Once again the demanding Croatian stages served up some sublime action for the lenses of McKlein’s photographers.
This rally has a huge variation in character and features, but it’s not an easy event to circumnavigate. Huge crowds and relatively few access roads into stages makes life on the road a bit tricky.
But once in position some of the spots are simply epic. It’s three-dimensional too, with many jumps and contour changes, not to mention the massive cuts the drivers take, throwing mud and gravel onto the road.
Croatia is probably the best pure asphalt rally on the WRC calendar to photograph.
09. Kalle Rovanperä (FIN) & Jonne Halttunen (FIN), Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 Photo: Colin McMaster
10. Kalle Rovanperä (FIN), Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 & Ott Tänak (EST), Hyundai World Rally Team, Hyundai i20 N Rally1 Photo: Sophie Graillon
01. Kalle Rovanperä (FIN) & Jonne Halttunen (FIN), Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 Photo: Marcin Rybak
02. Thierry Neuville (BEL) & Martijn Wydaeghe (BEL), Hyundai World Rally Team, Hyundai i20 N Rally1 Photo: Tom Banks
03. Craig Breen (IRE) & Paul Nagle (IRE), M-Sport Ford World Rally Team, Ford Puma Rally1 Photo: Tom Banks
04. Kalle Rovanperä (FIN) & Jonne Halttunen (FIN), Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 Photo: Tom Banks
05. Thierry Neuville (BEL) & Martijn Wydaeghe (BEL), Hyundai World Rally Team, Hyundai i20 N Rally1 Photo: Colin McMaster
06. Ott Tänak (EST) & Martin Järveoja (EST), Hyundai World Rally Team, Hyundai i20 N Rally1 Photo: Marcin Rybak
07. Kalle Rovanperä (FIN) & Jonne Halttunen (FIN), Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 Photo: Marcin Rybak
08. Thierry Neuville (BEL) & Martijn Wydaeghe (BEL), Hyundai World Rally Team, Hyundai i20 N Rally1 Photo: Colin McMaster
09. Kalle Rovanperä (FIN) & Jonne Halttunen (FIN), Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 Photo: Colin McMaster
10. Kalle Rovanperä (FIN), Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 & Ott Tänak (EST), Hyundai World Rally Team, Hyundai i20 N Rally1 Photo: Sophie Graillon
01. Kalle Rovanperä (FIN) & Jonne Halttunen (FIN), Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 Photo: Marcin Rybak
02. Thierry Neuville (BEL) & Martijn Wydaeghe (BEL), Hyundai World Rally Team, Hyundai i20 N Rally1 Photo: Tom Banks
03. Craig Breen (IRE) & Paul Nagle (IRE), M-Sport Ford World Rally Team, Ford Puma Rally1 Photo: Tom Banks
04. Kalle Rovanperä (FIN) & Jonne Halttunen (FIN), Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 Photo: Tom Banks
05. Thierry Neuville (BEL) & Martijn Wydaeghe (BEL), Hyundai World Rally Team, Hyundai i20 N Rally1 Photo: Colin McMaster
06. Ott Tänak (EST) & Martin Järveoja (EST), Hyundai World Rally Team, Hyundai i20 N Rally1 Photo: Marcin Rybak
07. Kalle Rovanperä (FIN) & Jonne Halttunen (FIN), Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 Photo: Marcin Rybak
08. Thierry Neuville (BEL) & Martijn Wydaeghe (BEL), Hyundai World Rally Team, Hyundai i20 N Rally1 Photo: Colin McMaster
09. Kalle Rovanperä (FIN) & Jonne Halttunen (FIN), Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 Photo: Colin McMaster
10. Kalle Rovanperä (FIN), Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 & Ott Tänak (EST), Hyundai World Rally Team, Hyundai i20 N Rally1 Photo: Sophie Graillon