Prodrive pays tribute to the Subaru World Rally Team at Autosport Show

Prodrive will be attending the Autosport International show at the NEC in January and will pay tribute to the Subaru World Rally Team.

On The Prodrive stand next to the main Autosport stage will be the latest Aston Martin Racing cars, the Vantage GT2 and the Vantage GT4; the new group N rally car, the Prodrive Impreza N2009; the Alfa Brera S, which was engineered for Alfa Romeo… Continue reading

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WRC 2008 Crash Compilation video on YouTube

WRC 2008 thrills, spills and crashes video compilation uploaded to YouTube by the doyen of WRC clips fernischumi1.

The clip captures practically every accident and incident from this year’s championship which involved the top WRC stars. Testament must be made to the modern World Rally Car and the efforts the FIA are currently making with regard to safety, particularly with the

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PG Andersson will compete on the RomjulsRally in Norway driving a Skoda Fabia WRC

PG Andersson will contest this Sunday’s Romjul Rally (rallysprint event) in a Skoda Fabia WRC, organisers have announced on the event’s website romjulsrally.no.

Andersson, who has been left without a manufacturer drive in the WRC following Suzuki’s recent decision to withdraw from the WRC, will drive one of  Bernard Kongsrud two Fabia WRCs, the other one will be piloted by Henning Solberg on the event. Both machines will be… Continue reading

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Derek McGarrity is confident that Petter Solberg and Chris Atkinson will be competing on Rally Ireland with Prodrive

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Top Irish rally driver Derek McGarrity says that he expects the Prodrive Subarus of  Petter Solberg and Chris Atkinson to be on the start line for Rally Ireland, despite the annoncement of Subaru’s withdrawal from the WRC on Tuesday, according to Sammy Hamill in the Belfast Telegraph.

McGarrity has been closely involved with Prodrive for nearly ten years, trading Subarus around the world, and also competing in them with much success.

He explained to… Continue reading

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Petter Solberg: the plan is to run in the WRC next year

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Petter Solberg has stated in an interview yesterday with Swedish news site nwt.se that he plans to continue rallying next year.

Solberg commented to nwt.se:
My head hasn’t been on a pillow as I haven’t slept in two days. I am working like hell.   We will see what happens the next few days. I talk to people in Japan and England and I am trying

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Dani Sordo wins Bettega Memorial Rallysprint 2008 at the Bologna Motor Show

Dani Sordo, driving the Citroen C4 WRC, became the first Spaniard to win the Bettega Memorial Rallysprint today. Carlos Sainz could only achieve second on the event back in 1987.

Sordo beat Gigi Galli into second place by posting the best aggregate time after the pair won two races each in the final. Petter Solberg (driving the Subaru entry as a replacement for Chris Atkinson) claimed third… Continue reading

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