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Tue August 26, 2008

General  Rossetti laments Barum puncture  
by IRC media 
 
Rossetti laments Barum puncture Italian driver Luca Rossetti (pcitured), who won the opening two rounds of the IRC this year, has admitted that his chances of claiming the title have suffered a major setback on the Barum Rally Zlin. Rossetti ran as high as third, but a puncture at the end of the opening day meant that he lost time and eventually fini... Read on here....
 
Mon August 25, 2008

 
Suzuki

 
 Suzuki go with the flow in NZ

 
by Suzuki Press 
 
Suzuki go with the flow in NZ The fast and flowing gravel roads of New Zealand could not provide a greater contrast to the previous round of the World Rally Championship, held on asphalt in Germany. New Zealand is the longest of the long-haul rallies but it is also one of every driver's favourite events. One look at the roads and it is easy ... Read on here....
 
Citroen

 
 Citroen look to continue winning streak

 
by Ford Press 
 
Citroen look to continue winning streak The 2008 Rally New Zealand takes place some 19,000km from Citroën Sport's headquarters and the squad travels to the other side of the world on top of the provisional Manufacturers' and Drivers' standings. Two C4 WRCs have been entered for the team's usual crews, Sébastien Loeb/Daniel Elena and Dani Sordo/... Read on here....
 
Ford

 
 Ford aim to put title bid back on track

 
by Ford Press 
 
Ford aim to put title bid back on track BP Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team journeys to New Zealand for the third rally in just five weekends intent on putting its world title challenge back on track. The world champion dropped to second in both the manufacturers' and drivers' standings in the FIA World Rally Championship on Germany's asphalt roads ... Read on here....
 
Ford

 
 Duval and Wilson ready for NZ

 
by Stobart Ford Press 
 
Duval and Wilson ready for NZ Matthew Wilson/Scott Martin and François Duval/Patrick Pivato will head to the southern hemisphere for round 11 of the FIA World Rally Championship next week; Repco Rally New Zealand. With regular Stobart VK M-Sport Ford rally team member Gigi Galli sidelined after last week’s accident in Germany, Duval has been called... Read on here....
 
Subaru

 
 Impreza ready for 200th start

 
by Subaru Press 
 
Impreza ready for 200th start Just one week after competition in Germany, the Subaru World Rally Team heads for the gravel roads of Repco Rally New Zealand, the eleventh round of the World Rally Championship, for an event marked by milestones both past and present.... Read on here....

Sun August 24, 2008

 
IRC

 
 Loix takes Barum win

 
by IRC media 
 
Loix takes Barum win Peugeot Belgium driver Freddy Loix has claimed his second IRC win of the season on the Barum Rally Zlin, round six of this year’s series. The result has boosted him up to third overall in the standings, and also increased Peugeot’s lead of the manufacturers championship.... Read on here....
 
IRC

 
 Barum: Peugeot 9 out of 10

 
by Chris Biewer 
 
Barum: Peugeot 9 out of 10 Renato Travaglia spoiled Peugeot’s party. Had it not been for Renato Travaglia finishing 5th in his Abarth Grande Punto, the top10 would have been exclusive to Peugeot! This doesn’t change the championship situation being about to be closed. On the next event Peugeot only needs to gain one more point than Abarth, and t... Read on here....
 
 

 
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IRC
CZ end - Top3 unchanged after all @ 01:31 PM - Loix wins, Vouilloz recovers and keeps 2nd, Odlozilik takes top10 on last stage. Final positions (subject to last road section and scrutineering): 1st= Loix/Buysmans, Peugeot, 2h24m24s3; 2nd= Vouilloz/Klinger, Peugeot, +59s9; 3rd= Bouffier/Panseri, Peugeot, +1m09s6; 4th= Valousek/Hruza, Peugeot, +2m23s4; 5th= Travaglia/Granai, Fiat Abarth, +2m26s2; 6th= Toth/Tagai, Peugeot, +3m13s9; 7th= Rossetti/Chiarcossi, Peugeot, +4m09s1; 8th= Petak/Benesova, Peugeot, +6m08s3; 9th= Solowow/Baran, Peugeot, +6m22s5; 10th= Odlozilik/Odlozilik, Peugeot, +6m45s7 More results and championship tables in the according web site event/points sections soon!

