Times are tough in Formula 1 these days and what are you to do when your team announces it will not enter the 2010 championship? Well if you are Kimi Raikkonen, you go rally. The Finnish F1 driver has been participating on and off with rally in the off season and will now contest the Rally della Marca. His ride of choice you ask? The same Tommi Makinen-prepared Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000 he ran this off season. The rally will take place between Turkey and Monaco and will be…
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Volkswagon Returns to IRC Competition
The German manufacturer Volkswagen is making a return to the IRC competition with its latest installment of the Polo Super 2000. Rene Georges Rally Sport will be the team and young Frenchman Julien Maurin will be the driver. The car has ran paces in tarmac testing and will be put to the gravel in a final test before the debut in the Sata Rally Azores from 7-9 May. The team have been developing the car nearly all offseason and hope to bring home some solid points and great developmental information as…
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The IRC will now kick off its third round this weekend in the historic Safari Rally that will take place in Kenya on the African continent. The rally is entering its 57th installment and will start with a spectator stage in Nairobi on Friday 3 April. The rally will then open up into grueling gravel stages and conclude Sunday. The one weird bit about this is the manufacturer points will be distributed as normal, however the drivers points will only go to those with an African competition license. This is…
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