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BRC well represented in Wales Rally GB

Posted on November 9, 2011 | No Comments
No less than 11 crews that have previously been registered for the MSA British Rally Championship and its supporting series the BRC Challenge will take part in this weekend’s final round of the World Rally Championship – the Wales Rally GB. Champions to the cause...
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WRC Wales Rally GB 2011 – Conference 1

Posted on November 9, 2011 | No Comments
Pre-event Press Conference - Wednesday 9 November Present: Sébastien Loeb, Citroën Total World Rally Team Mikko Hirvonen, Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team Kris Meeke, MINI WRC Team Petter Solberg, Petter Solberg World Rally Team Q: Sébastien you lead the Championship coming into the final round...
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Richard Parks explores new limits with Stobart’s Wilson

Posted on November 9, 2011 | No Comments
Britain’s Matthew Wilson took former Welsh international rugby player and world record-holding explorer, Richard Parks, for a thrilling ride in his Ford Fiesta RS World Rally Car at the Wales Rally GB pre-event shakedown test this morning. Wales Rally GB marks the final round of...
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Andreas Mikkelsen in a Skoda Fabia S2000 is the 2011 IRC Champion

Posted on November 8, 2011 | No Comments
The winner of the 2011 Intercontinental Rally Challenge (IRC) is Andreas Mikkelsen of ŠKODA UK Motorsport, Kopecký 2nd, Hänninen 3rd – all in ŠKODA Fabia S2000s. Driving a Fabia Super 2000 prepared by ŠKODA Motorsport (factory team), Mikkelsen comfortably won the season’s last rally in...
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New and revamped special stages for 2012 Geko Ypres Rally

Posted on November 8, 2011 | No Comments
While crews are competing in Cyprus for the closing event of the 2011 IRC championship, preparations for the 2012 Geko Ypres Rally have already started. The rally keeps its traditional spot on the calendar and will take place the last weekend of June. The Eurosport...
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Strong IRC competition impresses ace Toshi Arai

Posted on November 8, 2011 | No Comments
Toshi Arai has praised the level of competition in the Intercontinental Rally Challenge after becoming the first driver to win the IRC Production Cup with category victory on the season-closing Cyprus Rally on Saturday. Driving a Subaru Impreza R4 STI alongside Australian co-driver Dale Moscatt,...
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Peter van Merksteijn jr. ready for season closing WRC Wales Rally GB

Posted on November 8, 2011 | No Comments
Peter van Merksteijn jr. and co-driver Erwin Mombaerts will close the 2011 World Rally Championship season this week during the WRC Wales Rally GB. The Van Merksteijn Motorsport driver will appear in his Citroën DS3 WRC for the first time in a World Rally Car...
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Paint your message Orange with the FERM Power Tools World Rally Team

Posted on November 8, 2011 | No Comments
The FERM Power Tools World Rally Team today made a novel offer to motorsport fans to send a message to the world using the medium of sponsorship that will feature as part of the livery of Dennis Kuipers’ WRC car in a forthcoming round of...
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Clean Sweep for Proton in China Rally 2011

Posted on November 8, 2011 | No Comments
Leading from the very first stage Scotland’s Alister McRae and co-driver Bill Hayes drove an exceptional event to win the China Rally and win the Asia Pacific Rally Championship drivers and co-drivers title. It was a clean sweep of trophies for Proton as the Malaysian...
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MICHELIN Tyres – Wales Rally GB Preview

Posted on November 8, 2011 | No Comments
Wales Rally GB (1,860.80km) is the second longest round of the 2011 World Rally Championship after Sweden (2,059.89km). The British fixture has evolved considerably since the first time it was organised, in 1932, as an endurance event known as the RAC Rally (RAC = Royal Automobile Club). The original...
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Loeb and Elena in pursuit of their eighth title

Posted on November 8, 2011 | No Comments
Sébastien Loeb and Daniel Elena, who hold all the records in the FIA World Rally Championship, find themselves up against a new challenge. The Citroën Total World Rally Team crew will start Rally Great Britain with the aim of winning their eighth title, a unique feat in the history...
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The Return of Lotus to Rally

Posted on November 8, 2011 | No Comments
30 years after World Rally Championship victory in the Talbot Sunbeam Lotus it’s time to welcome Lotus back to rally with the brother of the newly launched Exige S – the Exige R-GT What better way to demonstrate Lotus’ superior ride and handling than by...
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MINI WRC TEAM – Wales Rally GB 2011 Preview

Posted on November 7, 2011 | No Comments
The MINI WRC Team is now heading home for Wales Rally GB and the final round of the FIA World Rally Championship. The UK’s forest stages are famous worldwide and an event including them has been part of the WRC since its inception in 1973. Not only is...
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FIA World Rally Championship reaches its climax in the Welsh forests this week!

Posted on November 7, 2011 | No Comments
Loeb, competing for Citroen Total World Rally Team, has emerged as the most successful rally driver in history with seven consecutive World crowns in the past decade. But Hirvonen, who drives for the UK-based factory Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team, could be about to...
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Paint It Orange Campaign Releases Film Edit

Posted on November 7, 2011 | No Comments
A short seven minute film, featuring the highlights of Richard Burns’ competition career as well as the intimate details of his courageous fight against an aggressive form of brain cancer in the twilight of his life has been exclusively posted at http://www.autosport.com/ today. The film...
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