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Jari-Matti Latvala quickest in Rally New Zealand Shakedown
06.05.2010
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| Finn Jari-Matti Latvala was the fastest driver at the pre-event shakedown for Rally New Zealand earlier today, with defending World Rally Champion Sebastien Loeb his closest rival. The four hour test took place on a 1.5km asphalt road in the Auckland weiter >> |
Stilo supported Sebastien Loeb heads to New Zealand chasing fourth WRC win of 2010
05.05.2010
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| Stilo-supported Sebastien Loeb will begin his chase for a fourth-consecutive victory in the World Rally Championship in New Zealand this week, venue of the fifth round of the series. Loeb, a six-time world rally champion, finished first overall in Mexico weiter >> |
2010 RALLY NEW ZEALAND - Route
01.05.2010
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| This year’s Rally New Zealand is the 40th in the event’s history. After three years based in Hamilton and a year off the WRC calendar during the period of rotation, Rally New Zealand returns to Auckland for 2010. weiter >> |
Rally New Zealand celebrates 40 years in 2010
30.04.2010
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| The 2010 running of Rally New Zealand will be the event’s 40th year and organisers are asking Kiwi rally fans to help celebrate the event’s rich history. “The very first Rally New Zealand, then called the Shell Silver Fern Rally, was run in 1969,” says Rally New Zealand’s chairman Chris Carr. “That event, a marathon mul weiter >> |
2010 route revealed
19.12.2009
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| Rally New Zealand 2010The full route of New Zealand’s round of the 2010 World Rally Championship has been confirmed by the event's organising committee, as well as an intention to run mixed surface tests and two Super Special Stages.In its 40th anniversary year, Rally New Zealand is the fifth round of the 2010 WRC and features a new base in the hea weiter >> |
Subaru Rally Team USA and Ken Block Tackle Rally New Zealand
03.09.2008
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Subaru Rally Team USA driver Ken Block and co-driver Alex Gelsomino have finished their debut event in the hotly contested Production World Rally Championship (PWRC) at the Repco Rally New Zealand this weekend.
The d weiter >> |
Le rallye en chiffres
31.08.2008
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Position des C4 WRC et écart par rapport au meilleur temps, spéciale par spéciale.
Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena /Dani Sordo Marc Martí
ES12 : Te Hutewai 1 (11,23 km) 12e weiter >> |
Doublé des 'all Rouges' en Nouvelle-Zélande
31.08.2008
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38e Repco Rally New Zealand (28-31 août 2008)
Disputée en Nouvelle-Zélande, la 11e manche du Championnat du Monde des Rallyes 2008 a connu son épilogue c weiter >> |
Rallye Neuseeland endet mit enttäuschendem Podestrang für Ford-Pilot Mikko Hirvonen
31.08.2008
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• Titelfavorit Hirvonen verliert Sieg nach Reifenschaden auf vorletzter WP
• Teamkollege Latvala muss Ford Focus RS zeitgleich nach Ausritt abstellen
Dramatischer weiter >> |
Overall victory for Red Bull driver Sébastien Loeb
31.08.2008
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2008 Rally New Zealand, final report
- Bernardo Sousa in P7 scores two PWRC points!
