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Hayden Paddon excited to start SWRC campaign on Swedish snow

Posted on February 2, 2012 | No Comments
New Zealand’s top rally driver Hayden Paddon and his co-driver John Kennard are looking forward to tackling the challenges of rallying on snow for the first time as their 2012 campaign starts in Sweden next week. Paddon, now based in Montgat, Spain, and Kennard, from...
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Craig Breen claims maiden S-WRC victory in Monte Carlo

Posted on January 24, 2012 | No Comments
FIA WRC Academy Champions Craig Breen and Gareth Roberts have secured their maiden S-WRC win after a mature performance at this week’s Rallye Monte-Carlo. Taking on the iconic event for the first time, the Irish/Welsh partnership showed maturity by driving a controlled event in their...
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Proton drives into top 10 on opening day in Monte Carlo Rally

Posted on January 19, 2012 | No Comments
PROTON enjoyed an inspiring start to its 2012 FIA Super World Rally Championship (S-WRC) campaign by rallying into the top 10 at the end of the first four special stages at the Monte Carlo Rally. Driver Per Gunnar Andersson paced the Satria Neo S2000 sensibly...
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Monte Carlo Rally marks Proton’s return to the WRC

Posted on January 16, 2012 | No Comments
Drivers Giandomenico Basso and Per Gunnar Andersson will lead PROTON’s return to the World Rally Championship this Wednesday when the Malaysian manufacturer competes at the Monte Carlo Rally for the opening round of the 2012 FIA Super World Rally Championship (S-WRC). PROTON’s participation in the...
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Yazeed Al-Rajhi to contest S-WRC with Ford Fiesta RS RRC

Posted on January 10, 2012 | 1 Comment
Simon Jean-Joseph has today confirmed a collaboration with M-Sport Ltd. to support Yazeed Al-Rajhi behind the wheel of a Ford Fiesta RS Regional Rally Car (RRC) in the 2012 edition of the WRC’s official support series, the S-WRC. Al-Rajhi, who secured victory on every round he...
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Sebastien Ogier testing Skoda Fabia S2000

Posted on January 10, 2012 | No Comments

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Sebastien Ogier testing Skoda Fabia S2000

Posted on January 10, 2012 | No Comments

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Craig Breen Confirms 2012 SWRC Campaign

Posted on January 2, 2012 | 1 Comment
2011 World Academy Champion Craig Breen is delighted to announce news of his 2012 event schedule. After clinching the FIA WRC Academy title on a dramatic final stage on Wales Rally GB, Craig is now set to take the next step in his ‘World Rallying’...
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Q & A session with Ott Tänak

Posted on October 31, 2011 | No Comments
Ahead of his debut in the Ford Fiesta RS WRC at Wales Rally GB next month, Estonia’s Ott Tänak (24) took time out of his busy schedule to speak about his chances at the event and to tell us a little bit about himself. The...
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Juho Hänninen would relish IRC title defence

Posted on October 24, 2011 | No Comments
Defending Intercontinental Rally Challenge champion Juho Hänninen clinched the Super 2000 World Rally Championship title in Spain yesterday – and said he would relish the opportunity to defend his IRC crown in Cyprus next month. Hänninen remains in contention for the prestigious IRC accolade following...
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ŠKODA wins the World Championship title

Posted on October 23, 2011 | No Comments
Hänninen & Markkula are new World Champions after winning the season’s last rally in Spain and the Red Bull ŠKODA team has wrapped up the overall triumph at Rally Espana. ŠKODA has achieved a historic triumph, the first World Championship title in its history, after...
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Fiesta S2000 crews set for sizzling Spanish Showdown

Posted on October 17, 2011 | No Comments
The stage is set for a thrilling title fight in Spain as Ford Fiesta S2000 crews vie for championship victory at the final Super 2000 World Rally Championship (S-WRC) round of the season, RACC Rally de España. With only three points separating Ott Tänak and current...
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SWRC – Juho Hänninen came fifth in Rallye de France 2011

Posted on October 2, 2011 | No Comments
Red Bull ŠKODA team had a lot of bad luck at Rally de France, Championship leader Hänninen in hard fight in the last event in Spain. Red Bull ŠKODA’s rallying performances in the last-but-one event of this season’s SWRC were over-shadowed by a serious accident...
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Victory for Ott Tanak throws SWRC title wide open

Posted on October 2, 2011 | No Comments
Ford Fiesta S2000 driver Ott Tänak has strengthened his chances of winning the S-WRC title at the championship’s finale later this month with his stunning victory at this weekend’s Rallye de France. The 23-year-old led the penultimate round of the S-WRC at the end of...
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SWRC enters the decisive stage for ŠKODA

Posted on September 28, 2011 | No Comments
Hänninen & Markkula in the lead of the series before the season’s seventh event. The French Rally is the last-but-one event of the 2011 season. Gassner jun. & Wüstenhagen to take an offensive strategy. The question who will win this year’s SWRC is going to...
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