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Acropolis Rally entry list
Thirteen World Rally Cars will be in action when the FIA World Rally Championship resumes in Greece later this month.Acropolis Rally bosses have published a star-studded entry list for the sixth round of the world championship – billed as ‘The Rally of Gods’ - which is based in the coastal town of Loutraki, 84 kilometres west of the capital Athens from 31 May – 2 June.
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More to come for Solberg
Petter Solberg vows there is more to come as he heads into his third outing in the European Rallycross Championship. Petter Solberg insists there is more to come as he heads into his third outing in the FIA European Rallycross Championship in Hungary this weekend.
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Scandola Triumphs With Pirelli On Rally Dell'Adriatico
Skoda Italia driver Umberto Scandola has taken a spectacular victory on the Rally dell’Adriatico in central Italy.
Scandola, whose team switched to Pirelli this year, clinches his first victory of the season on the third round of the Italian Rally Championship, boosting him into the lead of the championship ahead of Alessandro Perico.
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FIRST GAUTENG APPEARANCE FOR NEW TOYOTA YARIS S2000 RALLY CAR
Toyota Motorsport South Africa’s new-for-2013 Yaris S2000 rally car will face its sternest test yet when the team’s three examples line up for the national championship Toyota Gauteng Dealer Rally on Friday and Saturday (May 31 and June 1).
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Kubica 'faster than Raikkonen' - Loeb
Sebastien Loeb, the most successful driver in world rally history, thinks Robert Kubica has more potential than Kimi Raikkonen. In 2010 and 2011, Finn Raikkonen tried his hand at world rallying, and now former BMW and Renault driver Kubica - still recovering from his 2011 rally crash - is driving for Citroen in the second-tier world rally series.
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Black Falcon Mercedes wins Nurburgring 24 Hours
The #9 Black Falcon Mercedes-Benz SLS GT3, driven by Bernd Schneider, Jeroen Bleekemolen, Sean Edwards and Nicki Thiim, has won a dramatic Nürburgring 24 hour race. Can there ever be any other kind?
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Team Ford Racing second in Eston
• Chris Visser and Japie Badenhorst second at Pietermaritzburg outing
• Team Ford Racing enjoyed tremendous support from Eston crowd
• Teams look forward to 1000 Desert Race
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Cronje / Houghton in command of championship after two rounds
With back-to-back victories in the opening two rounds of the 2013 South African National Rally Championship, reigning champions Mark Cronje and Robin Houghton (S2000 Ford Dealer Team Fiesta) have accumulated a full-house score of 50 points in their quest for a second successive title.
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SA National Rally Championship action moves to Gauteng
The exciting world of national championship special stage rallying comes to Gauteng next weekend (May 31 and June 1) when the third round of the SA National Rally Championship raises dust among the mielie fields in the Bapsfontein area.
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Molly Taylor enters Scouts Rally SA in Australia
European based Aussie rally driver Molly Taylor will make a surprise appearance at the Scouts Rally SA from 24-26 May for the Ford Innate Motorsport Team. Fresh from competing in the Rally Acores, a round of the FIA European Rally Championship (ERC) and ready to race at Rally Tour de Corse, held on the French island of Corsica, Taylor flew into Adelaide on Monday 20 May with regular co-driver Seb Marshall.
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Essa wins Puma Rally
AFRICAN champion Mohammed Essa retained the Puma Energy Zambia International Rally title this past weekend after winning the 490 kilometres event by 6:47 minutes to bounce back in contention for the continental crown.
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How McLaren would love to be contenders again on the waterfront at Monaco
What a tip-top few days it has been for McLaren devotees. The association with Honda, which fired the team's golden Ayrton Senna-Alain Prost period in 1988, is resurrected and the date is set for the release of "Rush", the James Hunt biopic, which tells the story of the blond one's championship-winning year in 1976. All this and Monaco, too. Yes it's Grand Prix week in the Principality. How McLaren could do with a triple dose of good news on the waterfront.
