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| 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 4.3 seconds. It was not Sordo that claimed the quickest time on the stage, however. That honour went to Subaru's P more > cellspacing="1"> |
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15.10.2006
Rally Turkey: WRC Rallyes- TURKEY -SS18 CHIMERA2: Something to proveThe 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 mehr >> |
15.10.2006
Rally Turkey: WRC Rallyes- TURKEY Tekirova2 SS17: Clear skies, dry roads?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 mehr >> |
15.10.2006
Rally Turkey: WRC Rallyes- STOBARTS weather the storm, the snow, the sunshine...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 mehr >> |
15.10.2006
Rally Turkey: Red Bull Skoda Team war mit heute gefahrenen Zeiten beider Piloten auf Fabia WRC, sehr zufrieden2. 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 mehr >> |
14.10.2006
Rally Turkey: WRC RALLYES - Turkey - WRC Leg Two and Overall classificationThe 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 mehr >> |
14.10.2006
Rally Turkey: WRC Rallyes - TURKEY : SS16 AKDENIZ University2 -Two today+ Stage classification TOP15BP-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 mehr >> |
14.10.2006
Rally Turkey: WRC RALLYES - TURKEY -SS15 Phaselis2 : Into the points + Stage classification TOP15First 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 mehr >> |
14.10.2006
Rally Turkey: WRC Rallyes - TURKEY - SS14 CHIMERA1: Turkey, snow rally? and stage results Top15Rallye 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 mehr >> |
14.10.2006
Rally Turkey: WRC Rallyes : TURKEY SS12 Kemer2 - Overall standings *unofficial times1. 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: mehr >> |
14.10.2006
Rally Turkey: WRC Rallyes : TURKEY - SS13 SILYON2: Not in the plan and Top15 Stage classificationWhen 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 mehr >> |
14.10.2006
Rally Turkey: WRC Rallyes - Turkey KEMER2 - SS12: Winds of changeThe 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 mehr >> |
14.10.2006
Rally Turkey: WRC Rallyes - Turkey- SS11 Silyon 1: It goes a long wayWhen 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. mehr >> |
14.10.2006
Rally Turkey: WRC Rallyes - Turkey SS10 Kemer1 -Overall Classification *unofficial times1. 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. mehr >> |
14.10.2006
Rally Turkey: WRC Rallyes - Turkey- SS10 Kemer1 -: Lines are drawnThe 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 mehr >> |
14.10.2006
Rally Turkey: WRC Rallyes - Loeb exclusive interviewIn 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 mehr >> |
14.10.2006
Rally Turkey: RED BULL SKODA Team 1. Tag der 7. Türkei Rallye, 13. bis 15. Oktober 2006Sehr 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 mehr >> |
14.10.2006
Rally Turkey: WET AND WILD IN TURKEY BUT STOBARTS SURVIVE THE 13TH FEELINGFriday 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 mehr >> |
13.10.2006
Rally Turkey: WRC Rallyes : Leg one TurkeyDespite 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 mehr >> |
13.10.2006
Rally Turkey: WRC Rallyes -SS8: Solberg showPetter 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 mehr >> |
13.10.2006
Rally Turkey: WRC Rallyes - SS7 Overall classification *unofficial times1. 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 mehr >> |
13.10.2006
Rally Turkey: RED BULL SKODA Team 1. Tag (nach sechs Sonderprüfungen) Türkei-Rallye, 13. bis 15. OktoberKatastrophale 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 mehr >> |
13.10.2006
Rally Turkey: WRC Rallyes - SS7: Solberg reignsPetter 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 mehr >> |
13.10.2006
Rally Turkey: WRC Rallyes - Andersson spins outStage 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 mehr >> |
13.10.2006
Rally Turkey: WRC Rallyes - Overall classification *unofficial Stage5 Turkey1. 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 8. mehr >> |
13.10.2006
Rally Turkey: WRC Rallyes - SS6: Closing inMarcus 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 mehr >> |
13.10.2006
Rally Turkey: WRC Rallyes - SS5: Drier times ahead in Turkey and top15 stage classificationAs 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 mehr >> |
13.10.2006
Rally Turkey: WRC Rallyes - Mud, Mud, glorious mud in TurkeyThe 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 mehr >> |
13.10.2006
Rally Turkey: SS3 Unofficial overall classification1. 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 mehr >> |
13.10.2006
