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Video clip upload by MotorsportMad from the Donegal Town stage, which was the final test of Rally Ireland 2009. Sebastien Loeb negotiated the final 1.5km Donegal Town stage without a hitch to take victory on the 2009 Rally Ireland this afternoon The result was Loeb’s 48th career win and his second on the Irish round of the World Rally Championship, which he last won in 2007. His team-mate Dani Sordo finished second, as he had done in 2007, making it an emphatic one-two result for the Citroen Total World Rally Team. “It’s been a really tough rally but I’m very happy to take the ... Read Full Story

The Fiesta SportTrophy International (FSTi) will return to the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) for its fifth successive year in April 2010 and will again be supported by Pirelli. The great news is that drivers under the age of 28 years will be able to register for the Junior WRC (J-WRC) in addition to FSTi and will be eligible to score points towards the J-WRC, the Rookie Trophy and FSTi. The FST concept was previously based around the GpN Ford Fiesta ST and, whilst this will remain eligible for FSTi, the primary championship contender will be the Ford Fiesta R2. With a five-speed sequential ... Read Full Story

The Fiesta SportTrophy International (FSTi) will return to the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) for its fifth successive year in April 2010 and will again be supported by Pirelli. The great news is that drivers under the age of 28 years will be able to register for the Junior WRC (J-WRC) in addition to FSTi and will be eligible to score points towards the J-WRC, the Rookie Trophy and FSTi. The FST concept was previously based around the GpN Ford Fiesta ST and, whilst this will remain eligible for FSTi, the primary championship contender will be the Ford Fiesta R2. With a five-speed sequential ... Read Full Story

Craig Breen celebrated his victory in the Fiesta SportTrophy International Shootout in style today as he took the wheel of a Ford Focus RS WRC to receive tuition from BP Ford Abu Dhabi’s Flying Finn Mikko Hirvonen. WRC runner-up Hirvonen, fresh from a double win at the Bettega Memorial Rally in Bologna, Italy where he powered his Ford Focus RS World Rally Car to victory in front of a crowd of 30,000 fans, found himself in the co-driver’s seat as he offered advice to Breen who drove the Focus around a specially constructed rally stage at Carlisle Airport. The young Irishman, who won the ... Read Full Story

Home Latest News WRC IRC British & Irish Rallying World News Models Games & Competitions Rally History Written by Scott Coursey Latest News , WRC Dec 9, 2009 Ford's Mikko Hirvonen ended his rally season in victorious fashion today by sealing a double win at the Memorial Bettega Rally in Italy. The 29-year-old Finn powered his Ford Focus RS World Rally Car to victory in last night's floodlit sprint in Bologna, before returning this afternoon to win the main event in front of a 30,000 crowd. Hirvonen, who finished runner-up in the FIA World Rally Championship this season, was in sparkling form to defeat ... Read Full Story