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WRC Rallyes - RallyRacc Catalunya - SS1: Gronholm takes early lead
24.03.2006
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The first stage of the fourth round of the 2006 FIA World Rally Championship season, RallyRACC Catalunya-Costa Daurada, completed with Marcus Gronholm capturing the early lead. The first retirement of the day came from Gareth MacHale, who was a surprise points finisher at the Corona Rally Mexico when he went off-road early into the stage. Neither driver nor co-driver were injured weiter >> |
MANFRED STOHL - Rest is history
23.03.2006
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No sooner had the Bozian team rebuilt Henning Solberg's Peugeot 307 WRC for Rally Norway, following his roll in Sweden a week before, they were back burning the midnight oil prior to the start of the RallyRACC Catalunya - Costa Daurada. Manfred Stohl crashed his tarmac-ready 307 on his pre-event test and althou weiter >> |
WRC Rallyes - Rallye CATALUNYA : Magnificent seven...DUVAL on top in shakedown
23.03.2006
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The final preparations for this weekend's RallyRACC Catalunya - Costa Duarada took place this morning as the crews went through the official shakedown.
Although the shakedown test is just that, a chance for the crews to confirm their final set-ups, the times can be representative of the cars' weiter >> |
WRC RALLYES - RACCRALLY Duval ready for return
22.03.2006
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2005 Telstra Rally Australia winner Francois Duval is making his second appearance of the 2006 FIA World Rally Championship this weekend at the RallyRACC Catalunya-Costa Daurada. Duval will again be driving a Skoda Fabia with First Motorsport. After completing two days of testing, Duval was excited to retur weiter >> |
WRC RALLYES - RALLYRACC Red Bull Returns
22.03.2006
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Red Bull Skoda returns to action this weekend for the RallyRACC Catalunya-Costa Daurada (24-26 March). The Red Bull outfit missed the previous round of the FIA World Rally Championship and the trek across the Atlantic for the Corona Rally Mexico, but the team is anxious to make up for lost ground.
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WRC Rallyes - Rallye Catalunya -BFGoodrich Vorschau Rallye Spanien 2006
17.03.2006
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Die Rallye Spanien im Überblick Die Rallye Spanien aus Sicht von BFGoodrich Das erwarten die Partnerteams von BFGoodrich So verlief die Rallye Spanien 2005 Statistisches WM-Zwischenstand BFGoodrich strebt vierten Sieg in Folge an
Vier Rallyes, vier grundsätzlich verschiedene Anforderungen an die Reifen: Die Rallye-Weltmeis weiter >> |
WRC RALLYES Rallye Catalunya- Gronholm tests for Catalunya
16.03.2006
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Marcus has completed two days of tarmac testing while covering 385 kilometers in preperation for RallyRACC Catalunya-Costa Duarada later this month. The BP-Ford World Rally team ace drove an old stage from Rally Catalunya when it was based in Lloret de Mar called 'Alpens'. That stage is 4.5 k weiter >> |
WRC RALLYES -RallyRACC de Catalunya-Costa Daurada: Duval Rides Again
02.03.2006
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François Duval has signed on with First Motorsport to contest the RallyRACC de Catalunya-Costa Daurada, the fourth round of the 2006 FIA World Rally Championship season. The former Citroën works driver has had a slow start to the 2006 season, skipping the second and third rounds of this year's season.
