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Chris Atkinson’s long-awaited return to the World Rally Championship has been postponed yet again after it emerged that he won’t be taking up his entry for Rally Sweden next month.
Carlos Sainz has tipped Volkswagen Motorsport driver Sebastien Ogier to win the World Rally Championship in the future following his standout performance on the Monte Carlo Rally last week.
Mini team chief Dave Wilcock is hoping Dani Sordo’s second place on last week’s Monte Carlo Rally will kick-start further investment in the programme.
Eyvind Brynildsen will make his World Rally Car debut in Sweden, having secured a deal to join Mads Ostberg in the Adapta Ford line-up, and hopes it is the start of a longer programme.
Pierre Campana hopes he can secure additional outings in the World Rally Championship this season following his seventh-place finish on the Monte Carlo Rally last week.
Ford driver Petter Solberg has been given a suspended ban from Rally Sweden, to be imposed if he is caught exceeding the speed limit by 50 per cent or more over the next six rallies.
Sebastien Loeb didn't just win the Monte Carlo Rally for a record-extending sixth time (with a crushing victory margin of 2m45.5s), he also set the fastest time on the power stage.
Leader Sebastien Loeb ambled ever further into the distance as the final full day of 2012's elongated Monte Carlo Rally progressed - but all eyes were on the podium battle, as Dani Sordo tried to stay ahead of a marauding Petter Solberg and Mikko Hirvonen.
