All Three Irish crews brought their Focus RS cars to the finish. Gareth MacHale and Paul Nagle were 17th, Austin MacHale and Brian Murphy were 19th and Eamonn Boland and Francis Regan were 26th, despite nine minutes of time penalties.
Posted: January 25, 2006 3:45 PM
- Boland is leading Irish Driver in 16th overall after Day one
- Photos from Day one
- Photos from Boland's Pre Monte test in France
- Photos of the 2 MacHales Ford Focus'
- Plenty Irish interest in Monte! - 2 MacHales in Ford Focus'
- Entry List available
High Res Photos of Irish Drivers
19/01/05
Photos from Boland's Pre Monte test in France
Photos of the 2 MacHales Ford Focus'
Photo: rfy1.free.fr
Photos: www.rallye-france.com
05/01/06
Co-Drivers:
Michael Orr with Matthew Wilson (Ford Focus WRC)
Chris Patterson with Nasser Al-Attiyah (Subaru Impreza N12)
Leading Irish Crew are Gareth MacHale/Paul Nagle who are expected to use a new Customer Spec Ford Focus WRC.
Gareth's father Austin with regular co-driver Brian Murphy are seeded 3 cars further back and are expected to use the same Focus as was used by the team last season.
Eamonn Boland with Francis Reagan on the notes are seeded behind MacHale/Murphy.
Boland is expected to use his 03 spec car as his new Focus may not be ready.
Pieter Tsjoen & Eddy Chevaillier who finished
5th on the Cork 20 last October are also entered as part of Ford's "B" team
Full entry list and details on: