Posts Tagged ‘rally monte carlo’
Tuesday, January 12th, 2010
Even Andrew Jereb has been testing for the upcoming Rally Monte Carlo. Here he is on quite much snow in his Peugeot 207 Super2000 car.
Thanks to GrP2 and CechStyler for the videos.
Tags: andrew jereb, peugeot 207 super2000, rally, rally monte carlo, s2000, snow, test
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Tuesday, January 12th, 2010
Mikko Hirvonen has been on the run again testing for the upcoming Rally Monte Carlo in Ardeche, France. Here is a video from the test that took place today:
Thanks to Stephdu07 for the video.
Tags: ardeche, ford fiesta super2000, france, mikko hirvonen, rally, rally monte carlo, s2000, test, Video
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Monday, January 11th, 2010
Sebastien Ogier has tested the Peugeot 207 S2000 on snow for the upcoming Monte Carlo. Here are the video:
Thanks to poypoy38 at Dailymotion for the video.
Tags: 2010, peugeot 207 super2000, rally, rally monte carlo, s2000, sebastien ogier, snow, test, testing
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Monday, January 11th, 2010
I’ve already reported twice about the fact that Guy Wilks along with co-driver Phil Pugh will enter the IRC along with Skoda UK in 2010, driving a Skoda Fabia Super2000 as a satellite team for the Skoda Motorsport team. However, now it’s finally confirmed. I wont repeat what I’ve already written once again, so refer to my previous posts or to Wilks’ own website.
Go to my previous post about Guy Wilks
Read more on Guy Wilks website
Tags: 2010, guy wilks, intercontinental rally challenge, IRC, phil pugh, rally monte carlo, s2000, skoda, skoda fabia super2000, skoda uk, skoda uk motorsport
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Sunday, January 10th, 2010
Flying finn Toni Gardemeister has confirmed that he will start in the first IRC event of the year, the Rally Monte Carlo later this month. Gardemeister will do the rally in an Astra Racing team run Abarth Grande Punto with co-driver Tomi Tuominen in the right seat.
Gardemeister himself plays down his chances in the rally, and even though I think Gardemeister has potential to do a really good race – I have to agree he’s unlikely to win the event. Only half a day of testing and the fact that the Punto is a weaker car than the Peugeot and the Skoda (and possibly even the brand new Ford) wont favour him, but Monte is Monte and under the right (or wrong?) circumstances anything can happen.
Tags: 2010, abarth grande punto, astra racing, finn, monte, peugeot, rally monte carlo, skoda, tomi tuominen, toni gardemeister
Posted in IRC, Rally testing, Silly season | 2 Comments »
Friday, January 8th, 2010
Not much have been heard about PG Andersson lately, but in today’s NWT PG says that his drive in the Norweigan Championship round Sigdalsrallyt this weekend (PG made a late entry) will be used to decide if he’s gonna do Rally Sweden in a Super2000 rental car or in his own Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX. PG will drive the Mitsubishi in Norway along with co-driver Anders Fredriksson, since his regular co-driver Jonas Andersson is busy at the side of Mads Östberg.
The whole competition will be a test where PG tries wether he can keep the speed up with Eyvind Brynhildsen in his Skoda Fabia Super2000. PG says that renting a Super2000 car costs twice as much as doing the home rally in his own Mitsubishi – and if he can, he will save the money for later:
- I’ve got the money it takes, but if I can do two rallies instead of one for them I would prefer that, says PG.
Besides the start in Rally Sweden, which now seems to be totally confirmed, PG is looking at entering the IRC round Rally Italia Sardinia in June. For that rally he would rent a Super2000 car. However, the first thing after Sigdalsrallyt for PG is to do ice notes for Guy Wilks in Rally Monte Carlo later this month. As I revealed yesterday, Wilks is expected to confirm his agreement with Skoda UK today announcing a drive in the 2010 IRC.
Tags: anders fredriksson, eyvind brynhildsen, gravel notes, guy wilks, ice notes, IRC, jonas andersson, mads östberg, mitsubishi lancer, norweigan championship, pg andersson, rally, rally italia sardinia, rally monte carlo, rally sweden, sigdalsrallyt, skdoa fabia super2000, super2000
Posted in IRC, National Rallying, S-WRC / WRC Cup, Silly season, Swedish Rallying, WRC | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, January 5th, 2010
Skoda has performed another test for the upcoming Rally Monte Carlo, this time in Czech Republic and on real snow surface.
Thanks to Rigipepa and RallyZone.cz for the video.
Tags: 2010, rally, rally monte carlo, skoda, skoda fabia super2000, test, testing, Video
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Sunday, December 20th, 2009
Skoda seems to be doing their homework good. Here is a new video of Juho Hänninen testing in Col de l’Able, France. It also features some nice night driving in the end.
Thanks to rallyelange.
Tags: 2010, col de l'able, france, juho hänninen, rally monte carlo, skoda fabia super2000, test, Video
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Wednesday, December 16th, 2009

Picture: Sebastien Ogier in last years Rally Monte Carlo, photo: ircseries.com
According to French site Auto-Hebdo, last years winner of the Rally Monte Carlo Sebastien Ogier will drive a Kronos Racing backed Peugeot 207 S2000 in this years edition of the rally. Also the French asphalt ace and mixed rally/circuit driver Stephane Sarrazin will join the team in the same type of car. Not very much information is available, but for sure is that the Rally Monte Carlo will be a true joy for anyone interested in rallying considering the impressive lineup of drivers the event is starting to collect.
Tags: 2010, kronos racing, peugeot 207 s2000, rally monte carlo, sebastien ogier, stephane sarrazin
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Monday, December 14th, 2009
After Nicolas Vouilloz’s tests of the Skoda Fabia Super2000 car in southern France before the upcomin IRC premiere Rally Monte-Carlo, Jan Kopecky has now also tested the car. Here is a video:
Tags: col de l'able, jan kopecky, rally monte carlo, skoda fabia super2000, skoda motorsport, test, Video
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