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WRC rally Italy - Sardinia

  • 19-05-2009 8:56am
    #1
    hi_sir
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    Ford have pull out the stops to help both ford drivers in their quest to beat seb leob,Subaru refugee test driver and former works driver has been testing with the works team in a test pior to Sardinia he drove on Thursday and Friday before handing over to Jari-Matti Latvala and Mikko Hirvonen who drove until Sunday.


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  • #2
    De Hipster
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    I think what your trying to say is Markko Martin is helping Ford test in Sardinia...

    More Here


  • #3
    hi_sir
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    i edited it for ya a few simple tweeks might make it a bit more easy for you to understand:mad:


  • #4
    hi_sir
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    Martin would be a good addtion to the ford camp J-M could be looking over his shoulder should he continue to wreck all,after all markko was one of the last drivers to be on the pace with Leob weather or not he has ever got over his Rally GB crash in 2005


  • #5
    De Hipster
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    I doubt anyone can keep pace with Loeb, even MM for all his former talent.
    I think if JM Latvala can get some miles under his belt & start to gauge his maximum pace accurately maybe he’ll start to approach the bar, or the teams need to start looking at the younger up-and-comings.


  • #6
    hi_sir
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    but what young fellas are about theres no real young hot shot comming out of finland Matti Rantanen was to be the next big thing but is having a very poor season in the BRC


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  • #7
    De Hipster
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    Have you seen the reports on Sean Galael, 13yr old Indonesian school boy, few years to go yet but with the right guidance...

    Read here...


  • #8
    hi_sir
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    yea saw that,not too many 13year olds get to pedal a prodrive N14 at full tilt the only thing there is he'll have 4 years to wait to hit the stages in anger


  • #9
    hi_sir
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    today’s WRC shakedown times:
    1. LOEB. Citroen C4 WRC. 3:15.0
    2. H. SOLBERG. Ford Focus RS WRC 08. 3:16.1
    3. P. SOLBERG. Citroen Xsara WRC. 3:18.2
    4. SORDO. Citroen C4 WRC. 3:18.9
    =5. HIRVONEN. Ford Focus RS WRC 08. 3:19.4
    =5. LATVALA. Ford Focus RS WRC 08. 3:19.4
    7. WILSON. Ford Focus RS WRC 08. 3:20.5
    8. ÖSTBERG. Subaru Impreza WRC. 3:22.4
    9. AL QASSIMI. Ford Focus RS WRC. 3:23.5
    10. OGIER. Citroen C4 WRC. 3:24.0
    11. VILLAGRA. Ford Focus RS WRC 08. 3:25.2
    12. RAUTENBACH. Citroen C4 WRC. 3:25.4
    13. NOVIKOV. Citroen C4 WRC. 3:25.6


    Works fords badly off the pace hirvonen is not feeling well and J-M has said he at best is looking for a 4th place finish,petter could be the man to be up there nearst to seb this weekend with these new upgrades a decent time for him on shakedown


  • #10
    hi_sir
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    Results after ss3

    1. Jari-Matti Latvala BP Ford Abu Dhabi Focus RS WRC 42mins 40.2secs M
    2. Sebastien Loeb C4 WRC +00mins 14.6secs M
    3. Mikko Hirvonen Focus RS WRC +00mins 18.3secs M
    4. Petter Solberg Xsara WRC +00mins 21.2secs A8
    5. Sebastien Ogier C4 WRC +00mins 26.2secs A8
    6. Evgeny Novikov C4 WRC +00mins 32.0secs MT
    7. Mads Ostberg Impreza WRC2008 +00mins 33.1secs A8
    8. Henning Solberg Focus WRC +00mins 38.0secs MT
    9. Daniel Sordo C4 WRC +01mins 02.4secs M
    10. Khalid Al Qassimi Focus RS WRC +01mins 24.8secs A8
    11. Conrad Rautenbach C4 WRC +01mins 31.0secs MT
    12. Federico Villagra Focus WRC +01mins 38.1secs MT
    13. Matthew Wilson Focus WRC +01mins 45.0secs MT
    14. Martin Prokop C2 S1600 +03mins 21.0secs J
    15. Patrik Flodin N14 +03mins 25.8secs P
    16. Armindo Araujo Evo IX +03mins 32.4secs P
    17. Patrik Sandell Fabia S2000 +03mins 33.5secs P
    18. Jarkko Nikara Evo X +03mins 38.6secs N4
    19. Nasser Al-Attiyah N14 +03mins 49.5secs P
    20. Alessandro Bettega Clio +03mins 58.5secs


    seb strugling a bit running first on the road sordo broke a damper on ss2 petter solberg very much in the mix putting up great times in a much older car


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