World Rally Car future will be decided in December’s meeting of the World Motor Sport Council

Autosport magazine published an article last week in which it followed up the recent WMSC decisions regarding the future of the WRCar.

The Autosport article:

THE FUTURE of the World Rally Car will be decided once and for all in December’s meeting of the World MotorSport Council, with a switch to Super 2000… Continue reading

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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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FIA to review new WRC technical regulations following today’s WMSC meeting

The FIA will review the new new WRC technical regulations following today’s WMSC meeting in Paris. 

The FIA statement following the  meeting said that it wants more information on the potential cost implications of the new regulations in time for the next WMSC meeting in December.

It was felt that the technical regulations could have been finalised… Continue reading

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Horst Rotter will use the Opel Corsa OPC S2000 for his first time at a rallysprint in Germany

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German driver Horst Rotter will eventually get to drive the MSD Opel Corsa Super 2000 as course car at the ADAC 3rd Storndorf rallyesprint on 14-15 November, according to rallye-magazin.de.

Rotter was scheduled to use the MSD machine on Rally Germany in August but the car wasn’t ready at the time.

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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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Kimi Raikkonen sits in Anton Alen’s Fiat Abarth Grande Punto at Rally du Valais

Kimi Raikkonen turned up at the servicepark of the IRC Rallye International du Valais in Switzerland, with his elder rallying brother Rami, to visit Anton Alen.

Kimi couldn’t help himself but he had to have a sit in Alen’s Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000. He looked really happy behind the wheel of a… Continue reading

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