Hi, friends!I usually write one post per day from last summer but tonight, after I published today's post, I realized that shakedown of WRC Rally Portugal starts tomorrow morning and because it is FREE to watch LIVE, I decided to write one more post.

Hi, friends!Swedish young gun Oliver Solberg is son of 2003 WRC champion Petter and Toyota's WRC2 official driver for this season. He works with Finnish team called Printsport which develops Toyota Yaris Rally2 car at the moment. They test a lot and that's what is needed for Solberg to stay sharp because if you don't drive, you get 'rusty'.

Hi, friends!One of the best (and toughest) gravel rallies in the world is to start in three weeks and FIA revealed its entry list and guess what - we are on it! We were there in 2023 with Renault Clio Rally5 and had to be there last year also but because of Variccelle sickness on my side, we had to miss the rally.

Hi, friends!Italian Andrea Mabellini (Škoda Fabia RS Rally2) led the super difficult gravel event Rally Hungary after first full day of competition, but after a puncture he lost complete lead over fast Finn Joope Korhonen (Toyota Yaris Rally2). Mabellini later stopped with broken suspension and that was the end of his rally this weekend. It seems it was very difficult mentaly for Italian but in these kind of situations, you can see who has the strongest mentality and who is tough or who is weak.

Hi, friends!Italian rally ace Andrea Mabellini make an advantage of knowing event from last year when he also drove it to make a gap between himself and 2nd placed Finn Roope Korhonen (who posted fastest time at qualifying stage yesterday). Just to remin you that Mabellini is in Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 while Korhonen drives Toyota Yaris Rally2 machinery. It is good that we have some rivalry after years of mostly Škoda domination and in the last two seasons, it was Hayden Paddon who won two ERC crowns behind a steering wheel of Hyundai i20 Rally2.

Hi, friends!Toyota Yaris Rally2 machinery is putting a stamp on its category as probably the fastest car although it sounds strange because of 3-cylinder engine, but the performance is just ahead of competition. And when you add a fast driver who understands the car, then you have the best combo.