National Rally championships News

[Tom206wrc]

This coming week-end is also the first round of spanish tarmac chamionship(Vila Joiosa) with a fantastic duel between Ojeda(Subaru N14), Vallejo and Fuster(both driving Porsche GT)

And also the 2nd round of the Madeira championship(Porto Santo Line)with a duel between Camacho, Nunes(both in 207 S2000s)and Sà(Mitsu Evo10 - if no more technical problem)

First round of swiss championship in France(Pays du Gier)with duel between Burri(Grande Punto S2000), Lavio, von Dach(both in 207 S2000s) and Gonon(Subaru N12)...but for the overall rally victory, french drivers Romeyer and Grohens will have the best weapons(206 wrc)...

[Mirek]

And Valašská rally with Hänninen, Kopecký, Kresta, Novikov, Pech, Valoušek...

JoostSchouten: Thanks

[WRC1]

..and BP Ultimate Lavanttal Rallye, 2nd round of austrian championship and first round of slovenian championship

main contenders:
manfred stohl - subaru impreza cng
raimund baumschlager - skoda fabia s2000
andreas waldherr - vw polo s2000
hermann gassner - mitsubishi evoX
hermann gassner jr. - mitsubishi evoIX
darko peljahn - mitsubishi evoIX

interesting drivers/cars

hannes danzinger - vw golf kitcar
hermann neubauer - suzuki swift s1600
michael kogler - vw scirocco tdi

and in zero car franz wittmann jr with mitsubishi evoVII GrA without air restriktor 80))))

homepage of the event: http://www2.bprallye.at/2009/index.php

[Ucci]

Vids from Italy?

Something from youtube: http://www.videoleader.it/filmato.php?id=86
and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wF_NTIHhVE

[Jarek Z]

michael kogler - vw scirocco tdi

Yes, according to http://www.autoklub.pl/23893,news.html Hofbauer Motorsport supported by Volkswagen Motorsport has built a rally version of VW Scirocco TDI. What can this friver achieve with this car?

[Sonner]

A news from Turkey;
2007 and 2008 Turkish Hillclimb Category 4 Champion Renault Maxi Megane driver Cem Acar is to do the Turkish Rally Championship onboard a Fiat Grande Punto S2000. It will be his first outing after a long time. He became '98 and '99 Russian Rally Champion with a Lancia Delta. The car will be prepared and run by ST Racing. The Grande Punto was used by Volkan Işık in several ERC rallies.

[Tom206wrc]

Young and promising fast Jean-Sebastien Vigion will run the entire french tarmac championship(8 rounds)in a 207 S2000 under the Yacco livery

He already used that car at the 2008 rallye du Var where he finished at an outstanding 2nd position overall
He should be favourite for the trophée BFGoodrich but also for the championship(unless Alexandre Bengué runs it on S2000 or WRC)...

[morganmilan]

A news from Turkey;
2007 and 2008 Turkish Hillclimb Category 4 Champion Renault Maxi Megane driver Cem Acar is to do the Turkish Rally Championship onboard a Fiat Grande Punto S2000. It will be his first outing after a long time. He became '98 and '99 Russian Rally Champion with a Lancia Delta. The car will be prepared and run by ST Racing. The Grande Punto was used by Volkan Işık in several ERC rallies.

Thanks, which are Isik plans for 2009?

[Jarek Z]

2007 and 2008 Turkish Hillclimb Category 4 Champion Renault Maxi Megane driver Cem Acar is to do the Turkish Rally Championship onboard a Fiat Grande Punto S2000. It will be his first outing after a long time. He became '98 and '99 Russian Rally Champion with a Lancia Delta.

Thanks for the news. Good luck to his driver, but to be precise 1998 and 1999 Russian Rally Champion was Sergey Uspensky and not Cem Acar.

What are Volkan Isik's plans for this year?

[Ucci]

Few Fotos from test session in Italy: Felice Re and Roberto Botta, both on Xsara's WRC.
Does anbody know, where are cars comming from? Last year Re's Xsara is owned now by Peter Solberg Team-I assume so....

http://www.myrally.it/2009/Test.htm