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Honda showed tremendous form in the two-wheel-drive category of the World Rally Championship's annual visit to Finland this weekend. On the fast and flowing gravel for which the event is seen as one of the most important and prestigious of the year, Urmo Aava underlined the competitiveness of the current Honda Civic Type R R3 rally car with a sensational drive. Aava, an Estionan rallystar, took inspiration from this, the most famous rally in Scandinavia, and the presence of Finland's internati
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09.08.2009
Honda showed tremendous form in the two-wheel-drive category of the World Rally Championship's annual visit to Finland this weekend. On the fast and flowing gravel for which the event is seen as one of the most important and prestigious of the year, Urmo Aava underlined the competitiveness of the
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03.08.2009
BP Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team driver Mikko Hirvonen fulfilled a childhood dream by winning Rally Finland in front of his home town fans in Jyväskylä today. Hirvonen and co-driver Jarmo Lehtinen won the legendary rally by 25.1sec in their Ford Focus RS World Rally Car to extend their lead in the FIA World Rally Championship to three points with three rounds remaining. It was Hirvo
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02.08.2009
Sébastien Loeb / Daniel Elena Dani Sordo / Marc MartiSpéciale Général Spéciale GénéralES20 : Hannula (10,82 km) 9e +10’’3 2e +35’’5 2e +2’’3 4e +1’14’’3
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02.08.2009
Neste Rally Finland (30 juillet – 2 août 2009) – Jour 3
La courte troisième journée du Rallye de Finlande n’a pas apporté de bouleversement en tête de la course. Deuxièmes du classement général
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02.08.2009
FIA World Rally Championship Rally Finland, 30 July–2 August 2009
Munchi’s Ford WRT driver Matti Rantanen produced a scintillating performance at Neste Oil Rally Finland to finish in fifth place, his best ever result at an FIA World Rally Champi
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02.08.2009
2009 World Rally Championship – Round 9, after Leg 3Neste Oil Rally Finland, July 30th to August 2nd, 2009.
Juho Hänninen does not miss his chances on the final day either – a dominant flag-to-flag win in Group N
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02.08.2009
FIA World Rally Championship Rally Finland, 30 July–2 August 2009
Stobart VK M-Sport Ford driver Matthew Wilson earned his best ever result and his first drivers’ point at Neste Oil Rally Finland as he took eighth place at round nine of the F
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02.08.2009
FINLAND RALLY 31/7 - 2/8/09
7 Evgeny NOVIKOV (RUS)Citroën C4 WRC A8 14 OFFROAD 8 Conrad RAUTENBACH (ZWE)Citroën C4 WRC A8 22 OFFROAD 11 Petter SOLBERG (N)Citroën Xsara WRC A8
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02.08.2009
FINLAND RALLY 2009
1. 3 Mikko HIRVONEN M 2:50:40.9 0.0 0.0 2. 1 Sebastien LOEB M 2:51:06.0 +25.1 +25.1 3. 4 Jari-Matti LATVALA M 2:51:30.8 +24.8 +49.9 4. 2 Dani SORDO M 2:51:47.0 +16.2 +1:06.1
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02.08.2009
FINLAND RALLY 2009
1. 3 Mikko HIRVONEN M 2:50:40.9 0.0 0.0 2. 1 Sebastien LOEB M 2:51:06.0 +25.1 +25.1 3. 4 Jari-Matti LATVALA M 2:51:30.8 +24.8 +49.9 4. 2 Dani SORDO M 2:51:47.0 +16.2 +1:06.1
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02.08.2009
Mikko Hirvonen's resurgent form in the 2009 World Rally Championship continued today when the Ford Focus RS driver scored a dominant maiden victory on his home round of the series, Neste Oil Rally Finland.
The result was Hirvonen's third consecutive victory thi
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02.08.2009
FINLAND RALLY SS22As they approached the end of Rally Finland relatively secure in their positions, the top four drivers were taking few risks through the penultimate test - but that wasn't the case for the some of the drivers further down the order.The biggest drama concerned Citroen Total team driver Conrad Rautenbach, who crashed his C4 WRC 7.5km from
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02.08.2009
FINLAND RALLY SS21
Sebastien Loeb sent Jari-Matti Latvala a clear message on SS21 by flooring his Citroen C4 through the roller coaster Myhinpaa stage in the fastest time. Having backed-off the pace on Sunday's opener, Loeb showed he could turn it on aga
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02.08.2009
FINLAND RALLY SS20BP Ford Abu Dhabi Team driver Jari-Matti Latvala was the star of Sunday's opening stage in Finland, taking his fourth stage win of the rally and a big bite out of the gap to Sebastien Loeb's second place.
