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13.06.2008
- Sousa tenth after cautious start.
2008 Turkish Rally, fourth leg of P-WRC championship, after SS 4
Everything went to plan for the Red Bull Rally Team as the Turkish Rally entered its first full day. Andreas Aigner (Aut)/Klaus Wicha (Ger) recorded the quickest time in the first stage of the day with the pair placed fourth in their Mitsubishi
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13.06.2008
Turkey presents a rocky challenge on first morning of competition
Subaru Impreza WRC2008 No.5 Petter Solberg: "We had a quite ok morning; no major problems. The roads are so narrow and very tricky. I’m doing absolutely everything I can, so no problems.
We will make some changes in service before this afternoon as the second passes of
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13.06.2008
Length - 9.9kms
TURKEY RALLY SS4 - Kumluca 1 -stage results top20
1 7 GALLI FORD 07:47.4 +00.0
2 4 LATVALA FORD 07:48.3 +00.9
3 8 SOLBERG FORD 07:48.4 +01.0
4 1 LOEB CITROEN 07:50.4 +03.0
5 6 ATKINSON SUBARU 07:50.9 +03.5
6 3 HIRVONEN FORD 07:50.9 +03.5
7 5 SOLBERG SUBARU 07:51.2 +03.8
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13.06.2008
Length - 24.15kms
TURKEY RALLY SS3 - Myra 1 - stage results top20
1 4 LATVALA FORD 21:05.3 +00.0
2 2 SORDO CITROEN 21:20.5 +15.2
3 7 GALLI FORD 21:22.6 +17.3
4 8 SOLBERG FORD 21:22.9 +17.6
5 3 HIRVONEN FORD 21:24.1 +18.8
6 1 LOEB CITROEN 21:24.8 +19.5
7 16 WILSON FORD
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13.06.2008
Length - 22.43kms
TURKEY RALLY SS2 - Perge 1 stage results top20
1 17 AAVA CITROEN 16:03.6 +00.0
2 7 GALLI FORD 16:05.2 +01.6
3 15 MIKKELSEN FORD 16:05.8 +02.2
4 3 HIRVONEN FORD 16:05.9 +02.3
5 2 SORDO CITROEN 16:10.5 +06.9
6 12 GUNNAR ANDERSSON SUZUKI 16:12.3 +08.7
7 8 SOLBERG FORD 16:14.2
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13.06.2008
Turkey is a very different challenge to Greece, but no less demanding
The opening spectator stage in the ground of the Akdeniz University in Antalya is, like most of this rally, exactly the same as we last used in 2006. The surface is hard rolled gravel sprayed with tarmac, whic
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12.06.2008
2008 Turkish Rally, fourth P-WRC leg, after SS 1
Aigner placed 13th, Sousa just behind in 14th.
The Red Bull Rally Team today made a satisfactory start to the fourth P-WRC rally of the year in Turkey. Andreas Aigner (Aut)/Klaus Wicha (Ger) were the 1
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12.06.2008
Rally of Turkey (TR), June 12-15 2008, round 8/15
PHOTOS HERE Galerien/galerien/turkey-rally-photos-shakedown-2008/index--.html
After a year's absence from the calendar, the Rally of Turkey makes a welcome return to the World Rally Championship this yea
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12.06.2008
FIA World Rally Championship Rally of Turkey, 12 June 2008
Round eight of the FIA World Rally Championship got underway this evening for the Stobart VK M-Sport Ford rally team on the Rally of Turkey. Both nominated points scorer, Gigi Galli and Henning Solberg, lead the way for the side after setting identical times on stage 1 tonight.
Thousands of enthusia
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12.06.2008
BP-Ford Team driver Jari-Matti Latvala was the pace-setter at this morning’s Shakedown test for the Rally of Turkey, leading a trio of
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10.06.2008
Turkey Rally 2008, Fourth leg of P-WRC
"Can the winning streak continue? If only rallying was so easy . . ."Biggest rivals Ketomaa and Hänninen both missing –Aigner and Sousa must take points!
The World Rally Championship continues this weekend!
