The OMV Kronos Citroen World Rally Team was already able to turn the regained motivation into a good result at the shakedown to the “Neste Oil Rally Finland”. On their fastest turn on the 3,76 kilometres long course the OMV duo marked eighth-best time by 2:07,0 minutes. Only 2,4 seconds were missing on six-times Finland winner and shakedown dominator Marcus Grönholm. Now the joy of driving shall be turned into a good result at the rally.
After the testing on Monday Manfred Stohl had (...)
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The new Ford Focus RS 07, the latest version of Ford ’s World Rally Car,will make its debut at the Neste Oil Rally Finland.
The new Ford Focus will be driven only by the Bp-Ford World Rally Team.The drivers of the two cars will be Marcus Gronholm and Mikko Hirvonen.
Ford Focus RS 07 represents an evolution of the 2006 model, which had featured many changes: a wider bodywork,transverse transmission,new aluminium engine mounted back to front into the chassis,with chain driven camshafts ad (...)
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OMV Kronos Citroen World Rally Team made an announce that the Belgian driver Francois Duval has been nominated to race the second Xsara WRC in this year’s ADAC Rallye Deutschland that will take place between 17th and 19th of August.
Duval said that he is very happy with the decision taken by his partners and he is looking forward to make a big surprise an the German rally. Francois has already reached twice on the podium in Germany and it wouldn’t be a surprise if he wins the rally.He also (...)
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The C4 Citroën Sport concept car was a vehicle symbolising the renewal of the Marque. It was the result of cooperation between engineers from the styling and sports departments.
In the first instance, the project completely disregarded regulatory requirements. A true exercise in style, it met the challenge of developing a futuristic vision of a new car. A car to replace the Xsara WRC, winner of three world "manufacturers" crowns between 2003 and 2005. In the expert hands of Citroën Sport’s (...)
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As part of its build-up to the future Rally of Finland (between 2nd and 5th of August) Citroen Sport team took the decision to enter a C4 WRC car for Dani Sordo and Marc Marti into the O.K Auto Ralli. The rally was extremely instructive for the team but only in the first part because in the second they were forced to retire the cause beeing a technical problem.
This event was seen by the team as an opportunity to continue the development of the C4 WRC car, and for the drivers a good (...)
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Fia announced that the tyre contract for the Junior Rally Championship went to the Italians from Pirelli instead of the French tyre supplier Michelin .
This decision comes after the contract obtained by the italians to supply all four-wheel drive cars competing in the WRC from 2008 .The only teams who will have the freedom in choosing the tyres will be only the private teams who driver two-wheel drive cars.
Michelin, under the name of associated company BF Goodrich, will continue to (...)
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Abu Dhabi has joined forces with BP-Ford World Rally Team to bring a new look and a third official Focus RS World Rally Car to the team’s FIA World Rally Championship campaign.
Khalid AlQassimi, and the British co-driver Nicky Beech, will contest Neste Oil Rally Finland in August in the new livery, alongside Ford stars Marcus Gronholm and Mikko Hirvonen.
The duo will enter three other rounds this season - ADAC Rallye Deutschland, RallyRACC Catalunya-Costa Daurada and Rally Ireland - before (...)
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