The rally season began in Portugal, which was also visited by the Lithuanian crew consisting of Martynas Samsonas and Ervinas Snitkas. However, the country in the far south of Europe with its mountains was not a place where you could be calmly in light clothing. The participants were greeted by the typical weather for this…
Winter rallying in the Baltic countries is over – we had four events in Lithuania, Latvia and Finland. What do you do when there’s a three-month wet spring in our region? Go where it’s already warm. So after four winter events, until it is possible to race in Lithuania again, we will have four gravel…
The winter fun in the Baltic States is over – the Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian championships are ending the winter cycle and waiting for the summer. Only the Finns will have a third winter event in March. The Sarma Rally had all the necessary conditions – it was cold, the roads were as icy as…
This is the fourth weekend in a row that N5 cars have been driving on more or less icy roads somewhere in northern Europe. It started in Alūksne, then we went to Zarasai, then there was a long trip to Santa Claus in Rovaniemi and this weekend the winter fun seems to end at the…
The Arctic Lapland Rally ended on the first weekend of February, with two of the three Lithuanian crews using N5 cars. Several hundred kilometers at special stages on day and night, many more liaisons in between, huge snowbanks with stuck cars in them, enormous snowfall and a number of other nuances specific to this rally.…
Once again, three Lithuanian crews have embarked on a 1,500-kilometer journey towards the polar ice cap, where the famous town of Rovaniemi in Finland lies amidst numerous frozen forests and lakes. All three crews are members of the N5 community, but only two N5 cars will be competing. As Martynas Samsonas prepares his Škoda Fabia…
Before the “Aukštaitija Winter Rally” competition, there was a lot of nervousness because our winter had started making jokes again. But in the end, everything was more than great. Before the rally there was enough coldness to freeze the roads, and during the day and night the clear and cool weather made it possible to…
As soon as we have time to shake off the Latvian snow, we will be heading to Zarasai this weekend, where the first stage of the Lithuanian Car Rally Sprint Championship – “Winter Rally Aukštaitija 2024” – will take place. As in previous years, many guests will come to enjoy the joys of winter. To…
The Alūksnė Rally, which opened the Baltic winter rally season, ended last weekend. A crew from our N5 team – Eugenijus Sladkevičius and Marius Kairys with the Škoda Fabia N5+ – took part in the combined stage of the Latvian and Estonian championships. Even before the Alūksnė Rally, the Lithuanian crew had tests in Elektrėnai,…
It does not seem that long ago that the members of the N5 squad were still bathing in the mud baths of the Saaremaa Rally, and they are already starting the new 2024 season this weekend. Since winters in our region are difficult to predict and there are not so many suitable dates for rallies,…