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Paris Preview: Citroën teases DS3 WRC car (w/video)
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Paris Preview: Citroën teases DS3 WRC car (w/video)
Filed under: Motorsports , Paris Motor Show , Citroën , Racing Citro
Straight to the Finnish line: Kimi Raikkonen wins his first rally
Filed under: Motorsports , Europe , Citroën Okay, so it wasn’t a championship-level international stage, but just the same, Kimi Raikkonen has won his first rally. The event in question, called Rallye Vosgien, forms part of the French national series, and was contested by Kimi’s Citro
Michelin picks up the slack with World Rally Championship contract
Filed under: Motorsports You can’t win ‘em all, but you can win some. So while Pirelli may have beaten Michelin to the punch for the F1 tire supply contract , hesitation to find itself spread too thin led to its subsequently dropping out of the World Rally Championship . Well it looks like Pirelli’s gain and subsequent loss will be Michelin’s gain as well, as the French rubber company has announced it will be picking up (at least some of) Pirelli’s slack on the rally scene.
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Michelin picks up the slack with World Rally Championship contract
Video(s): Mini Countryman WRC gets wrung out
Filed under: Motorsports , Europe , Videos , Hatchback , Mini , Racing 2011 Mini Countryman WRC – Click above to watch video after the jump If it looks like a WRC racer, sounds like a WRC racer and moves like a WRC racer, chances are it will be able to handle itself against the rest of the pros on the global rally stage. We’ve already gotten a few quick glimpses of the Mini Countryman WRC thanks to a handful of still photos from the beater’s development at the Prodrive studios, but so far, we haven’t been able to see the car in action. Consider that problem taken care of. A few videos have cropped up on the YouTubes showing the car being put through its paces over some pretty grueling gravel stages in Portugal
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Video(s): Mini Countryman WRC gets wrung out
Pirelli reportedly withdraws from World Rally Championship
Filed under: Motorsports Pirelli may be used to sticking to its territory, but the latest development has the Italian rubber company voluntarily ceding ground to its rivals. After having secured the exclusive contract to provide tires to Formula One, Pirelli has announced that it’s withdrawing from the World Rally Championship. Pirelli had been the official tire supplier to the top-tier rally series for the past three years, and despite the F1 contract, was expected to continue its involvement in the WRC as well. However, reports now indicate that the deadline for submitting its tender to renew the WRC contract that expires this year has come and gone without Pirelli’s bid
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Pirelli reportedly withdraws from World Rally Championship