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07.06.2008
FIA World Rally Championship Rally of Turkey, 12-15 June 2008
The sixth round of the Munchi’s Ford World Rally Team’s 10-event campaign in the FIA World Rally Championship takes place next week at the Rally of Turkey. Federico Villagra returns with regular co-driver Jorge Pérez Companc who missed the most recent round in Greece for personal reasons.
Joinin
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06.06.2008
• Mikko Hirvonen setzt auf den Vorteil der zweiten Startposition
• Beide Ford-Werkspiloten hoffen auf trockene Bedingungen
Hitze, Staub und Steine zum Dritten: Die Rallye Türkei (12. bis 15. Juni 2008) bildet den Abschluss
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06.06.2008
FIA World Rally Championship Rally of Turkey, 12-15 June 2008
Next week the FIA World Rally Championship returns to Turkey after a year of absence from the Eurasian event. With all three crews from the Stobart VK M-Sport Ford rally team return
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24.10.2006
BP-Ford World Rallye Team belegt Platz 1 und 2 bei der Rallye Türkei und übernimmt die Führung in der Weltmeisterschaft
Das BP-Ford World Rally Team erzielt einen großartigen Doppelsieg bei der Rallye Türkei und übernimmt damit die Führung in der FIA World Rally Champ
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15.10.2006
Report Rallye Türkei 2006: Das Wetterchaos kehrte zurück - und damit das Nachschneiden der Profile Tolle Vorstellung auch für Red Bull Skoda-Junior Andreas Aigner Statistisches WM-Zwischenstand
Start-Ziel-Sieg für BFGoodrich-Partner Marcus
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15.10.2006
FIA World Rally Championship, Rally Turkey, 13-15 October 15 October - FINAL REPORT
Stobart VK M-Sport Ford driver Kosti Katajamaki scored his best ever result in the World Rally Championship coming home 5th in Rally Turkey and scoring five valuable manufacturer points for the team. Meanwhile Matt Wilson finished 13th in the gruelling event.
Kosti and his
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15.10.2006
Erfreuliche Aspekte für Red Bull Skoda Team, neben einem Marken WM-Punkt kann man den Abstand auf Spitze pro Km auf 1 Sekunde verringern
Andreas Aigner (A) mit Co. Klaus Wicha (D) legt in Türkei auf Schotter neuerliche Talentprobe ab und wird Zehnter
Auch Harri Rovanperä/ Risto Pietiläinen (SF) sorgen mit guter Performance und Platz 11 für positives Ergebnis
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15.10.2006
1. 3 M. GRÖNHOLM 3:28:16.3 0:00 3:28:16.3 0.0 0.0
2. 4 M. HIRVONEN 3:30:39.7 0:00 3:30:39.7 2:23.4 2:23.4
3. 8 H. SOLBERG 3:31:22.3 0:00 3:31:22.3 42.6 3:06.0
4. 14 X. PONS 3:31:43.7 0:00 3:31:43.7 21.4 3:27.4
5. 10 K. KATAJAMAKI 3:31:44.8 0:00 3:31:44.8 1.1 3:28.5
6. 6 C. ATKINSON 3:31:52.8 0:00 3:31:52.8 8.0 3:36.5
7. 2 D. SORDO 3
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15.10.2006
The final stage of Rally Turkey was the longest stage run during the third leg, and though he did not claim the quickest time on the final stage of the event, BP-Ford World Rally Team's Marcus Gronholm finished the stage with the overall rally victory, his fifth victory of the season and his ninth podium finish of the season.
Mikko Hirvonen found second overall, the secon
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15.10.2006
The penultimate stage of Rally Turkey saw Kronos Total Citroen World Rally Team's Dani Sordo post a blindingly quick time in an effort to move beyond Manfred Stohl in the overall classifications. Sordo began the 16.91 kilometre stage nine seconds off Stohl for ninth overall, and the 2005 FIA Junior World Rally Championship title holder narrowed the gap betwen he and Stohl to just
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15.10.2006
Tekirova 2 was the first stage ran during the third leg of Rally Turkey. A sky overhead was clear, and the difficult conditions suffered throughout the first two legs of the rally were replaced by drying conditions on the stages. Tekirova 2, a 5.5 kilometre test, saw many drivers thankful for the new conditions on the final day of Turkey.