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Rally Acropolis overview
High ambient temperatures, rocky, undulating roads and dust combine to make the Acropolis Rally one of the most taxing on the World Rally Championship calendar with car and crew subjected to a particularly stern test. The rally will e run next weekend.
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HUTCHISON/STASSEN GIVE NEW MOTORITE BAT VIPER DEBUT WIN
Reigning South African champions Evan Hutchison and Danie Stassen gave the new Motorite BAT Viper a fairytale debut when they won the Special Vehicle category at the Toyota Dealer Sugarbelt 400, round three of the Donaldson Cross Country Championship this past weekend.
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Le Mans: Pedrosa 'This one is so special for me'
“This one is so special for me,” smiled Pedrosa. “I was winning here in 125 and 250 but it's been many, many years trying to win here in MotoGP. I've always had trouble with the weather and had trouble warming up the tyres n the wet or the dry. So I'm super happy with this one.
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Carpenter claims Indy 500 pole
IndyCar's only full-time owner/driver had ended the initial qualifying session with the fifth-fastest time, and strung together a sequence of four laps at 229.347mph, 228.976mph, 228.774mph and 227.955mph laps to finish up with an average of 228.762mph.
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SEBASTIAN LOEB TO RACE RALLYCROSSRX AT LOHEAC
Sebastian Loeb will contest the FIA European Rallycross Championship for the first time when he drives in the Rallycross of France at Loheac on August 31-September 1.Loeb will drive a Citroen DS3 Supercar in the event which forms round seven of the nine-event championship.
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Skoda scores double in NZ
The first competition for the newly formed ŠKODA MRF team has turned into a total triumph. Esapekka Lappi/Janne Ferm (Finland) won the Rally Whangarei in New Zealand on their Skoda Fabia S2000. Their teammates Gaurav Gill/Glen Macneall (India/New Zealand) came second in what was a perfect weekend for the Czech manufacturer.
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FIA: Tyre tweaks can only be for safety
Spanish GP 2013 Pirelli's planned midseason Formula 1 tyre tweaks are set to be much smaller than originally anticipated after the FIA ruled that changes will only be allowed on safety grounds.
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CASTROL TEAM TOYOTA 1ST AND 3RD IN TOYOTA DEALER SUGARBELT 400
• Anthony Taylor/Dennis Murphy (Toyota Hilux) 1st overall and in class SP
• Duncan Vos/Rob Howie (Toyota Hilux) 3rd overall and in class SP
• Johan and Werner Horn (Toyota Land Cruiser) 1st in class D
• Douglas Fear/Kurt de Villiers (Toyota Hilux) 1st in class E
• Toyota win manufacturers’ team prize
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ERC: Bouffier brings Kopecky's reign to an end
Coming into the Giru di Corsica-Tour de Corse, Jan Kopecky had every hope that he would be able to extend his run of success in the FIA European Rally Championship even further into 2013, and after going into the overnight break in the lead from Peugeot's Bryan Bouffier albeit only by 3.6s it was looking as through he was on course to do just that.
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Ogier and Loeb battle contnues
Casino instead of Col de Turini, slicks instead of spikes, Porsche 911 GT3 Cup instead of Polo R WRC: when Volkswagen rally driver Sébastien Ogier next entertains the people of Monaco, it will not, for a change, be at the “Monte”, but as part of the support programme for the Formula One Monaco Grand Prix.
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Honda returns to FIA Formula One World Championship
Honda Motor Co., Ltd. has announced its decision to return to the FIA*1 Formula One (F1) World Championship from the 2015 season under a joint project with McLaren, the UK-based F1 corporation.
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Mont Ventoux in ‘Pikes Peak’ mode
No matter how you look at the man...
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Kubica and Sarrazin join the fray in Corsica
Robert Kubica will be back in action in the FIA European Rally Championship this weekend, as he lines up to take the start of the Giru di Corsica-Tour de Corse from May 16-18.