On Saturday night, Ford tea
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01.08.2009
Sébastien Loeb / Daniel Elena Dani Sordo / Marc MartiSpéciale Général Spéciale GénéralES11 : Leustu 1 (21,35 km) 2e +2’’2 2e +5’’5 3e +13’’1 3e
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01.08.2009
Neste Rally Finland (30 juillet – 2 août 2009) – Jour 2
Parti ce matin avec la ferme intention de contester la première place à Mikko Hirvonen, Sébastien Loeb s’est résolu à assurer la deu
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01.08.2009
• Hans Weijs jr.: Fine comeback, with faster stage times and better feeling…• Kevin Abbring: Super Rally on Sunday after jumping a bit high with Clio…
On the second day of the Rally Finland it was th
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01.08.2009
FIA World Rally Championship Rally Finland, 30 July–2 August 2009 End of Day 2 Stobart VK M-Sport Ford driver Matthew Wilson is in line for another FIA World Rally Championship points finish after moving up two places to eighth on Day 2 of Rally Finland, the ninth round of the FIA World Rally Championship. But Wilson’s Stobart team
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01.08.2009
2009 World Rally Championship – Round 9, after Leg 2Neste Oil Rally Finland, July 30th to August 2nd, 2009.Incredible – nine out of nine! Juho Hänninen wins all of today’s stages and outclasses the competition in Group N!The
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01.08.2009
FIA World Rally Championship Rally Finland, 30 July–2 August 2009 after SS16 Stobart VK M-Sport Ford driver Matthew Wilson maintained his top-ten position on the middle section of Day 2 at Neste Oil Rally Finland. The young Briton and co-driver Scott Martin lost ground in the battle with Finn Jari Ketomaa on the first stage after servic
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01.08.2009
FINLAND RALLY 2009
1. 3 Mikko HIRVONEN M 2:01:29.8 0.0 0.0 2. 1 Sebastien LOEB M 2:01:57.8 +28.0 +28.0 3. 4 Jari-Matti LATVALA M 2:02:38.6 +40.8 +1:08.8 4. 2 Dani SORDO M 2
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01.08.2009
FINLAND RALLY 2009
1. 3 Mikko HIRVONEN M 1:53:28.8 0.0 0.0 2. 1 Sebastien LOEB M 1:53:54.8 +26.0 +26.0 3. 2 Dani SORDO M 1:54:32.5 +37.7 +1:03.7 4. 4 Jari-Matti LATVALA M 1:54:38.9 +6.4 +1:10.1
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01.08.2009
After coming off second best to Mikko Hirvonen on the first of Saturday's repeated stages, defending World Rally Champion Sebastien accepted his victory battle with Hirvonen was looking 'very difficult'.
Completing the test
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01.08.2009
FINLAND RALLY 2009
1. 3 Mikko HIRVONEN M 1:42:53.4 0.0 0.0 2. 1 Sebastien LOEB M 1:43:05.9 +12.5 +12.5 3. 2 Dani SORDO M 1:43:49.9 +44.0 +56.5 4. 4 Jari-Matti LATVALA M 1:44:00. +10.4 +1:06.9
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01.08.2009
FIA World Rally Championship Rally Finland, 30 July–2 August 2009 Update after SS13 Stobart VK M-Sport Ford driver Henning Solberg is out of Day 2 of Rally Finland after sustaining suspension damage to his car on the second stage of the day. But team mate Matthew Wilson is now
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01.08.2009
Hirvonen and Latvala's cars will run with increased ride height and stiffer suspension springs for the second pass over this morning's three stages.
Mikko Hirvonen said: "I could drive a little faster if I needed to but I'm comfortable at the mome
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01.08.2009
The Citroen team made some slight alterations to Loeb's car's set-up in service.
"They were only small detail changes because the base set-up is good," said Loeb's engineer Didier Clement. "If there was a magic solution we would have fitted it on the first day!"
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01.08.2009
Petter Solberg's SuperRally return looked like in doubt when he arrived late to the Service Park. The Norwegian's Xsara suffered a broken suspension mount on SS13, but it was a problem with the re-built engine in his car which caused the most concern. As he left for SS14 Petter said he would decide whether or not to start the stage depending on
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01.08.2009
Kimi's co-driver Kaj Lindstrom said: "In the first service today we had hoped to make some changes to the car after the Super Special and change a few parts, but time was a bit too tight so we couldn't do everything. Because of this the car wasn't 100 per cent this morning and when we got back for this service we found a small problem - so we have to fit a new gearbox.
