Posts Tagged ‘World Rally Championship’

Citroen pair own Rally Deutschland

Sébastien Loeb and Daniel Elena, unbeaten in this event since 2002, soon began to tighten their stranglehold on Rally Germany. The crew in the No. 1 Citroën DS3 WRC went into the lead after avoiding all the traps on the first day’s racing. Sébastien Ogier and Julian Ingrassia are only 7.4s behind their team-mates in [...]

Ford has troubles at Rally Deutschland

Mikko Hirvonen and Jarmo Lehtinen ended the opening leg of Rallye Deutschland in third place after a frustrating day for the Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team. Team-mates Jari-Matti Latvala and Miikka Anttila made a perfect start to the first asphalt event for the new-generation WRC cars by winning the opening speed test, but both [...]

Citroën Racing on top in Finnish sprint

Sébastien Loeb and Daniel Elena are still in front in Rally Finland after a hotly-disputed second leg. They lead their team-mates Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia by 1.6s. The very long final day promises an epic batle between the two Citroën Total World Rally Team drivers and Finn Jari- Matti Latvala, as they all have [...]

Renault Flirting With Raikkonen?

There might still be opportunities for Kimi Raikkonen to return to Formula One in 2011, according to SPEED. The Finn is currently driving full-time in the World Rally Championship, having ended his Ferrari contract one year early and failed to agree terms for a switch to McLaren. A Red Bull seat for next year had [...]

Loeb Cruises To Jordan Win

  Sebastien Loeb held his ground as the leader coming into the final day of the World Rally Championship’s third round in Jordan, but he was the first out on the road. In order to not be the sweeper, leaving a clean track for his rivals, the team Citroen WRT team elected to play a [...]

BP Ford Abu Dhabi Gets Icepeak As Sponsor

BP Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team has signed a two-year contract with Icepeak, a branch of the Finnish clothing giant L-Fashion Group. Icepeak, one of the largest sports clothing brands in Europe, will supply Finnish rally stars Mikko Hirvonen and Jari-Matti Latvala and the entire BP Ford Abu Dhabi team with high quality, outdoor [...]

2010 World Rally Championship Schedule

Below is the official 2010 schedule for the World Rally Championship: Date  Country  Event  Support Category  February 12-14  SWE  Swedish Rally  PWRC  March 05-07  MEX  Rally Mexico  PWRC  April 01-03  JOR  Jordan Rally  PWRC  April 16-18  TUR  Rally of Turkey  JWRC  May 07-09  NZL  Rally of New Zealand PWRC  May 28-30  PRT  Rallye de Portugal  [...]