 
 

 
IRC
CZ SS12 - Vouilloz & Ojeda in the wars @ 10:34 AM - The mechanical problems for Vouilloz (driveshaft, 30sec) and Ojeda (unknown, another 4min) carry on. Alen retires again. Odlozilik drops outside top10. Positions after SS12: 1st= Loix/Buysmans, Peugeot, 1h54m51s7; 2nd= Vouilloz/Klinger, Peugeot, +55s6; 3rd= Bouffier/Panseri, Peugeot, +1m34s8; 4th= Valousek/Hruza, Peugeot, +2m19s; 5th= Travaglia/Granai, Fiat Abarth, +2m38s2; 6th= Toth/Tagai, Peugeot, +2m54s3; 7th= Rossetti/Chiarcossi, Peugeot, +3m45s3; 8th= Solowow/Baran, Peugeot, +4m17s; 9th= Petak/Benesova, Peugeot, +5m23s2; 10th= Kostka/Krecman, Fiat Abarth, +5m56s8

 
 

 
IRC
CZ SS11 - Deciding stage for Loix! @ 10:24 AM - Not only for Loix, but Vouilloz dropped 20s. Travaglia makes up 2 places for Abarth, as he overtakes Toth on driving, plus Ojeda dropped 5min to 15th place for an unidentified problem. Casier crashed the Volkswagen. Positions after SS11: 1st= Loix/Buysmans, Peugeot, 1h42m13s9; 2nd= Vouilloz/Klinger, Peugeot, +24s9; 3rd= Bouffier/Panseri, Peugeot, +1m40s4; 4th= Valousek/Hruza, Peugeot, +2m14s; 5th= Travaglia/Granai, Fiat Abarth, +2m39s2; 6th= Toth/Tagai, Peugeot, +2m44s7; 7th= Rossetti/Chiarcossi, Peugeot, +3m43s8; 8th= Solowow/Baran, Peugeot, +3m58s6; 9th= Odlozilik/Odlozilik, Peugeot, +4m18s9; 10th= Petak/Benesova, Peugeot, +5m02s1

 
 

 
IRC
CZ SS10 - Volkswagen drops down @ 10:19 AM - Leg2 starts with Casier in the Polo dropping outside the top10. Grzyb in the Abarth did not re-start. Vouilloz closes gap Positions after SS10: 1st= Loix/Buysmans, Peugeot, 1h30m03s; 2nd= Vouilloz/Klinger, Peugeot, +2s7; 3rd= Bouffier/Panseri, Peugeot, +1m41s8; 4th= Ojeda/Barrabes, Peugeot, +1m49s8; 5th= Valousek/Hruza, Peugeot, +2m09s9; 6th= Toth/Tagai, Peugeot, +2m27s9; 7th= Travaglia/Granai, Fiat Abarth, +2m34s3; 8th= Rossetti/Chiarcossi, Peugeot, +3m37s8; 9th= Solowow/Baran, Peugeot, +3m42s7; 10th= Odlozilik/Odlozilik, Peugeot, +4m01s2

 
 

 
IRC
CZ SS14 - Vouilloz v Bouffier showdown @ 00:43 AM - Vouilloz seems to have more problems, while Bouffier posted an absolute stunner of a stage time. This means for the last stage we have excitement, as Bouffier is now only 6sec behind Vouilloz. However 2 years ago Bouffier had an embarrassing crash on this long stage. Also Kostka's top01 place under threat. Positions after SS14: 1st= Loix/Buysmans, Peugeot, 2h11m47s9; 2nd= Vouilloz/Klinger, Peugeot, +1m16s6; 3rd= Bouffier/Panseri, Peugeot, +1m23s1; 4th= Valousek/Hruza, Peugeot, +2m17s2; 5th= Travaglia/Granai, Fiat Abarth, +2m32s4; 6th= Toth/Tagai, Peugeot, +3m08s4; 7th= Rossetti/Chiarcossi, Peugeot, +3m53s5; 8th= Solowow/Baran, Peugeot, +4m47s8; 9th= Petak/Benesova, Peugeot, +5m52s2; 10th= Kostka/Krecman, Fiat Abarth, +6m29s5

 
 

 
IRC
CZ SS13 - Short stage, settled situation @ 00:13 AM - Positions after SS13: 1st= Loix/Buysmans, Peugeot, 1h59m36s2; 2nd= Vouilloz/Klinger, Peugeot, +57s6; 3rd= Bouffier/Panseri, Peugeot, +1m36s4; 4th= Valousek/Hruza, Peugeot, +2m20s9; 5th= Travaglia/Granai, Fiat Abarth, +2m41s8; 6th= Toth/Tagai, Peugeot, +3m01s5; 7th= Rossetti/Chiarcossi, Peugeot, +3m49s2; 8th= Solowow/Baran, Peugeot, +4m24s3; 9th= Petak/Benesova, Peugeot, +5m31s3; 10th= Kostka/Krecman, Fiat Abarth, +6m06s7

 
Sat August 23, 2008

 
IRC

 
 Not Abarths rally-but Peugeots title?

 
by Chris Biewer 
 
Not Abarths rally-but Peugeots title? This really doesn’t look like Abarth’s season. So far Peugeot has won every IRC event this year. Peugeot may have a very good car, but so does Abarth. On most rounds so far at least Giandomenico Basso has proven that he can go the speed of the Peugeots in his Abarth Grande Punto S2000. On the last event on Madeira, Bas... Read on here....
 
