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2009 (IRC) Intercontinental Rally Challenge draft calendar has been released

According to the website turbomagazine.be the 2009 IRC draft calendar has been leaked and it includes 12 events based on four continents.

The Safari Rally returns with new events such as Monte Carlo, Rally Japan, Rally Scotland and an event from Brazil in March being included also. The official calendar is expected to be announced on Monday 24th November.

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Juho Hanninen has been offered a seat in the Skoda Fabia Super 2000 for 2009

Juho Hanninen has apparently been offered a drive by Skoda Motorsport in the Fabia S2000 for the 2009 season, according to autosport.cz.

Hanninen, who won this year’s IRC Rally Russia, was testing the Skoda super 2000 recently in Austria and suffered a major accident by putting the car off into trees. It appears there… Continue reading

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Marcus Gronholm could have replaced Francois Duval for Wales Rally GB

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Malcolm Wilson wished to place Marcus Gronholm in the Stobart Focus for Wales Rally GB had Francois Duval elected to not take part, according to autoklub.pl.

Duval confirmed this in an interview with RTBF last week when he was testing Pieter Tsjoen’s Focus just after the Condroz Rally. He was contemplating not competing again after the accident in Japan… Continue reading

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Gilles Panizzi has been testing the Skoda Fabia S2000 on asphalt again, this time in the Alps Maritimes

The Czech Skoda Motorsport team were testing again, during the week, with Gilles Panizzi on the asphalt roads of the Alps Maritimes as they continue the development of the Fabia Super 2000.

Panizzi spent two days in the car and felt the Fabia was better, at the end of the second day, than the… Continue reading

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MSD Opel Corsa OPC S2000: Greek presentation and Rallyesprint Storndorf photos

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The Opel Corsa S2000 (pictured above) was presented to the Greek press the other night, MSD boss David Whitehead was in attendance.

The car will be campaigned by Haris Kaltsounis and it now appears that it will run as course car on the Black Rose Rally, in Greece this Sunday. The car was scheduled to compete… Continue reading

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Sasol South African National Rally Championship 2008: review in photographs by the e-magazine Handbrakes and Hairpins

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