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This week’s Tour de Corse, the fourth round of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge, could be the first of the Eurosport-run events to be won by a car with a turbocharger. Ford’s Fiesta Regional Rally Car is competing on the French island event, along with the Mini John Cooper Works S2000.
Toyota’s potential return to the World Rally Championship received a shot in the arm when the head of the Japanese firm Akio Toyoda requested a drive in the company’s latest rally car.
Chris Atkinson might not have won Rallye de Nouvelle Caledonie, the second round of the FIA Asia-Pacific Rally Championship, but he did at least extend his lead at the top of the table.
Indian driver Gaurav Gill celebrated his first APRC success in a Super 2000 car this weekend, winning the second round of the series in his Skoda Fabia.
PROTON driver P-G Andersson has taken first blood in the battle for APRC honours on the series’ second round in New Caledonia.
Chris Atkinson turned in a perfect drive to score his first win for Team MRF on the International Rally of Whangarei – the Queenslander beating his former employer PROTON into second place on the APRC opener.
Chris Atkinson has enjoyed a dream debut on his opening day of competition in a Team MRF Skoda Fabia – leading the International Rally of Whagnarei by close to a minute.
Two-time Junior World Rally Champion P-G Andersson is relishing his debut on this weekend’s International Rally of Whangarei.