Francois Duval claimed his first
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15.10.2006
FIA World Rally Championship Rally Turkey, 13-15 October14 October - END OF LEG 2
The Stobart VK M-Sport Ford Team drove through four seasons in one day at Rally Turkey. Kosti Katajamaki finished Leg 2 in 5th showing he can handle all conditions and he even got some of his favourite surface - snow. Meanwhile Matt Wilson consistently ploughed on
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15.10.2006
2. Tag der 7. Türkei Rallye vom 13. bis 15. Oktober 2006
Andreas Aigner (A)/ Klaus Wicha (D) fahren auf SP 14sensationell viertbeste Zeit und liegen mit zwei weiteren Top-Ten Zeiten, Gesamt an elfter Stelle
Auch Harri Rovanperä/ Risto Pietiläinen (SF) können mit einer Top Neun Zeit aufzeigen, sie nehmen weiter Rang 12 ein
Wetterbedingungen etw
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14.10.2006
The second leg of Rally Turkey saw extreme weather conditions, and though the weather was a major challenge for all of the drivers, the second leg was fortunate to not suffer the same fate of cancelled stages that blemished the opening leg.
BP-Ford World Rally Team ace Marcus Gronholm has lead Rally Turkey from the start of the opening day until the end of the second, and
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14.10.2006
BP-Ford's Mikko Hirvonen claimed his second stage victory of Rally Turkey on the second leg's final contest, the Akdeniz University superspecial stage. Hirvonen narrowly edged out Kronos Total Citroen World Rally Team replacement driver Colin McRae for the stage's quickest time, by just 0.2 seconds.
Kosti Katajamaki posted the third quickest time on the stage, 1.6 seconds
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14.10.2006
First Motorsport's Francois Duval finished the final proper rally stage of the second leg moving into eighth overall. A surprise for Duval as it was Petter Solberg who gave away position to nearly the entire field. Duval finishes the penultimate stage of the day as the highest placed Skoda Fabia. "I don't take too many risks," Duval said at the end of the stage. "It's not necessa
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14.10.2006
Rallye Automobile Monte Carlo is known as one of the most difficult rallies in the entire championship because of the icy conditions that test the skill of both man and machine. Rally Turkey, on the other hand, is not known for many of the conditions the drivers and teams have experienced this weekend, including a hail-storm which left the fourteenth stage of Rally Turkey resembl
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14.10.2006
1. 3 M. GRÖNHOLM 1:47:44.8 0:00 1:47:44.8 0.0 0.0
2. 5 P. SOLBERG 1:48:24.8 0:00 1:48:24.8 40.0 40.0
3. 4 M. HIRVONEN 1:48:54.6 0:00 1:48:54.6 29.8 1:09.8
4. 8 H. SOLBERG 1:49:12.7 0:00 1:49:12.7 18.1 1:27.9
5. 14 X. PONS 1:50:07.3 0:00 1:50:07.3 54.6 2:22.5
6. 10 K. KATAJAMAKI 1:50:16.3 0:00 1:50:16.3 9.0 2:31.5
7. 1 C. MCRAE 1:50:
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14.10.2006
When the announcement was made that former World Champion Colin McRae was going to replace an injured Sebastien Loeb for Rally Turkey, the Kronos Total Citroen World Rally Team had high expectations for their replacement driver and hopes that Kronos Citroen would be able to maintain sole possession of the lead in the manufacturers' standings. McRae, who had not driven a Citroen X
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14.10.2006
The Subaru World Rally Team came to Turkey with only one podium finish for the entire season, Petter Solberg's second overall in the Corona Rally Mexico ten rallies ago. Since Mexico, Solberg has suffered a season most professional drivers would choose to forget. But, things seem to be looking up for the Subaru World Rally Team as Solberg has not only maintained position in Turke
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14.10.2006
When asked if he had regained his confidence after a sluggish start to Rally Turkey, Dani Sordo replied: "No, I am just driving my normal pace." Sordo finished the stage fourth quickest, despite his lack of confidence. Many drivers, including Matthew Wilson and Manfred Stohl commented that they were suffering a lack of confidence in a somewhat surprisingly difficult Rally Turkey.