- Hänninen fifth – but Aigner stays on top in the PWRC
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Wilson flies home for Stobart as Duval bows out
31.08.2008
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FIA World Rally Championship Repco Rally New Zealand, 31 August 2008
It has been an unfortunate final day of Repco Rally New Zealand with François Duval/Patrick Pivato bowing out on the penultimate stage after lo weiter >> |
Conrad Rautenbach Rally review
31.08.2008
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Repco Rally New Zealand FIA World Rally Championship, round 11/15
Hamilton, New Zealand 31.08.08
The event…
Being the only Priority One or Two driver never to have contested this rally before, Conrad Rautenbach was looking to bag as much New Zealand experience as possible in his PH Sport-run Citroen C4 WRC. The first two days p weiter >> |
Munchi’s manufacture double points down under
31.08.2008
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FIA World Rally Championship Repco Rally New Zealand, 31 August 2008
The Munchi’s Ford World Rally Team have had a successful drive down under as they finished with both crews inside the p weiter >> |
Petter Solberg soars to fourth in dramatic climax to Rally New Zealand
31.08.2008
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Repco Rally New Zealand day three bulletin
Petter Solberg and Phil Mills finished the 38th running of Rally New Zealand in fourth position overall after a dramatic re-shake of the leaderboard on the rally’s penu weiter >> |
Martin Prokop takes debut P-WRC win
31.08.2008
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Compared with the furious battle which raged in the P-WRC on Friday and Saturday, Sunday was an almost relaxed affair for Martin Prokop who won the production category in Hamilton today.
The Czech Republic driver moved into the lead of the New Zealand P-WRC fight on Saturday when a gearbox problem forced the retirement of his closest rival, Mirco Baldacci.
Proko weiter >> |
Sébastien Loeb takes his 44th WRC victory
31.08.2008
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Sebastien Loeb took his 44th WRC victory this afternoon, winning Rally New Zealand by 17.5sec from his Citroen Total team-mate Dani Sordo who was second.
It was the dream result for Loeb and his team after a shaky start to the day, when weiter >> |
WRC Rallyes after final stage SS18 overall results top25
31.08.2008
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NEW ZEALAND RALLY SS18 - SS 16 Mystery Creek 3 Length - 3.14kms
1 1 LOEB Citroen 03:59:18.9 +00.0
2 2 SORDO Citroen 03:59:36.4 +17.5
3 3 HIRVONEN Ford 04:00:00.4 +41.5
4 5 SOLBERG Subaru 04:02:07.8 +02:48.9
5 14 AAVA Citroen 04:02:49.6 +03:30.7
6 12 ANDERSSON Suzuki 04:06:56.3 +07:37.4
7 11 GARDEMEISTER Suzuki 0 weiter >> |
Retirements in New Zealand
31.08.2008
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4 Jari-Matti LATVALA Miikka ANTTILA BP Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team FIN FIN Focus RS WRC 07 8 1 ACCIDENT DAMAGE
6 Chris ATKINSON Stephane PREVOT Subaru World Rally Team AUS B Impreza WRC 2008 8 1 RADIATOR
7 Francois DUVAL Patrick PIVATO Stobart VK M-Sport Ford Rally Team B F Focus RS WRC 07 8 1 OFF ROAD
31 Toshi ARAI Glenn MACNEALL Subaru Team Arai J weiter >> |
WRC Rallyes - SS17 -Whaanga Coast 2 stage & overall results top10
31.08.2008
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NEW ZEALAND RALLY SS17 - Whaanga Coast 2 stage results
1 1 LOEB Citroen 20:47.0 +00.0
2 10 SOLBERG Ford 21:01.7 +14.7
3 5 SOLBERG Subaru 21:03.5 +16.5
4 2 SORDO Citroen 21:05.7 +18.7
5 14 AAVA Citroen 21:11.2 +24.2
6 8 WILSON Ford 21:18.9 +31.9
7 11 GARDEMEISTER Suzuki 21:36.1 +49.1
8 3 HIRVONEN Ford 21 weiter >> |
Drama for Ford drivers Latvala and Hirvonen on SS17
31.08.2008
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The BP Ford Abu Dhabi team’s perfect one, two, formation on Rally New Zealand was blown apart on the penultimate stage when both its drivers hit problems.
The first casualty was second placed Jari-Matti Latvala who stopped 3.3km from the start after his Focus RS WRC hit a rock. The Finn reported a serious engine oil leak after the impact and weiter >> |
Sébastien Loeb after SS16: ‘It’s impossible for me to catch Mikko’
31.08.2008
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Although he edged two seconds closer to Mikko Hirvonen’s rally lead on SS16, Sebastien Loeb says the Finn’s 15.3sec is too much to make up through driving alone on the 32 kilometres which remain.
