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As Citroen has already started preparations with their DS3 WRC model for the 2011 season of the World Rally Championship, Ford proceeded to making another step into developing the car that they hope will bring them another world title in the series, the new Fiesta ...
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Last year, at the end of a part-time schedule with Citroen Junior Team, South African rally driver Conrad Rautenbach failed to secure the necessary sponsorship for a second consecutive campaign with the French team. However, that isn't to mean the 2007 FIA African ...
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Everybody in Jordan seems to be working at full speed to make sure that the upcoming round of the World Rally Championship will go down without any unwanted interruptions or problems. The incredibly poor weather in recent weeks has led to floods in several areas of the ...
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Ford's Mikko Hirvonen admitted his disappointment over his result in Rally Mexico, when he finished the event more than one minute and 45 seconds behind his title rival and reigning world champion Sebastien Loeb.
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Loeb Takes Win in Rally MexicoWRCReigning world rally champion Sebastien Loeb took a demanding win in Rally Mexico this weekend, taking a well-deserved revenge over his loss to title rival Mikko Hirvonen in the season opening Rally Sweden. After dominating the action during Day 2 of the event – when he won 8 of the 9 special stages at play – Loeb built a remarkable 55-second lead on top of the classification, which was more than enough for him to cruise through the Sunday stages with ease. The Frenchman eventually finished more than 24 seconds ahead of Petter Solberg at the finish line, while Citroen completed the podium with Junior Team's Sebastien Ogier. “I had a good lead today and was not going to take any risks with that when I started first on the road. I was just breezing through the ... >> Read more |
Sebastien Loeb left no room for interpretation during the Saturday action in Rally Mexico, as the reigning world champion won no less than 8 stages out of 9 scheduled for the day to grab a huge 55-second advantage on top of the classification.
The road-opening ...
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Former World Rally champion Petter Solberg managed a sensational first day of action in Rally Mexico on Friday and topped the timing reports at the end of Day 1, holding a 15-second advantage over his nearest rival Citroen Junior’s Sebastien Ogier.
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Kimi Raikkonen will again walk away from a WRC event without making the scoreboard, after officially withdrawing from Rally Mexico on Friday. The Finnish driver managed some impressive stage times in the first day of the North American rally, despite the electrical ...
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Ford Focus' Mikko Hirvonen did not make a great start in the Rally Mexico this week, as the shakedown stage of the North American event saw the leader of the overall classification lose no less than 3 seconds as compared to his rival Sebastien Loeb. Fortunately for the ...
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Ken Block has certainly made all the right moves prior to his debut in the World Rally Championship this weekend, as the North American racer took his brand new Monster-livery Ford Fiesta to the win in the first round of the Rally America Championship, the 100 Acre ...
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Kimi Raikkonen had to cancel his gravel test with the Citroen C4 WRC this weekend due to back pain. Less than one week before the second round of the 2010 championship in Mexico, the Finnish driver wanted to drive his new car on road conditions similar to what ...
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A classic round in the World Rally Championship by now, Rally Finland announced some changes for the 2010 running of the event, replacing the opening test venue in Jyvaskyla (ran on Thursday night and establishing the running order for Day 1 with a 2.33-mile action ...
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The World Rally Championship fans out there are prepared a big surprise in the near future, as it seems the championship's promoter North One Sport is looking into the possibility of creating a real-time game allowing them to compete side by side through the ...
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Hadn't it been for the new points format in the World Rally Championship, Norwegian driver Petter Solberg would not have made the scoreboard after the season opening Rally Sweden. And that would have been quite disastrous for a former rally champion that aims to clinch ...
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While enjoying his time on top of the World Rally Championship standings, Finnish driver Mikko Hirvonen is already thinking of precautionary measures for the upcoming round of the 2010 season, Rally Mexico.
The Ford driver will be the first tackling the ...
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We all knew that rallying is close to being the number one sport in Finland, but the arrival of Kimi Raikkonen in the World Rally Championship at the wheel of a Citroen C4 WRC has rocketed the TV audience in the country, according to the figures provided by MTV3 ...
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While admitting his support for WRC newcomer Ken Block, Australian rally driver Chris Atkinson is closely preparing his return to international rally racing with Proton. According to a report from Autosport, it seems the former member of the Subaru World Rally Team has ...
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Marcus Gronholm finished the rally that he used to win for a record 5 times – Rally Sweden that is – only in 21st place last weekend, but his overall performance in the Ford Focus RS WRC 09 on the snowy roads of Sweden was nothing short of ...
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More bad news from Dani Sordo after the last weekend Rally Sweden, as the very team boss of Citroen WRC team Olivier Quesnel publicly tipped Sebastien Ogier as France's next world champion in the FIA-sanctioned series.
Ogier finished the opening round of the ...
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Echoing the words of their No 1 driver Sebastien Loeb, French manufacturer Citroen also admitted that Mikko Hirvonen was unbeatable during last weekend's Rally Sweden. Team boss Olivier Quesnel revealed that both him and Loeb decided to ease the pace from second ...
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