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26 Jan 2009, 20:59 (Ref:2379932)
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WRC Rally Ireland - Sligo Ireland
WRC Rally Ireland - Sligo Ireland
Total Kms: 1407.68 km Liaison: 1040.74 km SS Kms: 366.94 km Special Stages: 19 Friday 30.01 > 8 stages (164.57 km) Saturday 31.01 > 6 stages (133.46 km) Sunday 01.02 > 5 stages (68.91 km) Home Page > http://www.rallyireland.org/ Itinerary > http://www.motorsport.com/news/artic...=317278&FS=WRC Entry List > http://www.rallyireland.org/pdfs/200...list-(GMA).pdf Rally Guide > http://www.rallyireland.org/pdfs/200...ook1_A4_V6.pdf Citroen preview > http://www.motorsport.com/news/artic...=317279&FS=WRC Ford preview > http://www.motorsport.com/news/artic...=317277&FS=WRC Stobart preview > http://www.motorsport.com/news/artic...=317276&FS=WRC Citroen Junior preview > http://www.motorsport.com/news/artic...=317281&FS=WRC |
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26 Jan 2009, 21:01 (Ref:2379933)
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2009 WRC Teams and Drivers
2009 WRC Teams and Drivers
Citroen World Rally Team > #1 Sebastien LOEB (France) Daniel ELENA (Monaco) > Citroen C4 Citroen World Rally Team > #2 Dani SORDO (Spain) Marc MARTI (Spain) > Citroen C4 Ford World Rally Team > #3 Mikko HIRVONEN (Finland) Jarmo LEHTINEN (Finland) > Ford Focus RS Ford World Rally Team > #4 Jari Matti LATVALA (Finland) Miikka ANTTILA (Finland) > Ford Focus RS Ford World Rally Team > #9 Khalid Al QASIMI (United Arab Emirates) Michael Orr (Great Britain) > Ford Focus RS Stobart VK M-Sport Ford Rally Team > #5 Umo AAVA (Estonia) Kuldar SIKK (Estonia) > Ford Focus RS Stobart VK M-Sport Ford Rally Team > #6 Henning SOLBERG (Norway) Cato MENKERUD (Norway) > Ford Focus RS Stobart VK M-Sport Ford Rally Team > #16 Matthew WILSON (Great Britain) Scott MARTIN (Great Britain) > Ford Focus RS Citroen World Junior Rally Team > #7 Chris ATKINSON (Australia) Stephane PREVOT (Belgium) > Citroen C4 Citroen World Junior Rally Team > #8 Conrad RAUTENBACH (Zimbabwe) Daniel BARRITT (Great Britain) > Citroen C4 Citroen World Junior Rally Team > #11 Sebastien OGIER (France) Julien INGRASSA (France) > Citroen C4 Citroen World Junior Rally Team > Evgeny NOVIKOV (Russia) Dale MOSCATT (Australia) > Citroen C4 Munchi's Ford World Rally Team > Federico VILLAGRA (Argentina) Jorge PEREZ COMPANC (Argentina) > Ford Focus RS Munchi's Ford World Rally Team > (TBA) (TBA) > Ford Focus RS note: car numbers based on Rally of Ireland entry list note: some manufacturer's team drivers will alternate during the 12 rounds |
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26 Jan 2009, 21:56 (Ref:2379970)
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Sooo - the new season dawns with the slimmed down lineup. The variety has gone but there does seem to be plenty of "works" cars entered. Any sign of Petter Solberg on the entry list?
How many WR cars in total? Ireland has more than anywhere else so I'd expect a lot of the locals to be up for another crack (craic?) at the works drivers. |
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26 Jan 2009, 22:10 (Ref:2379979)
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I hadn't noticed Aava switching to Ford.
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27 Jan 2009, 04:49 (Ref:2380203)
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14 cars and two makes? Hmm..............
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27 Jan 2009, 10:11 (Ref:2380372)
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27 Jan 2009, 10:58 (Ref:2380400)
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and they call it a world championship? I wonder how far it has to decline before the FIA withdraws its 'world championship' status? or before the WRC hierarchy wakes up to the fact big changes are needed. Still looking forward to Rally Ireland though! |
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28 Jan 2009, 16:51 (Ref:2381524)
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36 starters in total for Rally Ireland!
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28 Jan 2009, 21:16 (Ref:2381674)
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Does the 36 starters include the GrpN and s2000 cars?
