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Posted: October 21, 2009 12:20 PM - 5965 Hits
Round 8 - 2009 BTRDA Rally Championship
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Hirvonen set for Cambrian Rally outing as GB warm-up
Posted: October 9, 2009 12:27 PM
Mikko Hirvonen and Jarmo Lehtinen will finalise their preparations for the FIA World Rally Championship title decider in Great Britain later this month by driving in the Cambrian Rally (17 October) in north Wales next weekend. The BP Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team duo will pilot a Ford Focus RS World Rally Car in a non-competitive safety car role just ahead of the 150-car entry.
The Cambrian Rally is based in the seaside resort of Llandudno and will include 72.30km of speed tests over gravel roads in Clocaenog and Penmachno Forests - once legendary special stages in Britain's world championship encounter themselves. Hirvonen won this rally in 2002 as one of the sport's rising young stars in a privately-entered car and it used to be a regular test session for teams warming up for the WRC round.
"After three days competing on the asphalt roads of Rally de España last weekend, it's important for me to regain a good feel on gravel ahead of Rally of Great Britain," said 29-year-old Hirvonen. "Driving on the Cambrian Rally in a competitive environment will improve my familiarity with the nature of the Welsh forests. It will be the perfect way to ready myself for what should be a thrilling final round of the WRC."
BP Ford Abu Dhabi team director Malcolm Wilson said: "Although Mikko won't actually be entered on the rally, his role as safety car means he will drive at competitive speeds so it's a great and unexpected opportunity for fans to see the Ford team in action. The Cambrian Rally will be the ideal way for Mikko and Jarmo to focus on the week ahead, which will be the most important few days of their rally career. They will take a one-point lead to Rally of Great Britain so we expect the most exciting title fight in recent years."
The Rally of Great Britain, the 12th and final round of the championship, starts in Cardiff on Thursday 22 October. It covers almost 350km of competition in the forests of mid- and south Wales before the finish back in the Welsh capital on Sunday afternoon, when the outcome of the 2009 drivers' championship will be known.
Shakedown for Rally GB!
Posted: October 9, 2009 12:25 PM
A number of cres are using the Cambrian Rally as a shadedown for Rally GB, inclding:
Nasser Al-Attiyah/Giovanni Bernnacchini (Subaru Impreza N15)
Eyvind Brynildsen/ Denis Giraudet (Skoda Fabia S2000)
Ahmed Al Mansoori/Killian Duffy (Ford Fiesta ST)
Mads Ostberg/Jonas Andersson (Subaru Impreza WRC S14)
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