Ahead of the repeat pass th weiter >> |
WRC Rallyes - SS16 -Te Hutewai 2 stage & overall results top20
31.08.2008
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NEW ZEALAND RALLY SS16 Te Hutewai 2 stage results
1 1 LOEB Citroen 07:47.5 +00.0
2 3 HIRVONEN Ford 07:49.8 +02.3
3 10 SOLBERG Ford 07:50.9 +03.4
4 4 LATVALA Ford 07:52.5 +05.0
5 8 WILSON Ford 07:52.9 +05.4
6 5 SOLBERG Subaru 07:53.3 +05.8
7 2 SORDO Citroen 07:53.7 +06.2
8 7 DUVAL Ford 07:55.6 +08.1 weiter >> |
SS15 - Hirvonen takes the rally lead
31.08.2008
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Mikko Hirvonen regained first place on Rally New Zealand on Sunday’s second stage, the 29km Whaanga Coast, moving ahead of his BP Ford team-mate and into a 7.1sec lead.
As he headed to Raglan for a 15-minute service, Hirvonen said hi weiter >> |
WRC Rallyes SS15 - Whaanga Coast 1 stage & overall results top 20
31.08.2008
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NEW ZEALAND RALLY SS15 Whaanga Coast 1 stage results
1 10 SOLBERG Ford 21:26.4 +00.0
2 3 HIRVONEN Ford 21:35.0 +08.6
3 5 SOLBERG Subaru 21:36.6 +10.2
4 2 SORDO Citroen 21:36.9 +10.5
5 1 LOEB Citroen 21:38.1 +11.7
6 8 WILSON Ford 21:42.7 +16.3
7 4 LATVALA Ford 21:45.3 +18.9
8 14 AAVA Citroen 21:47.1 +20. weiter >> |
High drama as Loeb spins on SS14
31.08.2008
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The battle for the lead of Rally New Zealand took another dramatic twist on Sunday’s opening stage when Sebastien Loeb lost around 10 seconds with a spin.
Loeb started the stage on a mission to close the gap on the two Ford’s ahead of him weiter >> |
WRC Rallyes - SS14 Te Hutewai 1 results - Latvala leads
31.08.2008
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NEW ZEALAND RALLY SS14 Te Hutewai 1 stage results top20
1 10 SOLBERG Ford 08:03.0 +00.0
2 8 WILSON Ford 08:04.8 +01.8
3 6 ATKINSON Subaru 08:04.8 +01.8
4 5 SOLBERG Subaru 08:09.3 +06.3
5 3 HIRVONEN Ford 08:09.4 +06.4
6 2 SORDO Citroen 08:10.0 +07.0
7 7 DUVAL Ford 08:13.0 +10.0
8 11 GARDEMEISTER Suzuki 0 weiter >> |
CITROEN: Le rallye en chiffres
30.08.2008
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Position de la C4 WRC et écart par rapport au meilleur temps, spéciale par spéciale.
Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena - Dani Sordo Marc Martí
ES6 : Port Waikato (17,22 km) 2e + 4,4 s 4e weiter >> |
Citroën Total Jour 2 : Rendez-vous à Whaanga Coast…
30.08.2008
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38e Repco Rally New Zealand (28-31 août 2008)
L'ensemble de l'équipe Citroën Total a parfaitement su maîtriser la deuxième étape du 38e 'Rally New Zealand' pour se présenter à l'aube de la dernière journée dans une weiter >> |
Red Bull Rallye Team: Aigner rolls his car – drivers unharmed, but won’t restart tomorrow
30.08.2008
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Sousa does it better, already up to P82008 Rally New Zealand, sixth PWRC round, after Leg 2
That’s exactly what the Red Bull Rallye Team wanted to avoid: Rally New Zealand is over for Andreas Aigner (AUT)/Klaus weiter >> |
Duval poised for fifth with Stobart in New Zealand
30.08.2008
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FIA World Rally Championship Repco Rally New Zealand, 30 August 2008
The Stobart VK M-Sport Ford rally team look poised for another fine result as François Duval/Patrick Pivato sit comfortably in fifth with one day weiter >> |
Solberg ups pace and Atkinson rejoins rally
30.08.2008
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Repco Rally New Zealand day two bulletin
Petter Solberg and Phil Mills, today celebrating his birthday, found improved pace on the second day of competition in New Zealand. Restarting after a roll yesterday, Su weiter >> |
Citroen team boss Quesnel still angered by start order tactics
30.08.2008
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The boss of the Citroen Total team has described the current WRC rules concerning road positions as ‘stupid’ and revealed that he asked for them to be changed earlier this month.