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01.08.2009
FINLAND Rally 2009
1. 3 Mikko HIRVONEN M 1:32:50.0 0.0 0.0 2. 1 Sebastien LOEB M 1:33:00.9 +10.9 +10.9 3. 2 Dani SORDO M 1:33:42.8 +41.9 +52.8 4. 4 Jari-Matti LATVALA M 1:33:51.1
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31.07.2009
RALLY FINLAND – DAY 1 (FRIDAY)• Kevin Abbring: Podium chances gone after puncture and other issues…• Hans Weijs jr.: Leaking radiator forces into early Super Rally restart…
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31.07.2009
FIA World Rally Championship Rally Finland, 30 July–2 August 2009 End of Day OneStobart VK M-Sport Ford driver Henning Solberg is occupying a strong position at the end of Day 1 of Neste Oil Rally Finland, the ninth round of the FIA World Rally Championship, moving up to sixth place after ten stages of fast-paced action around the Finnish lakes and
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31.07.2009
2009 World Rally Championship – Round 9, after Leg 1Neste Oil Rally Finland, July 30th to August 2nd, 2009.Juho Hänninen proves himself with incredible consistencyEight fastest times today and a convincing lead in Group
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31.07.2009
Norwegian driver Petter Solberg has confirmed he will re-start Rally Finland as a SuperRally entrant tonight after retiring earlier in today's competition. Solberg, who drives a privately entered Citroen Xsara WRC, was second overall when he suffered a puncture, and later got his car stuck in a ditch, on SS4.Despite his disappointment, the 2003
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31.07.2009
FINLAND RALLY 2009 1. 3 Mikko HIRVONEN M 1:02:51.4 0.0 0.0 2. 1 Sebastien LOEB M 1:02:55.4 +4.0 +4.0 3. 2 Dani SORDO M 1:03:11.7 +16.3 +20.3 4. 4 Jari-Matti LATVALA M 1:03:20.9 +9.2 +29.5 5. 10 Matti RANTANEN 1:04:04.1 +43.2 +1:12.7 6. 6 Henning SOLBERG M 1:04:07.2
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31.07.2009
With just the short Super Special Stage to go today, BP Ford Abu Dhabi team driver Mikko Hirvonen leads Rally Finland by four seconds from defending World Champion - and last year's winner - Sebastien Loeb. The two championship rivals were locked in a maximum-attack duel on the Finnish roads from the word go today - and proved extremely evenly matched. Loeb has won five of the nine
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31.07.2009
The nip and tuck battle between Mikko Hirvonen and Sebastien Loeb for the lead of Rally Finland raged on through SS7 and SS8, with Hirvonen's advantage standing at 6.5sec heading to the last forest stage of the day. As he had been earlier, Hirvonen was fastest through the repeated Kruununpera test (SS7) extending his lead to 7.6sec. But Loeb repeated his own stage win on the Mokkipe
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31.07.2009
FINLAND RALLY 2009 1. 3 Mikko HIRVONEN M 55:47.3 0.0 0.0 2. 1 Sebastien LOEB M 55:53.8 +6.5 +6.5 3. 2 Dani SORDO M 56:05.1 +11.3 +17.8 4. 4 Jari-Matti LATVALA M 56:15.3 +10.2 +28.0 5. 10 Matti RANTANEN 56:54.1 +38.8 +1:06.8 6. 6 Henning SOLBERG M 56:59.5 +5.4 +1:12.2 7. 1
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31.07.2009
FINLAND RALLY 2009 1. 3 Mikko HIRVONEN M 49:09.2 0.0 0.0 2. 1 Sebastien LOEB M 49:16.8 +7.6 +7.6 3. 2 Dani SORDO M 49:26.2 +9.4 +17.0 4. 4 Jari-Matti LATVALA M 49:31.3 +5.1 +22.1 5. 10 Matti RANTANEN 50:09.0 +37.7 +59.8 6. 6 Henning SOLBERG M 50:15.9 +6.9 +1:06.7&n
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31.07.2009
FIA World Rally Championship Rally Finland, 30 July – 2 August 2009 Update after SS5 Stobart VK M-Sport Ford driver Henning Solberg is sitting in the points after the opening morning of Neste Oil Rally Finland while team mate Matthew Wilson has climbed up to tenth place after a tricky start to the day. After the traditional opening Super Speci
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