Mikko Hirvonen had a trouble free day to take a lead of over one minute into the final day of Rally Portugal, but it was Ford rival Petter Solberg making the biggest impression after jumping from 13th to 5th by winning four out of the day’s six stages.
Mikko Hirvonen has so far won the war of attrition, the only works WRC car without the scars of battle tearing it to shreds. Ford were a victim of their own success, the late running order working against them, and making the stages so difficult for Jari-Matti Latvala and Petter Solberg that they crashed out within a stage of each other.
Jari-Matti Latvala leads a blue oval dominated Rally Portugal, after championship leader Sebastien Loeb made a rare mistake that forced the Frenchman’s retirement from the rally.
Jari-Matti Latvala led a dominant performance by the blue oval in Rally Portugal’s qualifying stage – the three mile stage setting the running order for the opening leg of the rally on Thursday.
The WRC circus heads to Portugal for Round 4 of the championship, and the unpredictable nature of the rally could throw up shades of the 2001 catastrophe once again.
Tom Cave broke his MSA British Rally Championship victory drought with a hard fought win in Round Two of the 2012…
Gould Switches Rally Stages For Circuit Racing
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British driver Adam Gould has announced he will be switching from the forests and the MSA British Rally Championship to the…
Sebastien Loeb scored his sixth career win on Rally Mexico, beating Citroen teammate Mikko Hirvonen by 42.4 seconds over the course of the three day event.
Sebastien Loeb extended his lead on day two of Rally Mexico, adding to the 11 second lead he brought into the day over Citroen teammate Mikko Hirvonen.
Citroen works drivers Sebastien Loeb and Mikko Hirvonen sit proud atop the leaderboard at the end of the opening day of Rally Mexico, over a minute clear of their nearest challenger.
The MSA British Rally Championship have confirmed the launch of a new championship for 2012, the RAVENOL Oils BRC Privateers Cup….
The opening round of the 2012 MSA British Rally Championship, Rallye Sunseeker International, took place last weekend and some of the…
Alongside the International event, a report on which can be found here, there were three other sections that formed the 2012…
Northern Irishman Mark Donnelly has taken a hard fought victory in the opening round of the 2012 MSA British Rally Championship,…
As the 2012 MSA British Rally Championship kicks off this weekend, many of the stars of the series have been looking…
The 2012 MSA British Rally Championship kicks off this weekend as the stars of British rallying head south for the opening…
Rallye Sunseeker has once again joined forces with RallyFM.net to provide 24hrs non-stop coverage of the 2012 running of the event, the opening…