Team principal Olivier Quesnel said he remained strongly o weiter >> |
It’s advantage Prokop in P-WRC
30.08.2008
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With less than two seconds separating the top two Production Car World Rally Championship runners, the watching world was looking forward to a classic battle between Mirco Baldacci and Martin Prokop through the two Te Akau stages this afternoon. Unfortunately, it wasn’t to be.
The bad luck which has dogged Baldacci since his switch to the P-WRC in 2006 continued with a br weiter >> |
End of day two: top three reverse in NZ
30.08.2008
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...after tactical shuffle
The will they / won’t they question of tactics was answered on today’s final stage with a resounding ‘yes they will’.
In a dramatic fina weiter >> |
NZ Day 2 overall results
30.08.2008
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After Stage 13 - SS 11 Te Akau North Length - 32.36kms
1 4 LATVALA Ford 02:57:29.0 +00.0
2 3 HIRVONEN Ford 02:57:38.3 +09.3
3 1 LOEB Citroen 02:57:42.3 +13.3
4 2 SORDO Citroen 02:57:44.7 +15.7
5 7 DUVAL Ford 02:59:09.9 +01:40.9
6 14 AAVA Citroen 03:00:18.8 +02:49.8
7 5 SOLBERG Subaru 03:00:21.8 +0 weiter >> |
WRC Rallyes: - SS10: Loeb aiming for a 20-second lead
30.08.2008
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Sebastien Loeb says a rally lead of 20 seconds at the end of today’s competition might be enough to counteract the negative effect of running as first car on Sunday.
Loeb took 21 seconds out of Hirvonen’s rally lead on the 62km loop of stages this morning, but needs to find another 26 seconds on the 67km which remain today.
Running as second car on the road toda weiter >> |
A trying start for SWRT down under
29.08.2008
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Repco Rally New Zealand day one bulletin
After a tough first day of Repco Rally New Zealand, the Subaru World Rally Team duo of Chris Atkinson and Stéphane Prévot were sidelined after a roll on stage four, whilst team-mates Petter Solberg and Phil Mills finished in seventh position overall.
In the morning’s stages, both Solberg and Atkinson were able weiter >> |
End of day one - Hirvonen leads Rally New Zealand
29.08.2008
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BP Ford Abu Dhabi World rally Team driver Mikko Hirvonen holds the lead of Rally New Zealand after a fascinating first day of competition.
Hirvonen took the lead on the second stage and capitalised on a more advantageous road position than his title rival Sebastien Loeb to build a 9.4 sec lead over the Frenchman by the midday point. But Loeb was quicker in weiter >> |
Baldacci spins, but stays out front in P-WRC
29.08.2008
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Mirco Baldacci continues to lead the way in the Production Car WRC category of this year’s Rally New Zealand after a trouble-free afternoon aboard his Mitsubishi - but it’s fellow Lancer driver Juho Hanninen who has been fastest on each of the four stages.
