Monthly Archives: July 2016

WRC A FULL 2016 GRAN CIERRE DE LIGATO EN LA CATEDRAL DEL WRC. Marcos Ligato y Rubén García superaron uno de los grandes desafíos pendientes en su vasta campaña rallística al completar el Rally de Finlandia en su primera incursión a bordo de un World Rally Car. El Tango Rally Team le puso ritmo y color a la octava cita del Campeonato Mundial de Rally FIA (WRC) que no contaba con un argentino compitiendo en el extranjero dentro la clase reina desde hacía algunas temporadas. El Rally de Finlandia no es para cualquiera.…Read more

WRC A FULL 2016 Latvala runner-up in Finland, three Volkswagen drivers on top of the Drivers’ Championship. FIA World Rally Championship (WRC 2016) 31 July 2016 Jari-Matti Latvala/Miikka Anttila (FIN/FIN) finished runner-up in the Volkswagen Polo R WRC at round eight of this season’s FIA World Rally Championship. The Finnish duo claimed the 58th podium finish of their career at their home rally in Finland, and their 25th in Volkswagen colours. Latvala/Anttila moved into second place behind eventual winners Kris Meeke/Paul Nagle (GB/IRL, Citroën) on stage five, and held on to this position…Read more

WRC A FULL 2016 Overall win for Meeke and a podium spot for Breen. Competing at Rally Finland as part of its partial World Rally Championship programme, the Abu Dhabi Total WRT enjoyed a dream weekend. Just as in Portugal, Kris Meeke and Paul Nagle took victory at what was the fastest ever WRC rally, covered at a whopping average speed of 126.6kph! Having constantly improved since joining the team at the start of the year, Craig Breen and Scott Martin racked up their first WRC stage win before going on to finish…Read more

WRC2 A FULL 2016 Victory at festival of speed in Finland: Lappi/Ferm extend winning sequence for ŠKODA. › Esapekka Lappi/Janne Ferm repeat last year’s victorious performance at their home rally in Finland › Sixth consecutive ŠKODA win in the WRC 2 › Two ŠKODA FABIA R5s in first two places › Michal Hrabánek: “A perfect performance from the entire team” 31 July 2016 Jyväskylä, 31 July 2016 – Great success for ŠKODA at the Rally Finland. ŠKODA drivers dominated proceedings in the WRC 2 class at the festival of speed in the forests…Read more

WRC A FULL 2016 Well fought: Second place for Latvala at home race – Volkswagen one-two-three at top of Drivers’ Championship. Third podium in a row in the Polo R WRC for Latvala/Anttila Volkswagen dominates Drivers’ Championship: Ogier, Mikkelsen, Latvala World champion empty-handed: Ogier misses out on points for first time in 2016 FIA WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP (WRC) RALLY FINLAND 31 July 2016 Wolfsburg (31 July 2016). Well fought, well rewarded: Jari-Matti Latvala and Miikka Anttila (FIN/FIN) finished second at their home race in Finland to climb into third place in the Driver…Read more

WRC A FULL 2016 Hyundai Motorsport drivers in close fight to the finish in Rally Finland. A positive final day for Hyundai Motorsport with a stage 1-2 in SS22 and in the Power Stage, with two cars inside the top-five Thierry Neuville finished the rally in fourth place just 2.3 seconds ahead of his team-mate Hayden Paddon after a thrilling battle, and only 4.6-seconds off the podium Kevin Abbring claimed his first top-ten finish of the season in his first WRC event with the New Generation i20 WRC. Rally Finland Day Three 31…Read more

WRC A FULL 2016 DMACK Proves Speed With Top Pace In Finland. DMACK once again proved its world rally-winning pace at Neste Rally Finland this weekend – one of the most demanding and revered rounds of the FIA World Rally Championship. Setting six fastest stage times on some of the championship’s quickest roads, Estonians Ott Tänak and co-driver Raigo Mõlder were on top form as they challenged for the lead. 31 July 2016 Their performance marks the second consecutive event where DMACK has scored a series of stage-topping times – beating all the…Read more

WRC A FULL 2016 FINLAND DENIES FAST FIESTAS. M-Sport’s Ecoboost-powered Ford Fiesta RS WRC had the speed to secure a strong result at this weekend’s Neste Rally Finland – claiming seven stage victories and challenging for the lead through the early stages. 31 July 2016 Six of those stage victories belonged to the man who had the pace to win. Piloting his M-Sport prepared Fiesta, Ott Tänak was just 0.7 seconds adrift of the lead when he lost 50 seconds with broken suspension on the first pass of Surkee (SS5). His bad luck…Read more

KRIS MEEKE BRILLA EN OUNINPOHJA. El británico Kris Meeke navegado por Paul Nagle al volante de la DS3 WRC de la escuadra Abu Dhabi WRT dominó casi a voluntad el segundo día del Rally de Finlandia. Esapekka Lappi va en busca del triunfo en la competitiva WRC2 con ŠKODA. 30 de Julio 2016 Una jornada de sábado esplendida se vivió en Jyväskyla, donde el inglés Kris Meeke, el apadrinado del siempre recordado escocés Colin McRae, por algo siempre la leyenda del WRC se interesó en él, hoy da sus frutos y lidera con…Read more

WRC A FULL 2016 LIGATO SE RECUPERÓ CON UNA GRAN ETAPA EN FINLANDIA. 30 de Julio 2016 Marcos Ligato y Rubén García completaron una excelente jornada en la segunda etapa del Rally de Finlandia, octava fecha del Campeonato del Mundo de Rally FIA (WRC). Los campeones argentinos lograron reponerse del abandono de ayer y se mostraron competitivos, logrando registros mucho más cercanos al ritmo de los habituales pilotos del mundial. Mañana se corre la última jornada. Está claro que el Rally de Finlandia no es el mejor escenario para aprender a dominar un…Read more