Rally Discussion and Bar Talk Thread

**WRCStan** · 10th February 2026, 19:28

Also 'valuer' has been the newest member for several months. It may be necessary to stop spam or something I don't know, but is a great shame new human members cannot join and contribute, which will contribute to its downfall and the rise of alternative spaces.

**saco0o** · 10th February 2026, 21:31

saw an "ask me anything" clip with Jon Armstrong on wrc yt channel... one can only hope wrc's new promoter doesnt transform wrc into what f1 has become: social media content.
"oi, but this is how you promote stuff nowadays. if they dont move into that direction wrc is dead" .

dammit, im getting old. LET IT DIE THEN. dont want to see grown man getting media training so they can guess each other's height or favorite pizza in front of a camera, jeezz.. cringe

thats NOT wrc vibes imo

**Fast Eddie WRC** · 11th February 2026, 11:16

Originally Posted by WRCStan

Also 'valuer' has been the newest member for several months. It may be necessary to stop spam or something I don't know, but is a great shame new human members cannot join and contribute, which will contribute to its downfall and the rise of alternative spaces.

Yep a shame, but there's probably not many younger rally fans that would join a forum nowadays anyway. Social media is the place they use, but you dont get proper serious discussions there.

I just hope this place can keep going. I'd be willing to help fund it if required.

**saco0o** · 11th February 2026, 18:56

petter solberg went on a great new rallycross podcast where he told some really awesome stories from his early carrear.
he mentioned something about WRC 2012 to 2013, where he left the sport very angry because of something that he cannot share (around 29 min maybe?) - I wonder what that may be... ? i would say maybe something related to new promoter and/or vw coming in demanding stuff like "no, petter cannot build his cars from scratch anymore, nope" but idk, he had a good relationship later in RX with VW, so i have no idea. he also mentions these next wrc rules 'were not FIA, were the teams trying to find a solution", which is curious in a way.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzC7R_rSQ2s

**saco0o** · 11th February 2026, 18:57

petter solberg went on a great new rallycross podcast where he told some really awesome stories from his early carrear.
he mentioned something about WRC 2012 to 2013, where he left the sport very angry because of something that he cannot share (around 29 min maybe?) - I wonder what that may be... ? i would say maybe something related to new promoter and/or vw coming in demanding stuff like "no, petter cannot build his cars from scratch anymore, nope" but idk, he had a good relationship later in RX with VW, so i have no idea. he also mentions these next wrc rules 'were not FIA, were the teams trying to find a solution", which is curious in a way.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzC7R_rSQ2s

**Fast Eddie WRC** · 12th February 2026, 09:04

**Dimitris** · Today, 13:31

Not sure if this is the correct place to post this, but I made a database where you can compare drivers based on their average s/km deficit across a season:

https://www.powerslideblog.com/stats

Inside the database you can find more than 90 drivers across 20 seasons, as well as individual performances from 250+ rallies from 2005 to present day!

I will continue to update it as well.

**saco0o** · Today, 18:38

damn this forum became so slow to navegate...
are you european fellas watching the ice hockey championship in the olympics?
boooy the czechia game today was good. watching suomi vs swiss now. also really fun
never paid much attention to hockey, better start following some of the leagues. reaally fun