Christian Loriaux attended the test in Germany of Francois Duval

Ford WRT technical director, Christian Loriaux, took the unprecedented step of attending a customer team test session, that of Francois Duval. Loriaux rarely, if ever, attends customer tests but he and Ford feel Dudu is their best chance to beat Citroen on the upcoming asphalt rounds.

From an article in www.wrcisfree.com Loriaux tells a Belgian newspaper his hopes about Dudu :
François is our best chance to beat Sebastien Loeb and to show that our car… Continue reading

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Opel S2000 will run as course-car on the ADAC Rallye Deutschland 2008

 An Opel Corsa S2000 will run as a zero car on this years Rally Germany, it has been confirmed by rallye-magazin. The MSD car will be driven by Horst Rotter and is due for it’s first test run a couple of days before the event. The first tests were originally scheduled for the autumn but development has been pushed forward and the cars will soon be… Continue reading

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Kris Meeke appears on the Rallye Deutschland 2008 Entry List in a Renault Clio S1600

Kris Meeke has appeared on the Rally Germany entry list (which has just been published) at number 63 in a Clio S1600. Kris was unavailable for comment about the entry but if he did compete it would be his first time back in the WRC since last year’s Rally Ireland. Kris has just recently been competing on Rally Russia drivng a Munaretto run Clio R3, at the request of… Continue reading

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ADAC Eifel Rallye 2008 has some interesting WRCars in the entry

The Eifel Rallye, which takes place on 18-19 July 2008, has assembled a good World Rally Car entry being fronted by Mark van Eldik in his Subaru S12 WRC. A number of various Focus WRC’s are entered featuring Peter van Merksteijn in his newly aquired 07 Focus, the first in private hands. Gareth Jones is entered in his JCB backed 05 Focus for the first time since Rally Ireland last year, while… Continue reading

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More news following Ford’s R&D test in Spain with Mikko Hirvonen

It now transpires that M-Sport were testing new 08 engine mods on the Focus as well as new S2000 parts, according to sources present. The test covered much mileage and was described as productive. Geometry settings were being assessed while a new aluminium diff guard was being tried out but kept getting damaged when Hirvonen was corner cutting on the Spanish tarmac. M-Sport will stick with the steel one as… Continue reading

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Citroen test in Mosel Valley with Sebastien Loeb for forthcoming Rally Germany

Citroen have begun preparations for the tarmac rounds of the WRC as are currently testing in the Mosel Valley region of Germany. Loeb has won the ADAC Rallye Deutschland for the past five years and is intent on making it six, while Citroen haven’t been beaten in Germany since 2001. Germany will be the first of three upcoming WRC tarmac rallies and these rounds could prove to be pivotal as we reach the business end of… Continue reading

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