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Two weeks before his Rally Finland outing this year, former WRC champion Marcus Gronholm is preparing for his first shot at breaking the time record in the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb in Colorado, USA.
The Finnish driver will drive a Olsberg Motor Sport ...
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Former World Rally Champion Marcus Gronholm will make his return in the championship later this month, when he'll compete in his home rally in Finland. However, his second outing in the WRC this season – following his drive in Rally Portugal in early April ...
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Surely Mikko Hirvonen was not hopeful of holding the championship lead with 4 rounds to go in the 2009 World Rally Championship season. After Loeb had won 5 events in a row in the first part of the season, everybody thought all the Finnish driver could do was make sure ...
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The alternative scheme by which one gets to host a round in the World Rally Championship these days seems to have worked just fine for the Australian organizers. Actually, it went better than fine, if we're to consider the immense ticket request from the Aussie ...
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Pirelli's Mario Isola to Debut in the Rally of Nations, in MexicoWRCPirelli' motorsport manager Mario Isola has confirmed he will take part in this weekend's Rally of Nations event in Mexico. The event was initially scheduled to take place earlier this year, but the risk of the swine flu endangering the rallying caravan proved decisive in the Mexican government's decision to stop the event. Earlier this month, the go-ahead for Rally Mexico was officially confirmed, with the gravel rounds due to start from as early as Thursday. This won't be Isola's first rallying experience, as he previously did a one-off rally event in Italy last year. However, the aforementioned event was held on asphalt, whereas this week's Rally Mexico is an all-gravel round. “This is a great opportunity for me to take the place of the drivers and feel what they feel in ... >> Read more |
Although Petter Solberg revealed, prior to Rally Greece, that he would change cars before Rally Finland due to his 2006-spec Citroen Xsara's poor performances this season – even though 2 podium appearances hardly seem like a poor performance in 2009 – ...
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Some few weeks ago, the 2009 World Rally Championship season was only a question of how many consecutive wins will Loeb manage to get under his belt. Three rallies away, it looks like the Frenchman will have a tough time holding on to his championship title, as he ...
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Mikko Hirvonen has become championship leader in the WRC, following a mistake-free performance during the inaugural Rally Poland the past weekend. The Finnish driver managed to maintain a secure lead from teammate Jari-Matti Latvala in the last two days of the ...
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The good news keep on pouring for Finnish driver Mikko Hirvonen, as he is on his way to clinching the lead in the overall standings if he'll manage to win or come second in this weekend's Rally Poland. The Ford driver is currently leading the event some 2.4 seconds ...
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As Formula One, the World Rally Championship will also undergo several changes for the upcoming season. Apart from announcing the new official calendar for 2010 and postponing the introduction of 1600cc engines until 2011, the FIA also proceeded to scrapping the ...
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The World Motor Sport Council yesterday announced the latest directions for the 2010 World Rally Championship. Unlike Formula One, the WRC didn't arise any dispute between the FIA members and the teams' representatives. Some novelties did appear, however, for the ...
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Sebastien Loeb revealed that the key to getting back on his winning ways inside the World Rally Championship is taking some accurate pacenotes for the stages of the inaugural Rally Poland. The Polish event is scheduled to get under was this very Friday, and most of the ...
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Ford did recuperate a huge 18 points to rivals Citroen in the manufacturers classification following the Acropolis Rally this weekend, but team boss Malcolm Wilson made it very clear that Jari-Matti Latvala's mistake on Friday did not go unnoticed.
While ...
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Everything seemed to go the right way for Ford's driver Mikko Hirvonen during the Acropolis Rally, as the Finnish ace managed to score his first win this season and, thanks to Sebastien Loeb's crash on Saturday, is now only 7 points behind the Frenchman in the ...
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Citroen Junior Team managed to win two special stages during the afternoon session of the Acropolis Rally on Friday, as Russian teenager Evgeny Novikov and Frenchman Sebastien Ogier managed to top the timing sheets during SS4 and SS5 respectively.
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Jari-Matti Latvala made the best of his road position on Friday to clinch the top spot in the Rally Greece – Acropolis after the morning session on Friday. Despite his winning weekend in Sardegna, the Ford works driver was scheduled to be the 6th driver to ...
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British rally fans are now relieved to find out that their home World Rally Championship event will go ahead as scheduled, later this year. As announced by British magazine AUTOSPORT yesterday evening, Rally GB was confirmed as being part of this year's calendar ...
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Petter Solberg ended all speculation on Monday and confirmed that he will tackle the upcoming 2 rounds of the World Rally Championship in the same Citroen Xsara WRC. However, the Norwegian champion did admit he'll be testing a new car next week, although he didn't ...
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Ford of Europe will have a new man responsible for their motorsport operations, as the company announced late last week the appointment of Gerard Quinn as their new Senior Manager of Motorsport. Quinn will therefore replace Mark Deans as head of Ford of Europe's ...
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Finnish driver Jari-Matti Latvala managed to keep his winning streak alive during the course of last weekend, although his triumph was not a WRC-sanctioned one. The BP Ford Abu Dhabi Team driver was allowed to make a close-to-his-heart outing in the FIA European ...
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