Not much news from day 2 of Rally Australia. Rally leader Seb Loeb and second place driver Petter Solberg took four stage wins each, and Loeb holds a slim, slim 5 second lead going into the final day (which, for those us in the Western Hemisphere, starts in five minutes). Solberg is still the favourite […]
Posted on September 6th, 2003 by admin
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Ahh, the great thing about the Rally Australia? I can write up the results of Friday’s stages on Friday morning, because they happened yesterday. Go figure. Anyway, it’s been a busy day down under, with a tight race for the lead. Sebastien Loeb (running only his second Rally Australia), Petter Solberg, and Marcus Gronholm had […]
Posted on September 5th, 2003 by admin
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The World Rally Championship heads to the other side of the world this weekend for the Rally Australia. Another popular rally with the drivers, Australia features narrow, tree-lined roads covered with ball bearing-like gravel that makes running early a distinct disadvantage. The rally happens a bit earlier this season (during the Australian winter rather than […]
Posted on September 2nd, 2003 by admin
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Peugeot has decided that Harri Rovanpera is their man, and has signed the Finn to be their second driver for the 2004 season. This is Rovanpera’s first chance a full campaign for Peugeot. Peugeot also signed current Hyundai driver Freddy Loix to drive their third car next season, though Loix may only see a limited […]
Posted on August 29th, 2003 by admin
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It’s beginning to look like things aren’t so peachy at Peugeot these days. First, there was the “You quit? Well, you’re fired!” handling of Richard Burns’ departure, and now Gilles Panizzi claims the 206 isn’t any faster than it was last year, and he doubts he can repeat his sweep of the tarmac rallies this […]
Posted on August 20th, 2003 by admin
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Seems as if Peugeot is trying to get the last word in their parting of ways with Richard Burns. According to Corrado Provaro, the team chief, Peugeot actually didn’t want Burns to return to the team next season. It’s no secret that Burns didn’t get on well with the team, always complaining about the feel […]
Posted on August 19th, 2003 by admin
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Today was big news day for the Subaru Rally team. First, Tommi Makinen announced his retirement at the end of the season. This was to be expected, after two frustrating years with Subaru. But even despite the lack of results, both parties had nothing but good things to say about one another. And, mirroring what […]
Posted on August 18th, 2003 by admin
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A quote from Petter Solberg at the end of his second place drive at Rally Finland: We almost lost it on the first corner, but I kept on going. At one point, I was standing in my seat with all my weight on the throttle pedal – I actually bent it! I know it’s not […]
Posted on August 11th, 2003 by admin
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Markko Martin has held on to win Rally Finland (his second WRC win) by 58 seconds over Petter Solberg. Despite what Solberg said in the service park today and yesterday (he would just fight for third place as Richard Burn’s Peugeot was just too quick), Solberg won the last stage and beat Burns by over […]
Posted on August 10th, 2003 by admin
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It was a quite a day in Finland, and it looks like the rally will have only its third non-Finnish winner when the dust settles on Sunday (barring a rash of retirements). Where to begin…. First, Marcus Gronholm retired during SS13 with wheel problems. Seems he suffered the same fate as teammate Harri Rovanpera (a […]
Posted on August 9th, 2003 by admin
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