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Kimi Raikkonen is looking to improve his results in the Arctic Lapland Rally this weekend, as he'll compete in the snowy event in Finland for the second time in career. The former Ferrari-an will however use a more powerful machine this year, as he'll debut his Citroen ...
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Usually, when one talks about strong men that go driving (race cars, that is), most of us think that the word “strong” refers to the individual's state of mind. Well apparently, that will have a whole new meaning during the upcoming Rally Sweden round ...
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Although most eyes are now focused on Formula One car launches and their liveries for the 2010 season, Red Bull decided to disclose the latest pictures of Kimi Raikkonen as an official rally racer for Citroen Junior Rally Team. To be more precise, the Finn was the ...
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After a few years in which we heard little about former World Rally champion Marcus Gronholm, it has now surfaced in the media that the Finnish driver was included in Stobart VK M-Sport’s list for manufacturer points for the upcoming Rally Sweden.
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Raikkonen Will Decide Racing Future in the Summer of 2010WRCWhether Kimi Raikkonen will continue his racing career in rallying or switch back to Formula One at the end of the year will remain an unanswered question at least until the middle of the 2010 racing season. In an interview with Italian magazine Autosprint, the former Ferrari-an confirmed that he will make a definitive decision on his future midway through his maiden WRC campaign with Citroen. While admitting that he spent some wonderful years in the Formula One series, Raikkonen also revealed that he has dreamt about running at a competitive level in the WRC since forever, and it may be an unwise decision to quit it now that he finally secured an entrance into the rallying world. Either way, he promised his fans that that he will know for sure where his future lies somewhere in the ... >> Read more |
While most of the World Rally Championship contenders for the 2010 season are switching to newer, improved machines – or at least try out the new S2000 cars before the rule-changing 2011 campaign – Norwegian driver Mads Ostberg will use a different strategy ...
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Although Mikko Hirvonen's participation in this year's Monte Carlo Rally was regarded as mostly a preparation event prior to the official start of the 2010 WRC season, the Finn made it very clear that he aims for the victory in this week's event.
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Kimi Raikkonen already signed a deal with Citroen World Rally Team to run for their Junior outfit, meaning that he'd have no use of his former rally car Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000 from now on. Consequently, instead of having 2 rally cars, he decided to hand ...
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For all the customer teams competing in the 2010 Group N championships around the world – either the ones competing in the World Rally Championship, or the ones focusing on a national championship only – Prodrive has today announced the unveiling of its new ...
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After nine years of strong bond inside the World Rally Championship and adjacent rally programmes, Henning Solberg and Cato Menkerud will go their separate ways starting the 2010 season. As confirmed by the Norwegian driver during the course of this week, Menkerud will ...
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Kimi Raikkonen finally proceeded to his very first test of a world rally car with Citroen, jumping at the wheel of a Citroen C4 WRC on a gravel test track near the team's base at Satory, France. The Finn did an overall 50 kilometers with the C4 and admitted he ...
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Subaru Rally Team USA yesterday revealed their 2010 driver lineup, with four-time Rally America National Champion Travis Pastrana and BMX Freestyle legend Dave Mirra each piloting a 2010 Subaru Impreza WRX STI rally car prepared by Subaru technical partner Vermont ...
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The International Automobile Federation (FIA) today unveiled the entries for three of the World Rally Championship's support series throughout the 2010 season. Having already announced the manufacturers' entry list of the WRC for the upcoming campaign, the ruling ...
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2005 Rally America Rookie of the Year and a three-time medalist at X Games (among other things...) Ken Block announced today he joined Ford in pursuing "future global motorsports opportunities." Simply put, Block will be racing a Ford Focus in the FIA ...
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The Finish Rally will debut next year with a city-based superspecial stage. The results of this stage will help determine the running order for the first day.
The WRC round based in Jyvaskyla will celebrate five years of existence in July, next year. The main change ...
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Although the biggest news of the off-season was Citroen's signing of Formula One champion Kimi Raikkonen for their Junior Team in 2010, the Finn's future teammate Sebastien Ogier doesn't seem too excited about the news. In fact, the 26-year old rally driver spoke ...
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Following their sponsorship deal with Ford World Rally Team, Abu Dhabi was expected to make the next step into getting more involved into the World Rally Championship action, namely securing a round of their own in the series. And everything seems to be going ahead ...
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As reported earlier this month, the International Automobile Federation (FIA) confirmed the creation of a brand new championship exclusively for Super 2000 machineries, comprised of 10 rounds throughout the 2010 WRC calendar.
Eight of those rounds will take place in ...
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Just like in Formula One, the World Rally Championship needs feeder series to prepare their potential talents before stepping into the series. This is the conclusion reached by Neil Duncanson, the CEO of the WRC promoter's parent company North One, following the ...
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Mikko Hirvonen smashed the competition in the 2009 Bettega Memorial Rallysprint, following some dominant runs in the Monday and Tuesday outings of well-known Bologna Motor Show hosted event.
The Ford driver was not the only highly rated competitor to make the ...
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