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14.10.2006
1. 3 M. GRÖNHOLM 1:12:22.2 0:00 1:12:22.2 0.0 0.0
2. 5 P. SOLBERG 1:12:46.1 0:00 1:12:46.1 23.9 23.9
3. 4 M. HIRVONEN 1:13:17.8 0:00 1:13:17.8 31.7 55.6
4. 8 H. SOLBERG 1:13:23.5 0:00 1:13:23.5 5.7 1:01.3
5. 10 K. KATAJAMAKI 1:13:52.7 0:00 1:13:52.7 29.2 1:30.5
6. 1 C. MCRAE 1:14:02.1 0:00 1:14:02.1 9.4 1:39.9
7. 14 X. PONS 1:14:07.
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14.10.2006
The opening stage of the second leg saw slightly drier conditions than those which caused several stage cancellations during the opening leg. Ercan Kazaz, the local favourite, had the responsibility of being the first on the road, but it was Petter Solberg who made the biggest fuss on the day's opening contest.
Solberg claimed the fastest time on the stage, 2.2 seconds qu
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14.10.2006
In an exclusive interview with WRC TV, FIA World Rally Championship leader Sebastien Loeb has talked about the effect breaking his arm has had on his title aspirations and the prospect of becoming champion while at home, watching the rally on TV.
Loeb explained that he would prefer to
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14.10.2006
Sehr schwieriger erster Tag für Red Bull Skoda Team, man ist froh, beide Fabia WRC in Kemer im Etappenziel zu haben
Harri Rovanperä/ Risto Pietiläinen (SF) steigern sich nachdem Anfangsproblem und sind jetzt Gesamt an zwölfter Stelle
Bei Andreas Aigner (A)/ Klaus Wicha (D) ist es umgekehrt, nachsehr starkem Beginn liegen sie nach dem 1. Tag am 13. Platz
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14.10.2006
Friday the 13th didn't prove too much concern for the Stobart VK M-Sport
Ford Rally Team in Rally Turkey as the cars of Kosti Katajamaki and Matthew Wilson came home in 5th and 14th respectively.
Not only is today thought of as an unlucky day for the superstitious but it also the 13th round of the World Rally Championship and things were living up t
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13.10.2006
Despite storms and torrential rain in the run-up to the event and the cancellation of three stages on safety grounds, the opening leg of the Rally of Turkey was one of the closest-run things for a long time.
With the absence of Sebastien Loeb, many thought Marcus Gronholm would run away with the event but that wasn't to be the case. The Finn won three of the day's stages
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13.10.2006
Petter Solberg took his second stage win of the event on the day's longest stage, the 29.28Km Phaselis stage. However, it wasn't enough to let him relax his pace, with four drivers within ten seconds of his time. Solberg was clearly revelling in confidence as his Subaru Impreza was performing better than it has for a long time.
Just over two seconds slower was his brother
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13.10.2006
1. 3 M. GRÖNHOLM 28:50.7 0:00 28:50.7 0.0 0.0
2. 5 P. SOLBERG 29:21.5 0:00 29:21.5 30.8 30.8
3. 4 M. HIRVONEN 29:35.5 0:00 29:35.5 14.0 44.8
4. 8 H. SOLBERG 29:41.5 0:00 29:41.5 6.0 50.8
5. 1 C. MCRAE 29:43.7 0:00 29:43.7 2.2 53.0
6. 10 K. KATAJAMAKI 29:45.1 0:00 29:45.1 1.4 54.4
7. 14 X. PONS 29:54.7 0:00 29:54.7 9.6 1:04.0
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13.10.2006
Katastrophale Wetterbedingungen durch Dauerregen, drei Prüfungen mussten bereits abgesagt werden
Red Bull Skoda Team versucht ohne großes Risiko zu fahren, vordergründig ist es, beide Fabia WRC auf der Strasse zu halten
Andreas Aigner (A)/ Klaus Wicha (D) belegen nach
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13.10.2006
Petter Solberg went fastest on the seventh stage of the event, taking the win and closing the gap to Marcus Gronholm to just over 30secs.
