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The Brazil World Rally Team is set to embark on his first pre-season test before heading to Portugal, round three of the World Rally Championship, which will mean the first outing this season for the brand new and latest WRC registered team.

Young Brazilian driver Daniel Oliveira, alongside with his Portuguese co-driver Carlos Magalhaes, will be tackling the first kilometers with the recent unveiled MINI John Cooper Works S2000 which will be using in the Vodafone Rally of Portugal (March 24th-27th). more...

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Barbados, West Indies -- SOL Rally Barbados 2011 (June 4/5), the Caribbean’s biggest annual motor sport international, will host the second round of the G-WRC – an acronym for Gentleman's World Rally Class - an informal competition between island regular Steve Perez and fellow historic rallying enthusiasts, South African Geoff Bell and Britain’s Andrew Siddall. more...

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Welshpool, Wales, UK -- As the deadline for seeding on round two of the Dulux Trade MSA British Rally Championship, Bulldog International Rally North Wales is upon us, the diversity of entries should mean another great battle in the classic Welsh forests.

The four Team entries represent; Renault with Autosport Technology’s brace of Twingos, Suzuki with a lone Swift from 586 Sports, Ford with M-Sport’s two Fiesta R2s and Citroën with Team C2R2 Max’s pair of C2s. more...

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As part of Škoda Motorsport’s 110th anniversary celebrations in 2011, Škoda UK is proud to announce that it will be an official partner to the Goodwood Festival of Speed (June 30-3 July) for the first time – and in doing so, have its biggest ever presence at the event.

The Festival theme this year is ‘Racing Revolutions – Quantum leaps that shaped motorsport’ and Škoda fits that title perfectly, having started off in motorcycle racing in 1901. more...

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The M-Sport Stobart Ford World Rally Team will aim to continue its bright start to the 2011 FIA World Rally Championship at the Vodafone Rally de Portugal next week.
 
The leading privateer outfit is just behind the two manufacturer squads, 11 points off second place.  M-Sport Stobart’s Mads Østberg is only three points adrift of third in the FIA Drivers’ standings and after two rounds he lies five points ahead of fellow Norwegian Petter Solberg. His current position is the best ever for a Stobart driver in the team’s six year history.
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After gaining valuable seat time in the Ford Fiesta RS WRC in Mexico, Munchi’s Ford driver Federico Villagra is looking to up the ante when he tackles the tough gravel tests of Vodafone Rally de Portugal next week.

Villagra and fellow Argentine co-driver Jorge Pérez Companc used their first FIA World Rally Championship round in 2011 to learn more about the qualities of the new Michelin Latitude Cross tyre and get to grips with driving Ford’s new challenger – the Fiesta RS WRC. more...

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Alastair Fisher will join 19 other young rising rally stars when he contests the opening event of the inaugural FIA WRC Academy on Rally of Portugal next week.

Fisher, who has achieved considerable success in Britain and Ireland since taking up rallying, is embarking on his first World Rally Championship campaign this season as he looks to build the skills needed for a long-term career in the sport’s highest echelon. more...

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After a stunning PWRC victory in the hands of Martin Semerad on its first ever FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) event, DMACK Tyres heads to the latest round in Portugal next week facing another challenge – the first event for its new WRC gravel tyres.

Rally Portugal is the third round of the WRC and has traditionally proved a stern test for tyres with its hard based, abrasive roads and high temperatures delivering some of the highest rates of tyre wear in the series. more...

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After the first test day was abandoned due to heavy rain in Seville, things could only get better for the MINI WRC Team and drivers Kris Meeke and Dani Sordo . Having seen downpours flood the test site, making it almost impassable, the weather gods were smiling on Kris and Dani on the second test day, and the two drivers immediately took the opportunity to push the upgraded MINI Rally Car to the limit. more...

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Åre, Sweden -- Following on from their round one success, Jimmy Joge and co-driver John Stigh win round two of the Mitsubishi Ralliart Evolution Challenge Sweden, the Fäviken Winter Rally. Having pulled out a lead during Friday evening’s three stages, Joge/Stigh were able to maintain their position throughout Saturday’s four stages and finished 21.7 seconds ahead of Patrik Johansson/Jesper Johansson.They held off a hard-charging Jocke Nyman/Bo Holmstrand who were making up for lost time after a slow start on Friday. more...