Andreas Mikkelsen has begun the defence of his Intercontinental Rally Challenge title in style by winning SATA Rallye Açores this afternoon (Saturday) following three days and almost 200 kilometres of thrilling high-speed action. Juho Hänninen, the 2010 IRC champion and the winner of this event last term, made it a one-two for ŠKODA by claiming...
Recent test session in Norway enabled Volkswagen to gather valuable data in preparation for their full WRC assault next year with Polo R WRC. Test was completed by Dieter Depping and Sebastien Ogier, but that was not the only Polo’s outing in the snow. Volkswagen’s advisor and former WRC champion and Dakar rally winner Carlos...
Andreas Mikkelsen opened up the new season with a bang and set his sights firmly on defending the 2011 title. Mikkelsen’s pace was a bit too much to handle for experienced Finn Juho Hanninen, who also suffered a spin earlier in the rally and was then kept at non-threatening distance by fast Norwegian. In the...
Australian Chris Atkinson was once a familiar face on World Rally Championship events before the Subaru pullout sidelined him from the top rallying category. So he turned to other championships and cycling, while at the same time he was plotting a return to WRC because he is confident he still has few things to prove....
Norwegian driver Henning Solberg will skip the upcoming Rally Mexico next month, according to reports in Argentinian and European press. Solberg’s Ford Fiesta will instead be driven by Mexican driver Ricardo Trivino who was scheduled to replace injured Matthew Wilson.
Season opening Sata Rallye Açores ends today with only two special stages to go. Norwegian youngster Andreas Mikkelsen is firmly in control and remains safely ahead of Juho Hanninen in another Škoda Fabia S2000. With two stages to go Mikkelsen’s lead sounds big enough (24 seconds) but with over 40 kilometers of competitive driving to...
Monster World Rally Team’s Ken Block and Alex Gelsomino lead after day one of the Rally in the 100 Acre Wood on February 23 in Salem, MO. Block is working towards his sixth consecutive win at the Rally in the 100 Acre Wood and debuting his 2012 Ford Fiesta H.F.H.V. in full stage-rally mode. He...
Andreas Mikkelsen will start the final day of SATA Rallye Açores with a strong chance of getting the defence of his Intercontinental Rally Challenge title off to a winning start on the demanding gravel event in the mid-Atlantic. Driving a ŠKODA UK Motorsport Fabia Super 2000, Mikkelsen began Friday’s route with a slender 1.4s margin...
