Ford’s Mikko relishing Championship chance
Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team duo Mikko Hirvonen and Jarmo Lehtinen are keeping their cool under mounting pressure as the 2011 FIA World Rally Championship Drivers’ title battle speeds…
Toyota Motorsport in South Africa ships Hilux to Belgium’s Overdrive
A notable South African export achievement happened last week with the airfreighting of an off road racing Toyota Hilux Double Cab from OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg to Europe…
All to play for at season finale for Team Total
The Challenge: This year’s South African Rally Championship has produced some of the closest and most thrilling action in the series’ history. Boasting the world’s largest field of Class S2000…
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Trophies and champagne in Scottish celebrations
The final results of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge (IRC) round in Scotland see that Andreas Mikkelsen/Ola Floene (Skoda Fabia S2000) won their maiden IRC event. Closing in on the leaders…
BLITZ: Mikkelsen wows the Scottish
Andreas Mikkelsen (Skoda Fabia S2000) has claimed the victory at the IRC Rally of Scotland moments ago, his maiden win. He is now the youngest ever winner of a round…
After 11 stages, Mikkelsen hangs onto the lead
After three stages run today thus far, Juho Hanninen (Skoda Fabia S2000) sliced into Andreas Mikkelsen’s lead, cutting it down to 28.3sec. The weather conditions have improved somewhat, but the…
Mikkelsen takes the mickey out of IRC field
Andreas Mikkelsen has taken a huge step towards claiming his first victory in the Intercontinental Rally Challenge (IRC) after completing Saturday’s all-action stages of RACMSA Rally of Scotland with a…