Hanninen’s chances of challenging for a third P-WRC win of the season were knobbled when he put his car on its side o weiter >> |
WRC Rallyes -Overal results day 1
29.08.2008
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After Stage 7 - SS 5 Mystery Creek 1 Length - 3.14kms
NEW ZEALAND RALLY 2008
1 3 HIRVONEN Ford 01:34:44.3 +00.0
2 1 LOEB Citroen 01:35:12.1 +27.8
3 2 SORDO Citroen 01:35:14.3 +30.0
4 4 LATVALA Ford 01:35:14.4 +30.1
5 7 DUVAL Ford 01:36:12.2 +01:27.9
6 14 AAVA Citroen 01:36:45.6 +02:01.3
7 5 SOLBERG Subar weiter >> |
Chris Atkinson out on stage four
29.08.2008
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The Australian fell foul of the slippery New Zealand gravel roads
Chris Atkinson and Stéphane Prévot suffered a roll 14 kilometres into the 24 kilometre Pirongia West stage, the first of the afternoon loop. Both crew are ok, but have retired from the day.
The duo slid into a ditch after a downhill braking section on the very slippery gravel routes and roll weiter >> |
Francois Duval quickest at New Zealand shakedown
28.08.2008
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Francois Duval was the fastest driver at today’s pre Rally New Zealand shakedown test.
This weekend the Belgian is driving a Ford Focus RS WRC for the Stobart VK M-Sport team in place of Gigi Galli, who broke his le weiter >> |
Shakedown results
28.08.2008
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Here are the best times of each of the WRC competitors:
1. Duval: 2:26.0
2. Latvala: 2:26.4
=3. Hirvonen: 2:26.7
=3. P. Solberg: 2:26.7
5. Sordo: 2:27.2
6. Loeb: 2:27.3
7. Wilson: 2:27.4
8. H. Solberg: 2:28.0
9. Atkinson: 2:28.8
10. Aava: 2:29.0
=11. Villagra: 2:29.1
=11. Garde weiter >> |
Conrad Rautenbach - Welcome to: Repco Rally New Zealand
28.08.2008
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CONRAD RAUTENBACH NEWS RELEASE
Repco Rally New Zealand
FIA World Rally Championship, round 11/15
Hamilton, New Zealand
Rally New Zealand is one of the fastest rounds of the World Rally Championship – an weiter >> |
Pirelli Scorpion Reifen mit harter Gummimischung bereit für Herausforderung in Neuseeland
28.08.2008
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Für die Teams der Weltmeisterschaft führt die Reise jetzt vom warmen Wetter in Deutschland in die fast winterlichen Verhältnisse Neuseelands. Ein dramatischer Wechsel sowohl der Kulisse als auch der Reifen. Der Pirel weiter >> |
The Red Bull Rallye Team in the "Repco Rally New Zealand"
23.08.2008
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- The PWRC title battle is heating up:Now Andreas Aigner the "tactician" is called for!
- Bernardo Sousa is back again after his forced rest
The World Rally Championsh weiter >> |
Team BP Ford Abu Dhabi will in Neuseeland beide WM-Führungen zurückerobern
22.08.2008
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• Schnelle Schotterstrecken ideales Geläuf für Ford Focus RS WRC
• Finnische Werkspiloten freuen sich auf Pisten wie in ihrer Heimat
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Solberg returns to Munchi’s side for southern stages
22.08.2008
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FIA World Rally Championship Repco Rally New Zealand, 29-31 August 2008
Henning Solberg/Cato Menkerud will join the Munchi’s Ford World Rally Team next week as it embarks on round 8 of its 10 event campaign in the 2008 FIA World Rally Championship; Repco Rally New Zealand. The Norwegians’ team-mates for the event will be fulltime Munchi’s regulars Federico Villagra weiter >> |
Latvala reunited with Stobart for sealed surface events
22.08.2008
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FIA World Rally Championship Stobart VK M-Sport Ford
Flying Finn Jari-Matti Latvala will join the Stobart VK M-Sport Ford rally team for the two remaining asphalt rounds of the FIA World Rally Championship in Spain and Corsica in October. The former Stobart star will re-join his old team-mate Matthew Wilson and will be a nominated point scoring driver on both seal weiter >> |
