Sat July 14, 2007

 Alen takes victory in Russia Abarth Grande Punto driver Anton Alen has won the Rally Russia, round four of the IRC, taking eight wins from a total of 10 stages. The 24 year-old Finn enjoyed a reliable and trouble-free run to the finish, having led from SS2, with an eventual winning margin of more than two mi...

Fri July 13, 2007

 IRC Russia, amazing and unique Day 1 of Rally Russia turned out really unique. The main battle was as expected between Fiat-Abarth and Peugeot, but all with curiosity. A new star is born in this series, as Markku Alen’s son Anton Alen dominates the event. But the first leader was Jimmy Joge. While Sweden’s Jim...

 RUS SS4 - Alen ahead of Joge

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 RUS SS6 - bad stage for Peugeot @ 06:04 PM - Peugeot must start believing there is something about Friday 13th myth. Lying in strong 2nd, 3rd & 4th places, just 5.5s off the lead, Peugeot had a nightmare SS6. Jimmy Joge retired with a broken suspension while Nicolas Vouilloz and Enrique Garcia are both delayed with punctures, handing Alen a lead of over 1 and a half minutes (in IRC section only)! Dani Sola in the Honda Civic R3 is a strong 6th overall, while team mate Luca Betti also joined the retirement list with a broken sump. Positions after SS6: 1 - Alen/Alanne, Fiat Abarth, 2 - Novikov/Chumak, Subaru, +0s1 3 - Vouilloz/Klinger, Peugeot, +1m34s; 4 - Ojeda/Barrabes, Peugeot, +s;

 RUS SS2 - Alen Maximum Attack @ 10:53 AM - Anton Alen wins stage by over 5sec and takes lead. Note how well Russian drivers are doing, 2 in top10, in A6 Jean-Joseph is also lead by a Russian in a similar car. Positions after SS2: 1 - Alen/Alanne, Fiat Abarth, 2 - Joge/Andersson, Peugeot, +1s3; 3 - Vouilloz/Klinger, Peugeot, +9s; 4 - Travaglia/Granai, Mitsubishi, +11s; 5 - Ojeda/Barrabes, Peugeot, +13s9; 6 - Zhigunov/Teroganesiants, Mitsubishi, +18s6; 7 - Zimin/Zhivoglazov, Mitsubishi, +s; 8 - Cavigioli/Arena, Mitsubishi, +s; 9 - Sola/Sanchez, Honda, +s; 10 - Navarra/d'Amore, Fiat Abarth, +s

 RUS SS1 - Newcomer leads @ 10:40 AM - This should turn another interesting IRC event. Newcomer Jimmy Joge, Sweden, Peugeot, wins 1st stage, series leader Navarra/Fiat is 11th, half a minute down without a problem to report! Positions after SS1: 1 - Joge/Andersson, Peugeot, overallhms; 2 - Ojeda/Barrabes, Peugeot, +3s9; 3 - Alen/Alanne, Fiat Abarth, +4s5; 4 - Travaglia/Granai, Mitsubishi, +6s6; 5 - Vouilloz/Klinger, Peugeot, +7s1; 6 - Zhigunov/Teroganesiants, Mitsubishi, +7s4; 7 - Zimin/Zhivoglazov, Mitsubishi, +10s5; 8 - Lagunov/Grudina, Mitsubishi, +17s; 9 - Cavigioli/Arena, Mitsubishi, +s; 10 - Sola/Sanchez, Honda, +s; 11 - Navarra/d'Amore, Fiat Abarth, +24s7

 RUS SS3 - Alen extends lead @ 00:54 AM - Positions after SS3: 1 - Alen/Alanne, Fiat Abarth, 2 - Joge/Andersson, Peugeot, +8s8; 3 - Vouilloz/Klinger, Peugeot, +20s3; 4 - Ojeda/Barrabes, Peugeot, +25s2; 5 - Cavigioli/Arena, Mitsubishi, +s; 6 - Sola/Sanchez, Honda, 1m01s6 7 - Zhigunov/Teroganesiants, Mitsubishi, +ms 8 - Navarra/d'Amore, Fiat Abarth, +1m17s5 9 - Zimin/Zhivoglazov, Mitsubishi, +s;

 RUS SS4 - Alen ahead of Joge @ 00:18 AM - Positions after SS4: 1 - Alen/Alanne, Fiat Abarth, 2 - Joge/Andersson, Peugeot, +5s5; 3 - Vouilloz/Klinger, Peugeot, +s; 4 - Ojeda/Barrabes, Peugeot, +s; more here: http://www.rallye-info.com/article.asp?sid=0&stid=6227

Wed July 11, 2007

 Honda Civic steps into new territory

Tue July 10, 2007

 43 crews for IRC Russia Forty-three IRC crews will take the start of the Rally Russia next weekend: the first truly international motor sport event to be held in Russia since the St Petersburg Grand Prix in 1914....