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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MEM Proton Satria Neo Super 2000: photos and full technical details

The MEM Proton Satria Neo Super 2000 rally car was successfully homologated in September and made it’s competitive debut on the recent Rallye d’Antibes in the south of France with Bryan Bouffier at the wheel.

The info below, which was kindly supplied by Mellors Elliot Motorsport, contains the full technical specification of the S2000… Continue reading

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F1 star Kimi Raikkonen says again that he would like to try rallying

Kimi Raikkonen, who recently visited the IRC Rallye du Valais, has stated again that he would like to try rallying.

The Ferrari Formula One star, who lives near where the Rallye du Valais took place in Switzerland, made the comments when he was in the service park visiting Anton Alen.

Kimi was spectating at the event with his… Continue reading

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MEM consider a two car Proton Satria Neo Super 2000 entry for IRC Monte Carlo 09 and also plan to enter Condroz-Huy with Bouffier

MEM World Rally Team boss Chris Mellors has told Motorsport News that he wants to enter two Proton S2000’s on the Rallye Monte Carlo in January to compete against the Punto’s and 207’s.

Bryan Bouffier retired from Rally d’Antibes earlier this month with an engine fault that couldn’t be rectified during the event… Continue reading

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