Teemu Asunmaa

Teemu Asunmaa – Rally Visaginas ’23

Interview with Teemu Asunmaa, a frequent guest in Lithuania, who tested the Polish Toyota GR Yaris and climbed on the podium of Rally Visaginas

Arctic Lapland Rally ’22

Posted on January 20, 2022 by Vilius Šaltenis 2022 Europe Finland Weekly post's

The Finnish Rally Championship started last weekend. As always, this honor goes to the Rovaniemi region and the Arctic Lapland Rally

Limits and Rallying

Posted on April 21, 2021 by Vilius Šaltenis 2021 Europe Finland Interview Lithuania

In one documentary about extremely old times when men sacrificed their lives to reach the limits of their own and cars , I heard an interesting comparison. Motorsport is like climbing out a window reaching that limit before you just fall out. And in history, those falls were not one and not two. Hundreds. Or maybe even thousands. Taking away even those who watch that spectacle. Once upon a time, death in motorsport was completely common and taken for granted. Times have changed little by little and today the situation is completely different. And while racers still “fall through the windows” to reach the limits, modern security technology in most cases allows that fall to survive. So I decided to ask those we look at with awe standing next to the special stages. What do they think about limits? Why are they are reaching them and what processes are going on at the time? So, Limits and Rallying.

SM O.K. Auto-ralli

Posted on March 11, 2021 by Vilius Šaltenis 2021 Europe Finland Weekly post's

Two out of two. The Finns had a great start to this rally season. Both winter events took place, and in addition, the WRC caravan visited unexpectedly. Also the historic debut of the new WRC class in the second Finnish championship event. It is good for a rally to live in this patch of land.

Arctic Lapland Rally ’21

Posted on January 22, 2021 by Vilius Šaltenis 2021 Europe Finland Weekly post's

This early Thursday morning, nature itself reminded me of what I need to do or at least start doing. Having spent a good half hour intensively clearing the only entry into the World from metric snow tongues and walls, I put probably a good third of the text in mind. I felt like a real polar resident, waving a snow shovel in the morning instead of exercising or yoga. You couldn’t even ask for better circumstances and mood for a text about the Arctic Lapland Rally. It is a pity that I forgot to take a picture. If not for the main photo of the article, then at least in the archive.

Samsonas Rally Rokiškis ’20

Posted on August 6, 2020 by Vilius Šaltenis 2020 Europe Interview Lithuania Weekly post's

Last year there was also an article from this Samsonas Rally Rokiškis. A very famous guest, Tonni Gardemeister was visiting Lithuania at that time. Unfortunately, technical problems stopped his rally with Samsonas prepared BMW M3. This year there was no Tonni, but there was his company (TGS Worldwide) car, Škoda Fabia Evo2 in a field, driven by a 2019 Finland champion Teemu Asunmaa. He was one of three main candidates to take a Samsonas trophy. The second one – last year winner, Lithuania rally champion and Dakar rally star – Vaidotas Žala with the older version of Škoda Fabia R5, serviced by SRT. And I mentioned Sports Racing Technologies not without the reason. 5 years this company was the main companion for a third contender to win a Rally Rokiškis. Now, – Nikolay Gryazin is a Hyundai factory team driver.