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WRC RALLYES - Rally Catalunya - Brice Tirabassi is Back
22.02.2006
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Following appearances at Rallye Automobile Monte Carlo and Uddeholm Swedish Rally, the 2005 J-WRC champion Dani Sordo has been offered another drive in the third Kronos Total Citroën World Rally Team Xsara WRC at RallyRACC de Catalunya-Costa Daurada, although he had nominated this as an event in which he would compete in the J-WRC category. Following the FIA's agreement to releas weiter >> |
Wrc Rallyes - Zehnter Saisonsieg von Loeb sichert Michelin auch die Marken-WM
30.10.2005
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Rallye Spanien, 15. Lauf zur Rallye-WM, 28. bis 30. Oktober 2005
Karlsruhe (30.10.2005) – Sein Ruhm kennt keine Gnade: Nur sieben Tage nach seinem souveränen Triumph auf der Mittelmeerinsel Korsika setzte Citroën-Werkspilot Sébastien Loeb seinen Siegeszug unb weiter >> |
WRC Rallyes -Sordo delight at JWRC title
30.10.2005
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WRC Rallyes -Subaru focused after Spain
30.10.2005
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The works Subaru team is focusing on the future after a couple of shunts blunted its challenge on the Movistar Rally Catalunya. It eventually brought two of its three cars to the finish in ninth and 13th places, gaining two points for the manufacturers' title. Lead driver Petter weiter >> |
WRC Rallyes -Bernardi points boost Peugeot
30.10.2005
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WRC Rallyes -Kresta maintains Ford honour
30.10.2005
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WRC Rallyes -Citroen boss hails third title
30.10.2005
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Citroen motorsport boss Guy Frequelin has praised his team for clinching its third consecutive manufacturers' crown on this weekend's Movistar Rally Catalunya. The French outfit has been a weiter >> |
WRC Rallyes MITSUBISHI : ONE FASTEST TIME FOR LANCER WRC05 UNDERLINES POTENTIAL
30.10.2005
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RallyRACC Catalunya-Costa Daurada 2005 FIA World Rally Championship (Round 15 /16) October 30, 2005
Rovanperä 10th and 5th of registered crews in Spain
The Mitsubishi Motorsport crew of Harri Rovanperä weiter >> |
Retirements on Rally Catalunya 2005
30.10.2005
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6 S. SARRAZIN (F)Subaru Impreza WRC 05 A8 SF 6 Fire
7 M. GRÖNHOLM (FIN)Peugeot 307 WRC A8 TC 12A MECANICAL
10 G. GALLI (I)Mitsubishi Lancer WR05 A8 TC 8A ACCIDENT
12 A. BENGUE (F)Skoda Fabia WRC 05 A8 SF 8 MECANICAL
14 D. SOLA (E)Ford Focus RS WRC 04 A8 SF 9 ACCIDENT
20 N. VOUILLOZ (F)Skoda Fabia 05 A8 SF 1 31 P. ANDERSSON (S)Suzuki Swi weiter >> |
Wrc Rallyes- CATALUNYA RALLY OVERALL STANDINGS FINAL
30.10.2005
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1. 1 S. LOEB 3:31:07.0 0:00 3:31:07.0 0.0
2. 2 F. DUVAL 3:32:28.9 0:00 3:32:28.9 1:21.9
3. 18 M. HIRVONEN 3:33:33.7 0:20 3:33:53.7 1:24.8
4. 19 X. PONS 3:33:54.9 0:00 3:3 weiter >> |
Wrc Rallyes- SS15: Ford's Mikko Hirvonen secures third
30.10.2005
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Overall Standings Top 15 before last stage
30.10.2005
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1. 1 S. LOEB 3:13:53.9 0:00 3:13:53.9 0.0
2. 2 F. DUVAL 3:15:13.6 0:00 3:15:13.6 1:19.7
3. 19 X. PONS 3:16:55.6 0:00 3:16:55.6 1:42.0
4. 18 M. HIRVONEN 3:16:42.1 0:20 3:17:02.1 6.5
5. 4 R. KRESTA 3:17:19.5 0:00 3:17:19.5 17.4
6. 8 N. BERNARDI 3:17:48.9 0:00 3:17:48.9 29.4
7. 15 A. WARMBOLD 3:18:49.7 0:00 3:18:49.7 1:00.8
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Wrc Rallyes- SS14: Solberg tops the times
30.10.2005
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Subaru's Petter Solberg notched up his first stage win of the Movistar Rally Catlunya on the relatively short penultimate test. Privateers Mikko Hirvonen and Xavier Pons, who are disputing third place overall, were second and third best respectively to make sure that their ba weiter >> |
Wrc Rallyes- RACC Rally Movistar -SS13: Loeb begins final charge
30.10.2005
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Double champion Sebastien Loeb took his rally lead over a minute for the first time this weekend, when he won the first stage of the final leg of the Movistar Rally Catalunya. Factory Ford drivers Roman Kresta and Toni Gardemeister were second and third best as the fight for th weiter >> |
Wrc Rallyes- RACC Rally Movistar - Ford's Mikko Hirvonen loses third to Pons
30.10.2005
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Ford privateer Mikko Hirvonen has lost his overnight third place on this weekend's Movistar Rally Catalunya to Citroen privateer Xavier Pons after incurring a 20-second penalty for exceeding the time limit in service. The Finn's mechanics were changing an oil pump on the 2003-spec Focus WRC.
Hirvonen was 12 seconds ahead of Pons after last night's final stage, but now sta weiter >> |
WRC Rallyes - MITSUBISHI LANCER WRC05 SHOWS ITS POTENTIAL ON ASPHALT
29.10.2005
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WRC Rallyes - Sordo on-course for J-WRC title
29.10.2005
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Spaniard Dani Sordo has been all-but crowned this year's Junior World Rally Championship title winner after the Citroen C2 driver's only remaining rival for the crown, Suzuki driver Guy Wilks, crashed on SS8 of this weekend's Movistar Rally Catalunya. The British ace had to win the Spanish asphalt event to deny Sordo the title.