Rally Turkey: WRC Rallyes - SS3: Gronholm fliesThe 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 mehr >> |
13.10.2006
Rally Turkey: WRC Rallyes - Stages 1,2 and 4 cancelled in Turkey due to the bad weatherSS1 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. mehr >> |
13.10.2006
Rally Turkey: WRC RALLYES : Weather or knot in TurkeyIt looks like the weather in Turkey is already one of the major talking points. A storm whipped up the service park last night (Wednesday), destroying two of the teams' hospitality units and severely affecting many others. The rain persisted throughout Thursday and forecasts are for more rain on Friday and into Saturday. Several drivers are already predicting difficult co mehr >> |
13.10.2006
Rally Turkey: WRC RALLYES: Tech-talk from KemerAs cars for the Rally of Turkey are paired with the Cyprus Rally, few technical changes were expected in Kemer. However, the pairing is limited to just engines and transmission, not to the chassis themselves, even though the engines have to be sealed onto the chassis! It's all very complicated, but not too much so for Kronos Total Citroen. Its number one car, driven by Colin McRa mehr >> |
12.10.2006
Rally Turkey: Stobart VK M-Sport - Rally of Turkey, 13-15 October ShakedownFIA World Rally Championship, round 13/16 Stobart VK M-Sport drivers Matthew Wilson (Britain) and Kosti Katajamaki (Finland) got their first taste of what will be some of the toughest conditions in this years World Rally Championship, at the Rally of Turkey shakedown this morning. The warm autumn sunshine which greeted the crews on the recce earlier in t mehr >> |
12.10.2006
Rally Turkey: WRC Rallyes: Red Bull Skoda Team kann nach dem Shakedown sehr zuversichtlich in Antalya an den Start gehenShakedown, Rallye Türkei, 12. bis 15. Oktober Man konnte die Fehlerquelle von Cypern bei beiden Fabia WRC lokalisieren und auch beheben Dementsprechend positiv war auch der heutige Einsatz Sowo mehr >> |
10.10.2006
Rally Turkey: WRC RALLYES - Championship lands in Turkey this weekend for its 13th round ...... there is the prospect of plenty more going on behind the fanfare of Colin McRae's return. Of course, it will be fantastic to see the former world champion back at the wheel of a world rally car, although it would have been nicer to see it under slightly different circumstances. Sebastien Loeb's broken arm is healing well, according to the F mehr >> |
08.10.2006
Rally Turkey: WRC Rallyes - McRae: Test went wellColin McRae, standing in for Sebastien Loeb in next week's Rally of Turkey, as said that the two-day test in the Kielder forest with the Kronos Total Citroen team went very well. The former world champion said that he drove around 50Km on the first half-day and around 140Km on the second day. "The car felt good," he said. "It felt surprisingly similar to how I remember it mehr >> |
08.10.2006
Rally Turkey: 2006 RALLY OF TURKEY - MANUFACTURER ENTRIES (REVISED)The FIA has accepted the withdrawal by the Kronos Total Citroën World Rally Team of crew No. 1 Sébastien Loeb/Daniel Elena from the Rally of Turkey as force majeure, in accordance with the regulations stated in Article 2.4.1 d) of the FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers. Following written agreement by the members of the World Rally Championship Commission, the mehr >> |
07.10.2006
Rally Turkey: Rallye Türkei 2006: BFGoodrich bereit für die tückischen Türkei-PistenDie Rallye Türkei im Überblick Die Rallye Türkei aus Sicht von BFGoodrich Das erwarten die Partnerteams von BFGoodrich So verlief die Rallye Türkei 2005 Statistisches WM-Zwischenstand Es schlägt es 13: Nach zwölf Siegen bei ebe mehr >> |
07.10.2006
Rally Turkey: WRC Rallyes - Red Bull Skoda Team Vorschau: 7. Türkei Rallye, 13. 15. Oktober 2006Red Bull Skoda Team möchte in der Türkei die Scharte von Cypern unbedingt ausmerzen Ein zusätzlicher Funktionstest am Montag soll helfen, die Ursachen des frühen Doppelausfalles zu klären Harri Rovanperä/ Risto Pietiläinen (SF) hoffen diesmal mit dem Fabia WRC Fahrer und Marken WM-Punkte zu holen Andreas Aigner (A) mit Co. Klaus Wicha (D) will sich mehr >> |
10.09.2006
Rally Turkey: WRC Rallyes - FIAT Punto - Super 2000 comes to TurkeyFiat has confirmed that Giandomenico Basso, the new FIA European Rally Champion, will be entered on the forthcoming Rally Turkey (13/15 October). This is the first time a car built to the Super 2000 regulations will be seen on the FIA World Rally Championship. This will be almost six months after the Punto S2000 was homologated and made its (successful) debut at the Mille mehr >> |
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