The first event of the 2025 Baltic rally season took place in the north of Latvia, in Alūksne. But the closer we got to Alūksne, the fewer winter features we could see. It was also raining quite heavily, so the conditions were not the best for the participants, the spectators and the roads on which…
The climate in the Baltic countries makes for a rather interesting annual rallying calendar. After the end of the season, crews have 2-3 months before a more serious winter begins. This winter is usually used very productively when there is at least one competition every weekend, and then, after 4-5 weeks of joy, we sit…
The Cesis Rally, which took place in Latvia, was the only external event in all three Lithuanian rally championships. The participants of the Lithuanian Car Rally Sprint Championship are taking part in Cesis for the second time, including the Hyundai i20 N5 crew consisting of Rokas Markovičius and Martynas Masaitis. Cesis was their second competition…
During the big summer break between the Rokiškis and Elektrėnai rallies, there is plenty of action here and in the surrounding countries. Mini rally competitions will be held in Lithuania, and the Latvians will host the fourth Latvian, fifth Estonian, third Latvian Rally Sprint and fifth Lithuanian Rally Sprint championship events. All this will be…
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 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,…
It is a busy time in Latvia when viewed through the prism of the rally. It seems that the “Rallijs Sarma” has just finished and the rally community has once again traveled to the north of the country. Only this time, not to Gulbene, but to Alūksne. The rally, which was supposed to take place…
Many of us were looking forward to the opening of the Baltic Rally season in Alūksne in January. The nervous, far too frequent look at the weather forecasts in the north of Latvia was interrupted by the announcement that the rally was unfortunately postponed to the end of February. A large part of us took…