Archive for the Category ‘WRC & Rally International’

Rally: Citroen team Hirvonen and Lehtinen denied win in Portugal as Ford claim top three positions

Rally: Citroen team Hirvonen and Lehtinen denied win in Portugal as Ford claim top three positions

Portugal, Apr 1st- Ford claimed a 1-2-3 finish with the Fiesta RS World Rally Car in Rallye de Portugal following a late-night decision to exclude winners Mikko Hirvonen and Jarmo Lehtinen for a technical infringement on their car. The decision means Mads Østberg and Jonas Andersson claimed their maiden FIA World Rally Championship victory in [...]

WRC: Rally Guanajuato Mexico 2012 Loed claims 69th career win

WRC: Rally Guanajuato Mexico 2012 Loed claims 69th career win

LOEB AND HIRVONEN’S FIRST ONE-TWO! The 2012 Rally Mexico served up intrigue and excitement right to the very end. Sébastien Loeb and Daniel Elena produced yet another heroic performance to claim their 69th career win. Citroën Total World Rally Team enjoyed a clean sweep as second place was secured by Mikko Hirvonen and Jarmo Lehtinen. Obviously, Loeb and Hirvonen [...]

WRC: Latvala wins Rally Sweden in tense finale

WRC: Latvala wins Rally Sweden in tense finale

Sun 12th 2012-Ford World Rally Team drivers Jari-Matti Latvala and Miikka Anttila won Rally Sweden today by 16.6sec after a tense finale to this second round of the FIA World Rally Championship.  Victory in a Ford Fiesta RS World Rally Car was Ford’s sixth consecutive success at the only true winter rally of the season. [...]

Qatar: QMMF announces Sealine Cross Country Rally as third round of FIA World Cup

Qatar: QMMF announces Sealine Cross Country Rally as third round of FIA World Cup

DOHA (Qatar)Thursday, February 9th, 2012 - The new-look Sealine Cross-Country Rally, organised by the Qatar Motor and Motorcycle Federation (QMMF), will play host to the third round of this year’s FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies and round two of the six-event FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship on April 15th-21st. The two-day event is open to [...]

Rally: Citroen duo Mikko and Jarmo break the ice to win the 2012 Rally Finnskog

Rally: Citroen duo Mikko and Jarmo break the ice to win the 2012 Rally Finnskog

feb 5th, Norway: Mikko Hirvonen and Jarmo Lehtinen overcame a variety of extreme conditions – snow, ice and temperatures of around -30°  combined with the handicap of being first out on the road to win the 2012 Rally Finnskog. The Finnish crew finished some 30.5s ahead of their nearest rival. The perfect “warm-up” for the [...]

Rally Dakar: Qatari driver Al Attiyah wins stage 7 as UAE rider Balooshi blasts through the ranks

Rally Dakar: Qatari driver Al Attiyah wins stage 7 as UAE rider Balooshi blasts through the ranks

  Jan 7th, Stage 7 – Marc Coma seized his third career victory in Copiapó and clawed back 2’03″ from Cyril Despres, who managed to defend his lead before the rest day. In the car category, the Hummers put on a show to prove they are not dead yet: Al-Attiyah blazed the Copiapó-Copiapó course and [...]

Rally Dakar Day 1: Marc Coma in second place after tragic start to the first day

Rally Dakar Day 1: Marc Coma in second place after tragic start to the first day

It is underway. After a year of races, tests and waiting, the Dakar started again today. A stage of more than 800 kilometres, 57 of them timed, where Marc Coma put himself forward for victory, finishing in second position, only 14 seconds behind ‘Chaleco’ López, winner of this first stage. The MRW rider needed 32 [...]

Rally Dakar: Day one starts off on 8,300km route from Argentina to Peru

Rally Dakar: Day one starts off on 8,300km route from Argentina to Peru

The first motorcycles have set off! The pilot with race number 1, Marc Coma, and his KTM have just kicked off the rally in Mar del Plata, Argentina, and are covering the first liaison section of the 2012 Dakar. The Spaniard and the 178 motorcycles, 30 quads, 161 cars and 74 trucks on today’s starting [...]

WRC: Nasser Al-Attiyah enters WRC with Citroën Racing under new Qatar World Rally Team

WRC: Nasser Al-Attiyah enters WRC with Citroën Racing under new Qatar World Rally Team

Dec 15th 2011- Citroën Racing is delighted to announce the arrival of Nasser Al-Attiyah in its team. From Rally Sweden onwards, the driver from Qatar will be at the wheel of a Citroën DS3 WRC identical to those of Sébastien Loeb and Mikko Hirvonen. In addition to the two cars entered by the Citroën Total [...]

Rally: Qatari Nasser Al Attiyah storms Dubai Rally to clinch seventh Middle East title

Rally: Qatari Nasser Al Attiyah storms Dubai Rally to clinch seventh Middle East title

Dubai, UAE, 3rd December 2011: Nasser Saleh Al Attiyah stamped his authority on the 33rd Dubai International Rally today with a stunning second leg display which saw him win the event, and the FIA Middle East Rally Championship, for the seventh time. A breathtaking surge by the dashing Qatari in his Ford Fiesta S2000 saw [...]

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