IRC

 
 IRC Barum: TV Times

 
by General Article 
 
IRC Barum: TV Times The Barum Rally Zlin, 6th round of this years IRC, gets underway on Friday evening with a long spectator superspecial stage around the city streets before the first full day of action on Saturday. The tv shows begin Saturday evening as detailed below, all times are CET (one hour ahead of British Summer Time)... Read on here....
 
 

 
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IRC
CZ leg1 - Rossetti punctures @ 04:51 PM - He stopped to change, damage 3min. Bouffier gets 1min time penalty. 6min time loss for leading Abarth of Grzyb. Except gap 1st - 2nd being only 4s, this now is not only a Peugeot Party, but the gaps have now become rather large. Positions after leg1: 1st= Loix/Buysmans, Peugeot, 1h25m16s2; 2nd= Vouilloz/Klinger, Peugeot, +4s; 3rd= Bouffier/Panseri, Peugeot, +1m39s8; 4th= Ojeda/Barrabes, Peugeot, +1m46s6; 5th= Valousek/Hruza, Peugeot, +2m07s4; 6th= Toth/Tagai, Peugeot, +2m20s1; 7th= Travaglia/Granai, Fiat Abarth, +2m29s8; 8th= Rossetti/Chiarcossi, Peugeot, +3m31s7; 9th= Solowow/Baran, Peugeot, +3m41s1; 10th= Casier/Miclotte, Volkswagen, +3m54s1

 
 

 
IRC
CZ SS8 - More Peugeot Party @ 04:22 PM - Best non-Peugeot is now the Abarth of Grzegorz Grzyb and Przemyslaw Mazur - and that is no joke! Positions after SS8: 1st= Loix/Buysmans, Peugeot, 1h09m56s5; 2nd= Vouilloz/Klinger, Peugeot, +9s2; 3rd= Rossetti/Chiarcossi, Peugeot, +28s; 4th= Bouffier/Panseri, Peugeot, +41s7; 5th= Ojeda/Barrabes, Peugeot, +1m32s1; 6th= Valousek/Hruza, Peugeot, +1m50s4; 7th= Toth/Tagai, Peugeot, +2m01s2; 8th= Grzyb/Mazur, Fiat Abarth, +2m10s9; 9th= Travaglia/Granai, Fiat Abarth, +2m13s3; 10th= Solowow/Baran, Peugeot, +3m00s4

 
 

 
IRC
CZ SS7 - Peugeot top7 @ 03:40 PM - Positions after SS7: 1st= Loix/Buysmans, Peugeot, 1h03m27s6; 2nd= Vouilloz/Klinger, Peugeot, +6s7; 3rd= Rossetti/Chiarcossi, Peugeot, +26s1; 4th= Bouffier/Panseri, Peugeot, +39s3; 5th= Ojeda/Barrabes, Peugeot, +1m14s; 6th= Valousek/Hruza, Peugeot, +1m34s4; 7th= Toth/Tagai, Peugeot, +1m44s1; 8th= Travaglia/Granai, Fiat Abarth, +1m54s1; 9th= Grzyb/Mazur, Fiat Abarth, +1m57s9; 10th= Solowow/Baran, Peugeot, +2m34s1

 
 

 
IRC
CZ SS6 - All non-Peugeots retire @ 03:00 PM - It's Peugeot party as Basso (Abarth), Alen (Abarth) and Pech (Mitsubishi) all retire in service with gearbox problems! New leader too. Positions after SS6: 1st= Loix/Buysmans, Peugeot, 56m23s4; 2nd= Vouilloz/Klinger, Peugeot, +4s3; 3rd= Rossetti/Chiarcossi, Peugeot, +19s8; 4th= Bouffier/Panseri, Peugeot, +29s8; 5th= Ojeda/Barrabes, Peugeot, +1m04s9; 6th= Valousek/Hruza, Peugeot, +1m23s1; 7th= Toth/Tagai, Peugeot, +1m27s7; 8th= Travaglia/Granai, Fiat Abarth, +1m38s6; 9th= Grzyb/Mazur, Fiat Abarth, +1m42s4; 10th= Solowow/Baran, Peugeot, +2m16s6

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