It was a bit of a lottery for drivers in terms of tyre choice, as the first of the two stages in this loop was muddy but the longer was thought to be drier, higher in the mountains.
Solberg had reverted to transmission setting h
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13.10.2006
Stage six saw the demise of FIA Junior World Rally Championship contender P-G Andersson. The Swede hit some concrete by the side of the stage and the wheel was so badly damaged he was forced to stop and change it losing around two minutes as a result.
Andersson's Suzuki team mate Guy Wilks was second fastest through the stage, after Kris Meeke, and while Wilks was happy w
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13.10.2006
1. 3 M. GRÖNHOLM 16:36.7 0:00 16:36.7 0.0 0.0
2. 5 P. SOLBERG 17:07.5 0:00 17:07.5 30.8 30.8
3. 4 M. HIRVONEN 17:16.6 0:00 17:16.6 9.1 39.9
4. 1 C. MCRAE 17:20.5 0:00 17:20.5 3.9 43.8
5. 10 K. KATAJAMAKI 17:22.4 0:00 17:22.4 1.9 45.7
6. 8 H. SOLBERG 17:22.5 0:00 17:22.5 0.1 45.8
7. 14 X. PONS 17:25.4 0:00 17:25.4 2.9 48.7
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13.10.2006
Marcus Gronholm took his third fastest stage time of the event so far but as on the previous stage, there's nothing between him and his rivals.
Mikko Hirvonen was again second fastest, 1.3 seconds slower than Gronholm but this wasn't fast enough to put him ahead of Petter Solberg, in second overall. Hirvonen was clearly beginning to enjoy the stages now that they had drie
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13.10.2006
As the stage dried significantly since the crews drove through it as a road section this morning, Marcus Gronholm was again fastest, although this time with a smaller margin. He was just 1.2 seconds faster than team-mate Mikko Hirvonen. Both drivers reported the roads being in much better condition and while there were still muddy parts, the grip was much better. Hirvonen's time
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13.10.2006
The main talking point as the crews returned from the first loop, but only one stage, of the opening leg of Rally of Turkey was the nature of the stages.
Due to the heavy rain, the stages were covered in mud and Kosti Katajamaki described the levels of grip as "hugely inconsistent." He likened it in places to similar levels of grip to ice.
Manfred Stohl said that
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13.10.2006
1. 3 M. GRÖNHOLM 7:42.7 0:00 7:42.7 0.0 0.0
2. 5 P. SOLBERG 8:07.6 0:00 8:07.6 24.9 24.9
3. 10 K. KATAJAMAKI 8:16.3 0:00 8:16.3 8.7 33.6
4. 8 H. SOLBERG 8:19.7 0:00 8:19.7 3.4 37.0
5. 1 C. MCRAE 8:20.6 0:00 8:20.6 0.9 37.9
6. 4 M. HIRVONEN 8:21.4 0:00 8:21.4 0.8 38.7
7. 12 A. AIGNER 8:26.4 0:00 8:26.4 5.0 43.7
8. 14 X. PONS
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13.10.2006
The first competitive stage of the event, SS3, saw Marcus Gronholm blitz the 9.9Km Kumluca test, setting a blistering time 25secs quicker than the nearest competitor, Petter Solberg. However, despite a time described by other competitors as 'incredible', he was quick to point out how bad the conditions were.
Petter Solberg was second fastest, explaining he didn't have the
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13.10.2006
SS1 cancelled
The weather played an early hand in the first leg of Rally of Turkey, as the organisers have been forced to cancel the first stage. The weather conditions are too bad for the medical helicopter to be able to react to an emergency or land in the vicinity of the stage if required and therefore, the organisers were left with no option but to cancel.
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