The flat tarmac roads of Belgium provided an interesting challenge for our WRC Esports competitors. The tight and twisty country lanes are punctuated by huge cuts and 90-degree bends, full-stops ready to punish the unwary. For the third time in five events – and the second rally in a row – Sami-Joe Abi Nakhle emerged…Continue reading “WRC Esports 2022: Sami-Joe doubles up in Belgium”»
The Middle East and North African (MENA) leg of the FIA Rally Star program took place on Sunday 20th March 2022 at Abu Dhabi’s Yas Marina circuit and found two more potential rally heroes of the future. Omani Abdullah Masoud Altawqi won the overall MENA competition, with Farah Zakaria booking her name into the Women’s…Continue reading “FIA Rally Star MENA: Altawqi and Zakaria earn shot at Junior WRC in 2024”»
After limping home a distant sixth at the previous round in Spain, Lebanese driver Sami-Joe Abi Nakhle bounced back in spectacular fashion in round four of the 2022 WRC Esports championship, taking a narrow win over shock 2022 pacesetter Kazuho Iwata (Kazunokota). The forests of Wales Rally GB played host our WRC Esports competitors, with…Continue reading “WRC Esports 2022: Sami Joe back to winning ways in Wales “»
The third round of 2022’s WRC Esports competition proved, if anything, that Kazuho Iwata’s shock first-round Monte-Carlo victory was no fluke, as the Japanese rookie took a commanding win. Iwata – aka eR Kazunokota – mastered the deep tarmac cuts of Rally de España to relegate Lohan Blanc – Nexl – to his second consecutive…Continue reading “Iwata snatches 2022 WRC Esports lead on Rally de España”»
2018 WRC Esports winner Jon Armstrong recently acquired a sponsorship deal with EA Sports to secure his position in the field for the 2022 Junior World Rally Championship (JWRC). Just days after his newly-liveried car was revealed to the public, the Northern Irishman stood atop the 2022 Rally Sweden podium. In our podcast interview last…Continue reading “Former WRC Esports champion wins Rally Sweden JWRC class”»
We reported all the way back in March 2021 on the FIA Rally Star DLC for WRC 9. The DLC coincided with the announcement of an esports competition to find eligible candidates quick enough in Kylotonn’s WRC 9 game to progress to the Continental Final stages, with the first European leg taking place over last…Continue reading “Jürgenson wins WRC3 chance in FIA Rally Star program”»
Following a successful campaign in 2021 – that also saw the 2020 World Finals take place – the WRC Esports series will return in 2022 and it starts again soon. There will be a 13-event calendar in 2022 using the WRC 10 game. The first round will be using the Monte Carlo stages and is…Continue reading “WRC Esports series will return, starts February 2022”»