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It's slipstream city as WSB hits Monza
Monza is a track known to favour bikes with a high top speed, and if you’re on a bit of a slug and don’t catch the slipstream you may as well pack up and go home. So it was good news for Jonathan Rea in race one; he got a decent start and latched onto the back of Laverty’s rocketship Aprilia. But the first straight saw him demoted to fourth behind Sykes and Melandri before a missed gear saw him slip even further down the order.
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Pikes Peak and Peugeot
Peugeot's Pikes Peak car gets makeover
Peugeot has unveiled the final livery of its 208 T16, to be driven by World Rally Champion Sebastien Loeb in next month's Pikes Peak International Hillclimb.
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Motorsport: Toyota returns to rallying in New Zealand
Toyota have decided to put a toe back in the water of international rallying and the man in the hot seat is young New Zealander Michael Young.
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THE SEPARATOR
Men from the boys, rain from the snow, dust or bust – yes its Toyota Gauteng Dealer Rally time!
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EXPERIENCE PREVAILED AS ALTUS DE WET CONQUERS ‘KEI NATIONAL ENDURO’
Altus de Wet (Husqvarna Racing) became the third winner in the 2013 Liquorland National Enduro Motorcycle Championship when he won a wet, slippery and cold ‘KEI National Enduro’, the third round of the championship that took place on Saturday (11 May) at the Spring Valley Farms outside East London in the Eastern Cape. De Wet (28) won all three of the longer special timed stages during a well organised event where only a handful of points (seconds) separated the competitors.
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Du Plooy and Janse van Vuuren chasing championship points in KZN
After their early exit from the recent Nkomazi 400 in Mpumalanga, RFS Motorsport’s Christiaan du Plooy and Henk Janse van Vuuren are on a mission to finish this weekend’s Toyota Dealer Sugarbelt 400 in KwaZulu-Natal and get some important championship points on the board.
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CASTROL TEAM TOYOTA FACES NEW OFF ROAD CHALLENGE IN KZN
Defending production vehicle champions Duncan Vos and Rob Howie (class SP Castrol Team Toyota Hilux) are in an unfamiliar sixth place in the point standings after the first two rounds of the Donaldson South African Cross Country Championship and find themselves under some pressure this weekend (May 17 and 18) to repeat the form that saw them win three rounds and finish second in two on their way to the 2012 title.
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DEBUT WIN FOR NEW TOYOTA YARIS S2000 RALLY CAR
Castrol Team Toyota’s Leeroy Poulter and Johnny Gemmell finished first and second in the regional championship Ocean Basket Rally in Port Elizabeth on Saturday to give the new Toyota Yaris S2000 rally car its first ever victory anywhere in the world.
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Alonso cruises to Spanish GP win
Two-time champion Fernando Alonso paid a warm tribute to his Ferrari team and the massive Spanish crowd on Sunday after he drove to a dominant victory at the Spanish Grand Prix.
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Seven Ford Fiesta RS Rallycross cars for Barcelona
Seven flame-spitting Ford Fiesta ST Global Rallycross Cars will go for gold in Barcelona’s Olympic Stadium next Sunday (19 May) as the fast-growing phenomenon that is X Games rallycross roars into life in Europe for the first time.
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Al-Attiyah wins his seventh Jordan Rally
• Lebanon’s Feghali passes Abu Dhabi’s Al-Qassimi to claim second
• Fourth place for Qatar’s Al-Kuwari; UAE’s Sheikh Abdullah in fifth
• Abu Samra top local in sixth; Group N win for Jordan’s Dahshan
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Qualifying Spain - Rosberg heads dominant Mercedes one-two
The Mercedes duo of Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton claimed a commanding one-two on the grid for tomorrow’s Formula 1 Gran Premio de España 2013 after a dramatic Q3 qualifying session in Barcelona on Saturday.
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The Croatia Trophy winners and losers
Robb Pritchard attended the annual Croatia Trophy Rally the past eight days. The event is one of the most difficult off-road rallies one can imagine. It is a major challenge and it is tough.
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