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,…
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…
Last week, the representatives of Domingos Sport – Ricardo Domingos and his brother Paulo – visited the Samsonas Motorsport factory, where the headquarters of N5 Lithuania are located. Domingos Sport from Portugal and Samsonas Motorsport have been working together for 4 years and this partnership is being extended with the N5 car project. From this…
Spain is the country where the N5 class was born, and it is here that these cars are most common. Of the total of 91 N5 cars currently on the world’s rally stages, over a third (37) are located here. N5 cars have the green light in all national and regional championships in Spain, and…
How was your weekend in Miranda de Ebro? Is it fun to return to the discipline of contact motorsport? The weekend was good, very good. You can say that it’s not a completely new thing for me, but I still gained new experiences and new information. We keep moving, everything is moving forward. Admittedly, we…