Bohemian Rally from the first kilometers. Test Rally Sosnova.

Kisvaszar Rally 3 ’20

Posted on June 23, 2020 by Vilius Šaltenis 2020 Europe Hungary Weekly post's

After a long and freezing period, when motorsport had to move to the virtual space, a kind of spring finally comes. The first blossoms are a various team and co-organized tests designed to get petrol flow back in the veins of cars and petrol heads. A few more weeks later, the first small-scale events were launched. Little by little, everything is trying to get back to the old tracks. Kisvaszar Rally 3.

Mitsubishi Lancer WRC (2004-2005)

Posted on April 17, 2020 by Vilius Šaltenis 2020 Car History WRC

As said in the previous article about this brand WRC, Mitsubishi withdrew from the WRC in 2002 and spent 2003 building a new car. Mitsubishi Lancer WRC (2004-2005)

Mitsubishi Lancer WRC (2001-2003)

Posted on April 8, 2020 by Vilius Šaltenis 2020 Car History WRC

Mitsubishi leap from Group A to WRC

MCA Capriccio ’20

Posted on April 6, 2020 by Vilius Šaltenis 2020 Asia Japan Weekly post's

Although MCA Capriccio is more reminiscent of the name of some Italian racing team, it is actually the last rally to take place before the cancelation and postponements of all races. Drivers and drivers chased the cars on March 22, a week after the Mexican event of the WRC, which had already received ambiguous comments about its going in a global quarantine context. So the author of this text has nothing left but to grab the dictionary of the Japanese language and delve deeper into those who dared to start the engines at the starting line.

Dyteris Manfredas Gocentas (Fred Gocentas)

Posted on February 7, 2020 by Vilius Šaltenis 2020 Asia Lithuania Story

There quite a number of rally masters born or raised in Lithuania. And most of them are known for Lithuanians. But there is one Lithuanian surname that is well known in the World Rally Community, especially in Australia, and vice versa in Lithuania. Fred Gocentas.

Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo ’20

Posted on February 2, 2020 by Vilius Šaltenis 2020 Europe Lithuania Monaco Weekly post's WRC

This year, every Lithuanian motorsport enthusiasts found interesting phenomena. On the sad side, the first two rounds of the Lithuanian Rally Championship were canceled when winter forgot to visit this part of Europe. But at the beginning of January, serious men shook hands and lifted their hats and helmets against Vaidotas Žala and Saulius Jurgelėnas which drove the Dakar’s first stage as the leaders should drive, fast and error-free, winning the opener. Then, at the other end of the world, young Gustas Grimbergas stepped on the podium in Australia as the LMP2 AM winner in the Asia Le Mans series. And in the end, when you turned on the broadcast of the World Rally Championship, you could see and hear something that few Lithuanians have even dreamed of. There, in the French Alps, M-Sport car was guided with Lithuanian pace notes with Deividas Jocius behind the wheel. He is the first Lithuanian to start with the WRC car in modern WRC history. So briefly I will honor this event -Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo

Arctic Lapland Rally ’20

Posted on January 26, 2020 by Vilius Šaltenis 2020 Europe Finland Weekly post's

Rovaniemi is a city in the legendary Lapland region with a Santa Claus in the neighborhood. It is one of the few places where snowbanks are with a car roof at the moment. Thus, the Arctic Lapland Rally avoided the fate of Winter (Lithuania), Sarma (Latvia) or Finnskog (Norway) rallies due to lack of frost and snow. In addition, it is one of the most famous snow rallies in the world, which is only losing a place to WRC Sweden.

Romania Historic Winter Rally ’20

Posted on January 19, 2020 by Vilius Šaltenis 2020 Europe Historic Rally Romania Weekly post's

In most countries, where snow should already exist and winter rallies are canceled or moved, someplace in Romania does not have this issue. In the middle of the country, in a mountainous area near Brașov, the organizers covered over 200 kilometers of snowy roads. And Transylvania, one of the coldest regions in Romania, did not spoil the feast. Over 50 different historic cars took on snow-covered roads. This rally is not a championship event, but simply a celebration for petrolheads at the very beginning of the year when action is really lacking. Plus, it’s one of the few places where historic-class cars compete in sub-zero temperatures. The same organizers are organizing a gravel rally in the same neighborhood, except this one is in October and is twice as long.

Krzysztof Bubik

Test Rally Sosnova ’20

Kisvaszar Rally 3 ’20

Mitsubishi Lancer WRC (2004-2005)

Mitsubishi Lancer WRC (2001-2003)

MCA Capriccio ’20

Dyteris Manfredas Gocentas (Fred Gocentas)

Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo ’20

Arctic Lapland Rally ’20

Romania Historic Winter Rally ’20

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