Sebastien Loeb: the Group B Audi Sport quattro S1 was a dream but I prefer World Rally Cars

In a recent interview with Eurosport France Sebastien Loeb admitted to being a fan of the Audi Sport quattro S1 but he prefers the WRC cars of today, and also states he isn’t nostalgic for rallying in the 70s and 80s.

Loeb commented about rallying in the 70s and 80s during the interview with Eurosport France:
I was not a fan of rallying in the 70s and 80s, because I only truly discovered that period when… Continue reading

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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 still a possibility. World Rally Championship commission president Morrie Chandler raised the question of spiralling… Continue reading

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Hellendoorn Rally 2008 (Golden Tulip Rally) Day 1 Results: Mark van Eldik holds a slender 4s lead from Erik Wevers

After the first 6 stages (end of first leg) of the 2008 Hellendoorn Rally (also known as the Golden Tulip Rally) in the Netherlands Mark van Eldik, driving a Subaru S12b, holds a 4 second lead over Erik Wevers in his 06 Focus WRC.

Dirk Boers is third in his Subaru WRC ahead of the Focus 06 of Dennis Kuipers. Jasper van den Heuvel leads Group N in… Continue reading

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Kristian Sohlberg to return WRC in 2009 with a World Rally Car programme

Finn Kristian Sohlberg is to return to the WRC next year as reported in Autosport magazine. The ex-Mitsubishi factory driver would like to contest all 12 rounds but states that 10 events might be more realistic. Sohlberg intends to use a World Rally Car but wouldn’t be drawn on which one he intends to campaign.

Sohlberg has recently been competing in the Finnish national championship in a Evo 9 and retired on… Continue reading

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Kimi Raikkonen has been offered a test drive by Malcolm Wilson in a Ford Focus WRC

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Raikkonen, who recently commented that he wanted to go rallying after F1, has been offered the chance to test drive a Ford Focus WRC by Malcolm Wilson in an article by Motorsport News.

Malcolm Wilson stated to Motorsport News about offering the test to Raikkonen:
I’d offer him a test. It’d be a great opportunity for us,” said Wilson. “We can do it because we’ve got the forest [stages] on… Continue reading

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Markko Martin is on the entry for the RAF Marham Richard Burns Memorial Rally

Markko Martin’s name appears as an entrant for the Richard Burns Memorial rally which is based at RAF Marham in Swaffham. Martin is listed in a Subaru WRC which is expected to be a S14 WRC. He was expected to do the… Continue reading

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