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Mixed surface format to test IRC crews
03.11.2011
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| Competitors on the Cyprus Rally, the final round of this year’s Intercontinental Rally Challenge, will have to master the art of driving on asphalt roads with gravel-specification tyres and car settings.The Cyprus Rally is unique in the IRC in that it is the only event on the 2011 calendar to feature a mixture of asphalt and gravel stages with some runs weiter >> |
Motorway drama for PROTON ace PG Andersson
03.11.2011
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| PROTON's IRC ace PG Andersson has been making headlines in Sweden PROTON Motorsports’ PG Andersson has been in the news in his native Sweden after his wife gave birth to their first child by the side of a motorway. weiter >> |
Kopecky gets new co-driver for IRC finale
03.11.2011
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| Jan Kopecky will start the Intercontinental Rally Challenge title decider in Cyprus this evening (Thursday) without his usual co-driver by his side.Petr Stary, who has guided Kopecky to the top of the IRC standings with one round remaining, is unable to contest the Cyprus Rally due to illness.Instead, Pavel Dres weiter >> |
Andreas Mikkelsen takes early-Cyprus Rally lead
03.11.2011
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| ... on stunning super special2011 Cyprus Rally – 3rd-5th November 2011Round 11 – the final round of the 2011 Intercontinental Rally Challenge- Andreas Mikkelsen storms to opening lead on urban rallying extravagan weiter >> |
YOKOHAMA bereitet sich auf letzte IRC-Rallye 2011 vor
02.11.2011
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| Spannendes Finale auf ZypernVom 3. bis 5. November treffen sich die Piloten der Intercontinental Rally Challenge zum letzten Schlagabtausch der diesjährigen Saison auf der Mittelmeerinsel Zyper weiter >> |
Janos Puskadi targets the Top 3 in Cyprus
02.11.2011
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| Intercontinental Rally Challenge 2011 - Cyprus Rally The 2011 Intercontinental Rally Challenge concludes in Cyprus this week and Hungarian Janos Puskadi is aiming to end on a high with a podium finish. A chance also remains for P weiter >> |
Harry Hunt aims for victory on IRC finale in Cyprus
31.10.2011
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| Harry Hunt Cyprus Rally preview
Harry Hunt is determined to end the defence of his IRC 2WD Cup title with victory on the Cyprus Rally this week. Having already secured one major rally champions weiter >> |
Cyprus Rally scoring system reminder
28.10.2011
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| IRC Intercontinental Rally Challenge, round 11 of 11Cyprus Rally 3-5 November 2011 Double points will be awarded on the Cyprus Rally and applied to the drivers’ and manufacturers’ championships as follows:First place: 50 pointsS weiter >> |
IRC standings and statistics before Cyprus Rally 2011
28.10.2011
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| IRC Intercontinental Rally Challenge, round 11 of 11Cyprus Rally 3-5 November 2011 IRC STANDINGS (BEST OF SEVEN SCORES) Drivers after round 10 of 11*1 Jan Kopecky (Czech Republic) 131pts2 Juho Hanninen (Finland) 125pts3 Thierry Neuvill weiter >> |
Cyprus Rally Leading Entries
28.10.2011
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| IRC Intercontinental Rally Challenge, round 11 of 11Cyprus Rally 3-5 November 2011 LEADING ENTRIES (IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER) Nasser Al-Attiyah (QAT)/Giovanni Bernacchini (ITA) M-Sport Ford Fiesta S2000Burcu Cetinkaya (TUR)/Cicek Guney (TUR) SKODA Fabi weiter >> |
Cyprus Rally itinerary and event essentials
28.10.2011
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| IRC Intercontinental Rally Challenge, round 11 of 11Cyprus Rally 3-5 November 2011 EVENT ESSENTIALS Event: Cyprus RallyBase: Pafos, CyprusStarts: Thursday 3 NovemberFinishes: Saturday 5 NovemberEntries received: 35IRC appea weiter >> |
Cyprus Rally TV Times
28.10.2011
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| TV TIMES Eurosport, the Intercontinental Rally Challenge’s media partner and Europe’s leading sports entertainment group, LTV an RTBF will show LIVE coverage of the Cyprus Rally as follows:Friday 4 November11:00hrs-12:00hrs: LIVE SS3 Sa weiter >> |
Cyprus Rally The challengers and the expectations
28.10.2011
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| The challengersLeading Cypriot driver Nicos Thomas will battle for IRC Production Cup glory Nasser Al-Attiyah returns to the IRC for the first time since he won the event in 2010 in his Autotek Motorsport M- weiter >> |
Cyprus Rally - The competitors
28.10.2011
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| IRC Intercontinental Rally Challenge, round 11 of 11Cyprus Rally 3-5 November 2011 Czech Republic's Jan Kopecky heads the IRC standings after 10 rounds The titl weiter >> |