Sordo is also on course to take his four weiter >> |
WRC Rallyes - Peugeot's Marcus Gronholm out after last stage
29.10.2005
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Peugeot's Marcus Gronholm has been forced out of today's second leg of the Movistar Rally Catalunya after retiring on the final road section of the day. The double champion was a comfortable third overall, but radiator problems with his 307 WRC slowed him on the last test of the leg and ultim weiter >> |
WRC Rallyes - RACCRally Costa Daurada - SS12: Ford's Mikko Hirvonen tops the leg's last stage
29.10.2005
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Finn Mikko Hirvonen became the second Ford privateer to interrupt double champion Sebastien Loeb's run of stage wins on the Movistar Rally Catalunya when he set the top time on the final stage of the second leg. Loeb still holds a comfortable overall lead over his Belgian Citroen team-mate Francois Duval.
Hirvonen scorched through the second run through the 27.54-kilometr weiter >> |
WRC Rallyes - RACCRally Costa Daurada - Sordo gets penalty in J-WRC
29.10.2005
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Junior World Rally Championship title favourite Dani Sordo has been handed a 60-second penalty for an engine-related infringement on today's opening leg of the Movistar Rally Catalunya. Event stewards were unhappy with the nature of Citroen's solution to engine problems on Sordo's car on Thursday's pre-event shakedown.
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WRC Rallyes - RACCRally Costa Daurada - Mitsubishi's Gigi Galli blames note for exit
29.10.2005
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Mitsubishi's Gigi Galli has blamed an incorrectly noted corner for his embarrassing exit from today's second leg of the Movistar Rally Catalunya. The Italian, who was challenging for fourth place on the Spanish asphalt event, had crossed the timing beam with the fastest time for the stage when he promptly slid off the road.
Galli will now take no more part in this weekend weiter >> |
WRC Rallyes - RACCRally Costa Daurada - Ford's Toni Gardemeister blames brakes
29.10.2005
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Ford's Toni Gardemeister has blamed a brake problem for the accident on SS10 that turfed him out of fourth-place overall on the Movistar Rally Catalunya. The Finn lost over 12 minutes whilst his Focus WRC was stuck off the road, before spectators managed to help him on his way again.
Ford team boss Malcolm Wilson blamed a rock for Gardemister's problems, saying that it ha weiter >> |
WRC Rallyes - RACCRally Costa Daurada-SS11: Loeb notches up another
29.10.2005
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Sebastien Loeb added another 3.7 seconds to his lead over his Citroen team-mate Francois Duval with his seventh stage win of the Movistar Rally Catalunya. Ford-driving Finns Toni Gardemeister and Mikko Hirvonen were next best on the test - the same section that had to be cancelled this morning because of spectator problems.
After the 20.01-kilometre stage from El Loar to weiter >> |
WRC Rallyes - RACCRally Costa Daurada- SS10: It's Loeb again...
29.10.2005
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Double champion Sebastien Loeb notched up another win from Citroen team-mate Francois Duval on the latest stage of the Movistar Rally Catalunya, as Ford's day turned sour. Toni Gardemeister became the second Focus driver in two stages to run off the road and out of contention. The Finn weiter >> |
WRC Rallyes - RACCRally Costa Daurada- SS9: Loeb extends his lead
29.10.2005
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Newly-crowned ouble champion Sebastien Loeb took his sixth stage win of the Movistar Rally Catalunya to further increase his overall lead. Loeb's Citroen team-mate Francois Duval was second fastest to consolidate his hold on second overall, but it all went wrong for local hero Dani weiter >> |
WRC Rallyes - RACCRally Costa Daurada- SS8: Galli shows Italian flair
29.10.2005
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Mitsubishi's Gigi Galli hit the highest high and then the lowest low, when he set the fastest time on the first completed stage of today's second day of the Movistar Rally Catalunya, but crashed into a wall just after the flying finish and put himself out of the leg. The Italian's feat lifted weiter >> |
WRC Rallyes - RACCRally Costa Daurada- SS7: Overcrowding cancels stage
29.10.2005
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The first stage of the second leg of the Movistar Rally Catalunya has been cancelled because of spectator problems. Just five cars registered times on the stage before the decision was taken to suspend it. That means no change in the overall order since last night, with double champion Sebastien Loeb still in charge for Citroen.