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1 Feb 2009, 21:16 (Ref:2383816)
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WRC Rally Ireland - results
WRC Rally Ireland - results
1. Sebastien LOEB (F) > Citroen C4 (+0:00.0) 2. Dani SORDO (E) > Citroen C4 (+1:27.9) 3. Mikko HIRVONEN (FIN) > Ford Focus RS (+2:07.8) 4. Henning SOLBERG (N) > Ford Focus RS (+6:32.4) 5. Chris ATKINSON (AUS) > Citroen C4 (+7:51.9) 6. Sebastien OGIER (F) > Citroen C4 (+10:44.0) 7. Matthew WILSON (GB) > Ford Focus RS (+11:23.8) 8. Khalid AL QASSIMI (UAE) > Ford Focus RS (+14:07.9) 9. Eamonn BOLAND (IRL) > Subaru Impreza (+15:23.4) 10. Urmo AAVA (EE) > Ford Focus RS (+15:35.4) 14. Jari-Matti LATVALA (FIN) > Ford Focus RS (+23:32.5) 18. Conrad RAUTENBACH (ZW) > Citroen C4 (+36:37.9) press conference > http://www.motorsport.com/news/artic...=317886&FS=WRC > 2008 season continues with Loeb's relatively easy win and the best Ford +2 minutes behind > Stobart and Citroen Junior team should continue to fight for minor points > despite difficult conditions there were only a few retirements Championship Standings 1. Sebastien LOEB (F) > 10 2. Dani SORDO (E) > 8 3. Mikko HIRVONEN (FIN) > 6 4. Henning SOLBERG (N) > 5 5. Chris ATKINSON (AUS) > 4 6. Sebastien OGIER (F) > 3 7. Matthew WILSON (GB) > 2 8. Khalid AL QASSIMI (UAE) > 1 |
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1 Feb 2009, 22:15 (Ref:2383849)
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so where are last years subaru's & suzuki's - no privateer team's interested...
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1 Feb 2009, 22:52 (Ref:2383875)
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There should be a Subaru out with Mads Ostberg, unless that deals gone because it was very close to Prodrive and the factory backing. Anyone else watch it on dave and spend the whole time wondering why the presenter had more time on screen than the rally cars? Really annoyed me. i think he's a good presenter, but I want to see WRC cars, not him.
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2 Feb 2009, 05:35 (Ref:2384000)
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About the only thing of note there is Atkinson's result after that crash. Well done to him, but looks like another yawnathon really.
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2 Feb 2009, 08:31 (Ref:2384044)
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Oh dear. Not a good omen for the rest of the season is it? Loeb cruises to the win and still the Fords can't match the Citroens on tarmac.
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2 Feb 2009, 08:58 (Ref:2384062)
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May as well give up now sadly. We don't get decent coverage, the events have been emasculated and all that's happened is the Citroens dominate as usual.
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2 Feb 2009, 09:01 (Ref:2384066)
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The WRC is in big trouble
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2 Feb 2009, 09:38 (Ref:2384094)
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No different to anything the FIA get's involved in really.
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2 Feb 2009, 12:45 (Ref:2386556)
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Well you have to give the suits some credit, they have demonstrated to the world how easy it is to destroy a great sport in three easy steps:
1. Allow costs to escalate so that most of the leading teams and drivers can no longer afford to compete. 2. Take the most famous events off the championship calendar. 3. Sign a TV deal with an organisation that only reaches about 5% of the population. Genius! |
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2 Feb 2009, 21:37 (Ref:2386949)
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Where would we be without RTE and Michael Lyster's professionalism?!
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What has happened to the WRC? I can understand they must have a lot of countries especially over Europe that have a big rally following and should give those countries rallyes which is cool and everything but having one year a schedule of rallies and none of them are repeated the next year is not the way to go imo because you lose all the heritage. All those rallyes are great for that very reason. How they can not have Monte Carlo and Sweden this year....Having a 100% different schedule the next year IMO just isn't the way to go.
Or should I call it the RWC as Eurosport have listed it for the past year or so now on SKY? Why call the name of the series different as to what it is? And now the fact it seems the championship is once again Loeb's after he won the first rally everyone may as just go home, heck its only Citreons and Fords now......I mean I have amazing respect for Loeb as he's phoenmoninal and love to see him in action as he is one of the best ever but there is no one out there to make things competitive and give him a run for his money at all now. I love rallying and all its awesome but its a shame what the WRC sorry RWC is. Last edited by luke; 3 Feb 2009 at 22:11. |
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It's suffering from increased attention to F1..?
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