Cyprus Rally The title battle
28.10.2011
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| IRC Intercontinental Rally Challenge, round 11 of 11Cyprus Rally 3-5 November 2011 Never before has the battle for IRC glory been so close with an unprecedented five drivers starting the Cyprus Rally firmly in contention for the coveted crown. The following details who can win the title and how weiter >> |
Cyprus Rally The Challenge
28.10.2011
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| IRC Intercontinental Rally Challenge, round 11 of 11Cyprus Rally 3-5 November 2011 Nasser Al-Attiyah won on the Cyprus Rally's first IRC appearance in 2010 The fifth se weiter >> |
Cyprus Golden Stage Rally set for live television coverage
28.10.2011
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| The Cyprus Golden Stage Rally will be shown live on television around the world when it takes place for a second time on Sunday 6 November.A helicopter-mounted camera films Mikkelsen winning last year's Golden Stage Rally weiter >> |
Thierry Neuville on his own ...
28.10.2011
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| The last round of the 2011 Intercontinental Rally Challenge (November 3-5) takes teams to Cyprus where Thierry Neuville will be the best-placed 207 S2000 runner in the chase for the Drivers’ crown. Despite his weiter >> |
Street stage to open Cyprus Rally
28.10.2011
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| Last year's Cyprus Rally street stage was a popular feature on the IRC event Next month’s Cyprus Rally, the final round of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge, will get underway with a superspecial stage in do weiter >> |
Hunt aims to finish IRC 2WD Cup on the up
28.10.2011
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| Reigning IRC 2WD Cup champion Harry Hunt has vowed to finish his 2011 season on a high despite failing in his bid to defend his crown.Hunt needed a strong result in the two-wheel-drive division on the most recent round in Scotland but a crash on the final day put him out of the running.“Harry was genuinely not far off the pace and makin weiter >> |
Nasser Al-Attiyah targets Golden Stage Rally revenge
28.10.2011
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| Nasser Al-Attiyah will start the Cyprus Golden Stage Rally on 6 November determined to claim the victory that eluded him when the event took place for the first time last season.Al-Attiyah finished second to Andreas Mikkelsen on the live-for-television spectacular but wants to go one better when he tackles the mixed-surface event in his M-Sport Ford Fiesta S20 weiter >> |
Miclotte not giving up on IRC title dream
28.10.2011
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| Loix and Miclotte will head to Cyprus next week to chase IRC title glory Freddy Loix’s co-driver Frederic Miclotte says the BFO-SKODA Rally Team pair won’t give up on their dream of winning the Intercontine weiter >> |
Young ace Neuville to go all out in IRC title bid
20.10.2011
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| Thierry Neuville has vowed to do all he can to win the IRC title in Cyprus Thierry Neuville says he “will do everything to win” the prestigious Intercontinental Rally Challenge crown when th weiter >> |
Craig Breen open to more IRC action in 2012
20.10.2011
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Breen impressed on two IRC outings this year and could be back in 2012 Craig Breen is contemplating more appearances in the Intercontinental Rally Challenge next season following his stunning run to fourth overall on R weiter >> |
Superhuman Roux stars in ultra-marathon
20.10.2011
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| Nicolas Roux proved it’s not just Intercontinental Rally Challenge drivers who are at the peak of physical fitness when he finished 10th overall on the gruelling Tour de l’Oisans ultra-marathon.Andreas Mikkelsen’s rally engineer is a keen ultra-marathon participant and completed the 180-kilometre course in a little more than 38 hours, which s weiter >> |
Burcu Cetinkaya set for second IRC run in Cyprus
20.10.2011
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| Burcu Cetinkaya, the only female driver to score points in the Intercontinental Rally Challenge, plans to build on the experience she gained at the wheel of her SKODA Fabia Super 2000 in Scotland earlier this month when she contests the Cyprus Rally from 3-5 November.Cetinkaya, 30, made history when she became the first female to score IRC points on Rally of Scotland last seas weiter >> |
University calls for IRC promise Martin Kangur
20.10.2011
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| Martin Kangur says it’s unclear how many Intercontinental Rally Challenge events he will tackle in 2012 because he is due to enrol at university in his native Estonia.Kangur completed his seven-event IRC 2WD Cup programme with category victory on RACMSA Rally of Scotland aboard his JAS Motorsport-prepared Catwees Honda Racing Civic Type R. weiter >> |
