Audronis Gulbinas, who had driven front-wheel drive cars throughout his career, took a bold step by moving to a much more serious car. The VW Polo N5 came to Audronis from Giedrius Firantas, who had purchased the championship winning Polo from Nedas Radišauskas. This time, another LARČ5 title for this car was determined less by…
Before this season, an interesting car swap took place, during which Justinas Brokorias received a championship-winning Ford Fiesta N5. It was the racer’s debut with 4WD car, which he mastered quickly together with Ramūnas Paškevičius. However, the season brought various surprises for the crew, so the final third place in the LARČ5 standings does not…
The Citroën C3 N5 crew of Paulius Beniušis and Kristupas Adinavičius also made very noticeable progress this season. Numerous winter competitions, tests before each rally, accumulated experience, and a well-maintained car allowed the crew from Kaunas to surprise their competitors and delight the fans. Paulius and Kristupas had an almost perfect first part of the…
The 2025 season was successful for Eugenijus Sladkevičius. He finished all nine rallies he started, which delighted rally fans. Eugenijus’ driving style excites spectators and provides excellent photos and footage for the media teams. His showy cornering does not hinder his results – he achieved 2nd place in the LARČ1 class and 8th overall. We…
One of the main highlights of this year’s LARČ season is the rise of Deividas Gezevičius. His potential has been recognised for a long time, but in the first two seasons, we saw only a glimpse of what he could achieve with the N5 equipment. Now, everything seems to have come together, allowing spectators to…
This year we will have two new faces in the N5 family and in the LARČ5 class. We have already seen Audronis Gulbinas on the rally stages, and this year he will be accompanied by Justinas Brokorius. Justinas’ career began in 2006 when he made his debut in an Opel Astra GSi, but a year…
As far as we know, you have serviced the car yourself – is servicing the Ford Fiesta N5 difficult? What are the most important tasks after and before the rally? Compared to the previous R2T, there are definitely more complicated areas to pay attention to (turbo, steering column), but we bought the car from Rokas…
As was to be expected, the big break between Rokiškis and the Elektrėnai rally was not entirely peaceful. A few weeks ago, Rokas Markovičius and Martynas Masaitis drove the special stages of the Cēsis Rally in Latvia, and last weekend we saw them at the Lithuanian Mini Rally Championship stage in Plungė, where they competed…
There are two changes to the LARČ5 / N5 gang for the 2024 season. The first was already known at the beginning of the new year – Giedrius Firantas bought the VW Polo N5 from N. Radišauskas. Throughout the pre-season, it was known that R. Steponavičius had also sold the car, but no body didn’t…
With the arrival of the new year, the guidelines for the new 2024 season are becoming clearer. The cars moves from one hand to the other, and the winter rallies are filled with sensational participants. The changes have not escaped the ‘N5 gang and their cars. One of these changes is that the white VW…