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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RallyBuzz interview with Neil Cole, the presenter of World Rally on Dave

RallyBuzz caught up with the presenter of World Rally on Dave, and all round top bloke, Neil Cole just after he returned from Rally Japan.

Neil currently presents World Rally on Dave Sundays 6pm, an interview show on the Audi Channel called Personality Driven, is a DJ for NME Radio

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Team quotes from Rally Japan 2008 - Day one; plus results, photographs and video from a rather chaotic first day

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It was a rather chaotic first day on the Pioneer Rally Japan 2008 with stages being cancelled, time cards not being handed back by marshals and a very bad accident on SS6.

Francois Duval crashed heavily, at high speed on a narrow section of road, into an armco barrier on his co-driver’s (Patrick… Continue reading

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Pioneer Carrozzeria Rally Japan 2008 Entry List: Sebastien Loeb could seal the title here

Sebastien Loeb could seal the title on Rally Japan which takes place from October 31 to November 2.

Loeb leads Hirvonen by fourteen points with only Japan and Rally GB left and seems almost certain to clinch a record fifth title. Hirvonen, last year’s Japan winner, will attempt to stop him but realistically knows he… Continue reading

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Photos and video 2008 Tour de Corse - Rally de France Day 3: Seb gets victory number 46 as Ford have to employ team-orders

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Sebastien Loeb recorded win #46 with a consumate drive in Corsica to edge him within touching distance of a record fifth drivers’ title.

He was never challenged throughout the three days and his rivals at Ford needed to employ team-orders on the final day to move Mikko Hirvonen back up to… Continue reading

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