Subaru's Stephane Sarrazin has not re-start weiter >> |
RallyRACC Catalunya-Costa Daurada -GALLI 5TH FOR MITSUBISHI WRC TEAM
28.10.2005
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2005 FIA World Rally Championship (Round 15/16) October 28, 2005
Galli shows asphalt potential of Lancer WRC05
The Mitsubishi Motors Motor Sports WRC crew of "Gigi" Galli and Guido d’Amore lead the team’s assault in Rall weiter >> |
WRC Rallyes - Drivers Overall standings after Leg 1
28.10.2005
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Pos. No. Driver/Car Stage Time Pen Time Total Time Diff Prev
1. 1 S. LOEB 1:27:24.0 0:00 1:27:24.0 0.0
2. 2 F. DUVAL 1:28:17.3 0:00 1:28:17.3 53.3
3. 7 M. GRÖNHOLM 1:28:35.7 0:00 1:28:35.7 18.4
4. 3 T. GARDEMEISTER 1:28:47.7 0:00 1:28:47.7 12.0
5. 10 G. GALLI 1:28:59.4 0:00 1:28:59.4 11.7
6. 4 R. KRESTA 1:29:17.9 0:00 1:29:17.9 18.5 weiter >> |
WRC Rallyes- Ford's Toni Gardemeister wants podium
28.10.2005
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Ford's Toni Gardemeister has expressed qualified satisfaction with his fourth place overall after day one of the Movistar Rally Catalunya, but is hoping for even more on tomorrow's second leg. The 30-year-old Finn is the first of four Focus WRC drivers in the top eight positions on Spain' weiter >> |
WRC Rallyes - Catalunya - Loeb: 'My biggest scare of the year'
28.10.2005
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Double champion Sebastien Loeb reckons that he survived one of the worst scares of his season to date on the way to what, from the outside, appeared to be another effortless stroll away from the chasing pack. After the first leg of the Movistar Rally Catalunya, the Frenchman leads the rally from his Citroen team-mate Francois Duval
Loeb won five of the six stages held tod weiter >> |
RallyRacc Catalunya - Gronholm fights for third
28.10.2005
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Peugeot's Marcus Gronholm says that his mission for the remaining two days of the Movistar Rally Catalunya will be to defend third place rather than aim at the top two positions. The double champion felt - like most drivers - that the variable weather conditions on the Spanish asphalt roads had dictated his pace today.
Gronholm swapped second position with Citroen's Franc weiter >> |
WRC Rallyes -Costa Daurada -Solberg accepts crash blame
28.10.2005
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Subaru's Petter Solberg has accepted the blame for the crash which put him out of today's opening leg of the Movistar Rally Catalunya. The Norwegian clipped a bank on the third stage of the day, terminally damaging his steering, but will be able to resume the rally tomorro weiter >> |
Rally Catalunya-Costa Daurada-SS4: Gronholm moves into second + results
28.10.2005
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Rally Catalunya-Costa Daurada- SS3: Dani Sola broke champion Loeb's run
28.10.2005
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Rally Catalunya-Costa Daurada -SS3: Solberg out after hitting rock...
28.10.2005
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Solberg's disaster came towards the end of the stage, after he'd set competitive split times to that point. His Subaru went off the road and sustained heavy damage to a rear corner. The Norwegian coaxed it to the end of the stage, but then retired from th weiter >> |
Rally Catalunya-Costa Daurada -SS2: Loeb quickest again
28.10.2005
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Double champion Sebastien Loeb continued to build his lead on this weekend's Movistar Rally Catalunya with another win on the second stage of the rally, the 24.14-kilometre El Montmell 1. This time it was Loeb's Citroen team-mate Francois Duval who was the best of the rest as Peuge weiter >> |
Rally Catalunya-Costa Daurada - SS1: Loeb starts on a high
28.10.2005
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Double champion Sebastien Loeb carried on where he left off a week ago in Corsica with a comfortable win on Rally Catalunya-Costa Daurada's opening stage. The French Citroen driver rammed home his current dominance by going over 10 seconds weiter >> |
RallyRACC Catalunya-Costa Daurada- MITSUBISHI WRC TEAM LOOKS FOR IMPROVEMENTS ON ASPHALT
27.10.2005
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2005 FIA World Rally Championship- Rovanperä and Galli ready to tackle Spanish roads
Exactly one week after the Rallye de France, the FIA World Rally Championship contenders are back in action on the penultimate round of the series, the Rally RACC weiter >> |
Rally Cataluya - Duval tops damp Spain shakedown
27.10.2005
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WRC Rallyes : Citroen's Francois Duval topped the times in the final shakedown runs for this weekend's Rally Catalunya-Costa Daurada. The Belgian - looking to make up for his retirement from last weekend's Rallye de France - led the way in intermittent rain on the short asphalt Falset-Porrero stage on the outskirts of weiter >> |
WRC Rallyes - MITSUBISHI WRC TEAM'S FINAL ASPHALT CHALLENGE
26.10.2005
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Hot on the heels of the Rallye de France - Tour de Corse, the FIA World Rally Championship contenders head directly to Spain for the penultimate round of the series and the last asphalt event of the season. The RallyRACC Catalunya-Costa Daurada (October 27-30) - replacing the event based weiter >> |