WTCC switch for IRC Production Cup winner
20.10.2011
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| Toshi Arai, who celebrated his maiden IRC Production Cup victory on RACMSA Rally of Scotland earlier this month, will switch to circuit racing this weekend when he contests rounds 19 and 20 of the World Touring Car Championship at Suzuka in his native Japan.Arai, 44, will drive a Chevrolet Cruz for the factory team in a one-off appearance in the WTCC. He said: “This will weiter >> |
Renault Sport 2WD Challenge - 2011 Season
18.10.2011
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| Clean sweep for Renault SportCreated by Renault Sport for customers competing in the Intercontinental Rally Challenge (IRC), the Renault Sport 2 WD Challenge has underlined the full potential of the Megane R.S. N4 and Clio R.S. R3, which have shone throughout the 2011 season. Renault Sport took the honours in the centenary running of the Rallye Automobile Mont weiter >> |
Kahle and Gobel celebrated 50 rallies together with SKODA in Scotland
13.10.2011
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| IRC crew celebrate half century
SKODA Auto Deutschland crew Matthias Kahle and Peter Gobel marked 50 events together when they finished 10th overall on RACMSA Rally of Scotland last week.In addition to celebrating their first IRC weiter >> |
Golden Stage Rally excitement builds
13.10.2011
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| Preparations for the second running of the Cyprus In Your Heart Golden Stage Rally on 6 November continue apace with confirmation that the overall winner stands to receive 40,000 Euros in prize money.The event, which takes place over a single mixed surface stage, the Golden Stage, run twice and shown live on television around the world, carries a total prize f weiter >> |
Colin McRae Vision makes vital donation
13.10.2011
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Jimmy McRae (left) presents a cheque to Hannah Archibald of CHASColin McRae Vision, established to help improve the health and education of children around the world, used the ceremonial start of RACMSA Rally of Scotland last Frida weiter >> |
Rally of Scotland stages praised
13.10.2011
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| Scotland hosted its third Intercontinental Rally Challenge event last week with leading crews praising the exciting and demanding nature of the stages despite the onset of wet and muddy conditions.Based in the counties of Perthshire and Stirlingshire, the event utilised stages mainly on closed forest roads, four of which were shown live on Eurosport and Eurosp weiter >> |
IRC titles won in Scotland
13.10.2011
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Martin Kangur helped Honda clinch the IRC 2WD Cup makes' award in Scotland
Two significant Intercontinental Rally Challenge titles were won during RACMSA Rally of Scotland with SKODA crowned IRC manufacturers’ champio weiter >> |
Six-way IRC battle set for Cyprus finale
13.10.2011
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| An unprecedented six drivers will do battle for the Intercontinental Rally Challenge crown when the series reaches its electrifying climax on the Cyprus Rally next month (3-5 November).Bryan Bouffier, Juho Hanninen, Jan Kopecky, Freddy Loix, Andreas Mikkelsen and Thierry Neuville can all clinch the prestigious title on the mixed-surface season finale. weiter >> |
A top-three finish for Bryan Bouffier in Scotland
10.10.2011
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| IRC: RAC RALLY OF SCOTLAND (round 10/11)
This weekend’s event through the forests of central Scotland will go down as one of the world’s toughest gravel fixtures. Its fast, undulating yet narrow stages left drivers with absolutely no margin for error, weiter >> |
PG Andersson made a stunning debut on Rally of Scotland this weekend
10.10.2011
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| Rally of Scotland review
The PROTON Motorsports team once again demonstrated the development and potential of the Satria Neo S2000 on this weekend’s Rally of Scotland, but suffered misfortune on the penultimate round of the Intercontinental weiter >> |
IRC joy at last for Mikkelsen in Scotland
09.10.2011
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Andreas Mikkelsen’s long wait for his first victory in the Intercontinental Rally Challenge is over after he won RACMSA Rally of Scotland to set up a thrilling six-way battle for the IRC title on the final event of the season in Cyprus next month. weiter >> |
Proton comes within 1.2 seconds of winning first special stage in IRC
09.10.2011
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| PROTON’s PG Andersson drove to a strong 12th place overall and 11th amongst the contenders in the Intercontinental Rally Challenge (IRC) at the end of a heatedly contested leg 1 in Rally Scotland.
