World Rally Championship ( Year 3 )

The World Rally Championship is the pinnacle of global rallying, and is the holy grail that all drivers and teams seek. It is yours within 3 years if you follow our programme.

The World Rally Championship (WRC) consists of 15 events, that are located literally all over the world and are very, very diverse in terms of what they all offer. You can be driving on snow-covered tarmac in Monte Carlo in February, or on the hot, rough, dusty roads later in the year in Mexico, or here in Australia in September in the new event based at Tweed Heads in New South Wales, on some of the smoothest fastest roads of the calendar. We are supplying you with a ready to go rally car and full service crew in each of 8 Rounds of this championship in 2011, which is the PWRC Component of the Series (Production World Rally Championship). The exact events that you will contest will be known closer to the time, although they are likely to be:

Rally of Sweden

This is a relatively new event, and features a very snowy start to your year! The road may be entirely covered with snow and ice, in which case we will be sending you out on fully studded tyres, which will give you a great level of grip whilst you negotiate the interesting narrow forestry roads in between the snow banks. If the surface is not fully snow covered, then that is where this event becomes really interesting. We will assist you will all your choices and needs on this exciting start to your first WRC year.

Rally of Argentina

This event is really challenging. The roads are rough, fast in places and quite difficult to read. Your trusty co-driver will really earn their keep on this one, as your pacenotes will need to be absolubtely spot on for this rally, which is renowned as a car breaker, with huge rocks lining the sides of the Special Stages that often get dragged onto the course. Even without the rocks, there are big jumps and some very rough roads for you to traverse, and so Racesource will be kept very busy keeping your car out their on the stages. It is an awesome rally to undertake, and you will have an immense sense of achievement when you cross the finishing line.

Acropolis Rally, Greece

This is another relatively tough rally, where the terrain is quite rough, and the stages can be punishing on your car. The aim here would be to finish, as many other participants will not. The Special Stages are very fast in places, and tight and narrow in others, with some very large trees close to the edge of the road, large rocks that can be pulled onto the stages by preceding drivers. The rocks must be avoided, as they can cause an amazing level of damage to the car. All in all though, a great rally to finish, as by doing this you will probably win your category! Enjoy a fantastic experience.

Rally of Turkey, Turkey.

This is a great event with fantastic roads in a great location. The roads can be very fast depending upon the weather conditions, as rain tends to turn the stages into a quagmire. The bends are mostly constant radius, and so writing the pacenotes is a little easier, and this translates to good road speed.

The rally of Turkey is an event to keep your speed up on, and rewards smooth driving. Some of the stages can be a little rough, although that is our concern, as your car is built to withstand anything that this event can throw at us.

Neste Rally of Finland, Finland

The Rally of Finland has the reputation of having the fastest stages on the WRC Calendar, and it is a well-earned token. It is undoubtedly sensational as a rally, and you will get to do things with your Rally Car that you never believed possible. You will spend most of your time in the air jumping across a large number of crests, some of which occur just before, after, or on thebends! - Great fun.

This event certainly has a character all of it's own, and to do well here generally takes a few visits, as being quick here has a lot of it has to do with confidence, as the average speed is so high. The surface is very smooth indeed, as these roads are generally used every day by members of the local public. It is an extremely popular event, where accuracy, thinking and tactics always pay off.

Rally of Japan, Japan

This is a real premium event to be thoroughly enjoyed on some great roads with changing surfaces. It features some really fast pieces of gravel roads which are a little more open, as well as some tighter Special Stages which are quite often much more slippery than they appear. For this reason, a very carefully written set of pacenotes is critical here, as both Marcus Gronholm and Sebastian Loeb discovered when they both came to grief here in separate incidents, whilst vying for the lead in the World Rally Championship in 2006. The surface is generally smooth, and so it is a good event for the Racesource Rally Car that you are driving, and we will of course be supporting you every inch of the way. You will get to really enjoy the flow of these roads, and will once again experience your capacity to control the uncontrollable.

Rally of Great Britain, United Kingdom

The Rally of Great Britain is quite often wet, and this can make some of the Special Stages quite slippery. The Event occurs mostly in some great forests around Wales, in the west of the country. These roads are the same ones used for part of the British National Rally Championship, and can be quite narrow in places. The surface is a mix of wet clay and some heavily gravel covered stages, and can be a real joy to drive on. The Special Stages do reward neatness and precision, as there are definitely some places that you cannot go too wide on a bend, or even on the straights. Keeping it " On the island " is critical, although once you are in the groove and you have settled into the event, you will be staggered at just how fast you can travel on these narrow forest roads. It is a real treat to do this event, and you will get a huge buzz from every second of it.

Repco Rally Australia

Repco Rally Australia is our local round of the World Rally Championship (WRC) and looks set to compete with Finland for the highest average speeds during an event. The Rally is set in the North of New South Wales, based in the pretty town of Tweed Heads, which is very close to Cooloongatta, which is right on the ocean, just down from the very famous Surfers Paradise in Queensland.

The roads are very smooth and very fast, and are based around the localities of Kyogle and Casino. Some of the stages are tighter and a little more twisty and are feature more trees, although the faster Special Stages tend to be a lot more open, with very few trees close to the road. This will make spectator viewing extraordinarily good, and with a major service area close to the main freeway between Sydney and Brisbane, this event is a real must for any driver. The friendly atmosphere of Northern New South Wales combined with some excellent competition roads mean that this will be one of your more memorable events of the year. The tyre and car wear caused by the surface will not be too severe, and so this makes the event even more enjoyable.