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…
There are three N5 cars in Finland. Recently there were 4, but one of them traveled to Lithuania where driven by Rokas Steponavičius Ford Fiesta N5 finished 2nd in the LARČ5 classification this year. Among these three cars, there is another Lithuanian accent – Jaakko Lavio’s Peugeot 208 N5, which he has been driving in…
Tomas Šmagarys talks about the beginning of his career, teacher, and coach Kristian Sohlberg, the new Hyundai i20 N5 car, and other very interesting things How long have you been behind the wheel? I have been driving professionally since last year. Well, we’ve had a little bit of a few rally sprints in the past,…
In mid-January, 4 N5 class cars appeared at the opening ceremony of the Arctic Lapland Rally, located in the beautiful city of Rovaniemi. They did this after a particularly long Reece and shakedown. Those crews were Lithuanians Martynas Samsonas and Ervins Snitkas with Volkswagen Polo N5, Linas Vaškys and Laurynas Paškevičius with Škoda Fabia N5+,…
Three N5 crews from Lithuania took a 1,500-kilometer trip north of Finland, where the famous Rovaniemi town sits between countless frozen forests and lakes. It will be a 2023 season opener for Martynas Samsonas, Linas Vaškys, and Vilmantas Padegimas. All drivers have the same, but a few different goals to achieve. There will be one native…