[WRC] News & rumours (part II)

[ProRally]

Finnish Jari Ketomaa will join the S-WRC series with Fiesta S2000. First round will be Jordania. Ketomaa will be ran by Chinese Fcaca Rally Team with whom he has competed earlier in the Chinese championship.

http://fia.com/en-GB/mediacentre/pre...swrc_2010.aspx

Good news, the more the better....

Who will be his co-driver ?

[COD]

Who will be his co-driver ?

Mika Stenberg

[GTA]

A few days ago we could inform with the great news that Nasser Al-Attiyah will contest the Rally of Argentina (IRC) with the René Georges Rally Sport team as a result of the negotiations between Raouf Menhem and René Georges himself.
After this agreement, Nasser Al-Attiyah decided to contest the new S-WRC championship with the RGRS team and a Skoda Fabia S2000 in the colors of sponsor Barwa. The Qatari driver will take the start of the following S-WRC rounds: Mexico, Jordan, New-Zealand, Portugal, Finland, Japan and Wales Rally GB.
RGRS and Nasser Al-Attiyah will also compete in some IRC rounds. As we already announced Argentina will be the first one, but now we can add Sardinia, the Azores, Barum, San Remo and Scotland to the program.
Al-Attiyah will also take the Skoda Fabia S2000 to challenge in four rounds of the MERC being Rally of Lebanon, Syria, Cyprus and Dubai.
The least we can say is that the team from Belgium will have a full agenda.
They will bring two Skoda Fabia S2000’s to the start of some rally’s in the S-WRC, being one for Nasser Al-Attiyah and one for the Norwegian Eyvind Brynildsen. In the IRC they will do the same, this time one for Nasser Al-Attiyah and one for the Belgian Freddy Loix. Having those talented drivers taking out their cars, René Georges Rally Sport expects to complete the season with some superb results as well in gravel as in tarmac rally’s.

[noel157]

Going to be a busy year for you Jack, well done. Presume you'll have more than 2 cars available?

[Roy]

'Monster' kicked 'Kick' out

http://www.stobartmotorsport.com/brc...asp?NewsID=797

Ken Block also with Stobart livery

[alleskids]

So effectively Al Attiyah wil do 7 IRC rallies, as Cyprus is part of both the MERC and the IRC, just as Jordan is par tof both MERC and WRC. Or does the MERC have regulations that prevent him from scoring points in the other (IRC - WRC) championship?

21 JAN. Qatar MERC; won in a Ford Fiesta S2000
05 MAR. Mexico (gravel) SWRC;
19 MAR. Argentina (gravel) IRC;
01 APR. Jordan (gravel) SWRC/MERC;
06 MAY. New Zealand (gravel) SWRC;
28 MAY. Portugal (gravel) SWRC;
04 JUN. Sardegna (gravel) IRC;
15 JUL. Azores (gravel) IRC;
28 JUL. Finland (gravel) SWRC;
27 AUG. Barum (tarmac) IRC;
09 SEP. Japan (gravel) SWRC;
11 SEP. Libanon (tarmac) MERC;
23 SEP. Sanremo (gravel/ tarmac) IRC;
07 OCT. Syria MERC;
14 OCT. Scotland (gravel) IRC;
04 NOV. Cyprus (gravel/ tarmac) IRC/MERC;
11 NOV. Wales (gravel) SWRC
2 DEC. Dubai (gravel/sand) MERC;

[RS]

'Monster' kicked 'Kick' out

http://www.stobartmotorsport.com/brc...asp?NewsID=797

Ken Block also with Stobart livery

Lol, it's funny they talk about 'Stobart' and 'Monster' like they are two totally different teams and not just the same organisation with different stickers on their cars.

Never been a fan of the Stobart liveries tbh.

[serial jeff]

I've never liked the green and white Stobart livery, and this new version is no exception. I do like Henning's, though.

[Tomi]

Rally Hall Of Fame to Finland, To the cabinet are choosen both domestic and foreign who have had an significant carreer in rallying. The choices are made by the council which consists the world's leading experts of motorsport. The opening of the state will be on April 29th in which case the first chosen is published.

[Barreis]

Nice program for Al Attiyah..