Running as high as third overall in the early stages o weiter >> |
Scotland day 2 itinerary and Eurosport TV times
08.10.2011
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| RACMSA Rally of Scotland, 7-9 October 2011Intercontinental Rally Challenge, round 10 of 11 DAY TWO ITINERARY (SUNDAY 9 OCTOBER) Special stages: SevenSpecial sta weiter >> |
Driver quotes and standings after day 1 in Scotland
08.10.2011
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| RACMSA Rally of Scotland, 7-9 October 2011Intercontinental Rally Challenge, round 10 of 11 Bryan Bouffier heads the Peugeot challenge in Scotland in second place Andreas Mikkels weiter >> |
Flying Andreas Mikkelsen holds Scotland IRC lead after day 1
08.10.2011
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| RACMSA Rally of Scotland, 7-9 October 2011Intercontinental Rally Challenge, round 10 of 11 Andreas Mikkelsen leads Rally of Scotland for SKODA UK Motorsport Andreas Mikkelsen has taken a h weiter >> |
Rally of Scotland broadcast schedule 2011
06.10.2011
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| Eurosport, the Intercontinental Rally Challenge’s media partner and Europe’s leading sports entertainment group, will show coverage of RACMSA Rally of Scotland as follows:Saturday 8 October13:00hrs-14:00hrs: LIVE SS5 Errochty 1 (Eurosport and British Eurosport 1)18:30hrs-19:30hrs: LIVE SS7 Errochty 2 (Eurosp weiter >> |
Last chance for IRC 2WD Cup champion Harry Hunt
06.10.2011
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Hunt says winning the IRC 2WD Cup in Scotland is crucial to his title hopes “We simply have to win,” said Harry Hunt of his participation in the IRC 2WD Cup section of RACMSA Rally of Scotland this w weiter >> |
Guy Wilks excited by Peugeot tweaks
06.10.2011
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Wilks (left) will drive an uprated Peugeot 207 on Rally of Scotland
Guy Wilks is hoping that a few tweaks to his Peugeot UK 207 Super 2000 will give him the edge as he bids for his second vi weiter >> |
Colin McRae Vision cheque handover planned
06.10.2011
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Jimmy McRae, who will drive one of the course cars on RACMSA Rally of Scotland, will use the event’s ceremonial start at Stirling Castle on Friday evening to present a cheque on behalf of the Colin McRae Vision charity he helped to establish.Co weiter >> |
SKODA team back at full strength for Scotland
06.10.2011
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SKODA's star drivers Hanninen and Kopecky will both compete in Scotland The factory SKODA Motorsport squad will be at full strength when the Intercontinental Rally Challenge resumes on RACMSA Rally of Scotland weiter >> |
Entries open for 2011 Cyprus Rally
05.10.2011
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| 2011 Cyprus Rally – 3rd-5th November 2011Round 11 – the final round of the 2011 Intercontinental Rally Challenge- Regulations & Entry Forms now online at weiter >> |
Sanremo Rally - The competitors
17.09.2011
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| Intercontinental Rally Challenge, round 9 of 11Rallye Sanremo 22-24 September 2011 Jan Kopecky heads the IRC drivers' standings and is a favourite for victory weiter >> |
