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  The poll is closed, and the results are ready to be announced! We asked you for your favorite WRC stages and you had your say. Each voter selected 15 stages out of a pool of 100, and the 30 stages that had the most votes, combined with our experts’ ratings made it to our list. This was a collaboration between us and Antti from  itgetsfasternow.com , this list wouldn’t have been possible without him, so please go check his blog. He will have his own unique post based on this list when all the stages are revealed. Throughout this month we’ll be going through the results, you saw the first 5, now let's round off the top 20: 25 – Lankamaa – Rally Finland Lankamaa is the first Finland stage of the list! Lankamaa first appeared in a 1000 Lakes Rally itinerary back in 1988, and since then it has featured regularly. It is considered one of the most technical stages in Rally Finland and has seen many people end their rallies there. There aren’t many ditches, but there are many stuff

  The poll is closed, and the results are ready to be announced! We asked you for your favorite WRC stages and you had your say. Each voter selected 15 stages out of a pool of 100, and the 30 stages that had the most votes, combined with our experts’ ratings made it to our list. This was a collaboration between us and Antti from itgetsfasternow.com , this list wouldn’t have been possible without him, so please go check his blog. He will have his own unique post based on this list when all the stages are revealed. Throughout this month we’ll be going through the results, starting with 30-26:   30 – Burzet – Rally Monte Carlo Burzet first made an appearance in the WRC in 1973, running as a mammoth 50km stage. In fact, Burzet is a stage that was mostly ran at an average length of 45km, going from the village of Burzet near Vallances, up the mountain where more than often the drivers encountered full snow conditions and then all the way back down again, with the finish line ver

  The 2023 WRC history is now in the history books. Kalle Rovanpera was the champion, with the Finn claiming his 2 nd consecutive championship crown ahead of teammate Elfyn Evans. But were these two indeed the fastest drivers this season? That’s what we are going to find out in this post, as I have analysed the pace from all the drivers this season, excluding stages were punctures/spins/crashes or mechanical issues made an appearance. This is a follow up to my mid-season pace analysis post that I made after Rally Estonia, so you can check that if you want before reading this, to compare the mid-season to the end of the season results! An honourable mention goes to Craig Breen who was 0,16 s/km slower than the ideal pace in Sweden, and was the fastest on that rally. Without further ado, let’s get into the list. 11 . Grégoire Munster – 1 s/km – 23 stages Gregoire Munster is a pleasant surprise in terms of pace. Most people that follow WRC expected the Luxembourger to be some