end of the rally

Yesterday marked the end of the rally, a couple of stops in the day and a trip over the border to Slovakia then back to Vienna, but the star attraction of the rally, the Red Bull Ring in the morning, it was an early start up at 5:30am to get to the track for 8.

The car handled the wet well and all ralliers made it around the track and to Vienna.

Of the whole rally only 2 cars dropped out, a mini cooper with a slipping clutch and a Merc sprinter van with a broken diff in Italy.

Both teams still appeared in Vienna at the end for the final party though so it was great to catch up with them at the end.

Herman the German evened out the win/loss ratio and is now on the way back to Blighty!

Thanks for the support from everyone 2025 has been a win!

final day and an early start.

5:30am alarm today to get to the Red Bull F1 track for 8am, but boy was it worth it.

Starting from the pit lane for several laps of fun. 

Team photo on the start line...

Heading shortly to Vienna to hopefully finish this one in style.

The steering is getting a little heavy after yesterday's windy roads, so might need to check on fluid levels.

day 6 questions

start of day 6 in the mountains

The hotel was a ridiculous temperature inside while the world was white outside at the top of the Stelvio pass.

Dug the cars out and everyone made it down off the mountain safely. The snow ploughs were amazing and roads were clear within an hour.

Beautiful but very cold start to the day. Heading towards Austria today.

what a day today

Not only going over Great St Bernards pass this morning (it snowed while we were at the top).

The run down the Italian side is always spectacular. We were lucky there with the weather.

We then went to the longest walkable bridge at 234m and over 100 meters high. The views were spectacular.

Then a big challenge up the Stelvio pass (we made it up before the snow set in, but most of the rally came up before the snow plough with people hanging off cars to gain traction....... It was something to witness.

Amazing feat by everyone, only 1 team turned back.

day 4 questions

a more civilised day today

4 1/2 hours of driving today to the top of the Stelvio pass with a night in the hotel at the top, we had a headlight issue that appeared yesterday and wiggling the connector seems to have fixed it....

Lovely driving on the lake road tohis morning and more rain as seems to be the order of the week.