Peugeot UK’s Kris Meeke and co-driver Paul Nagle have just one aim in this year’s Rally Scotland, to finish their 2010 IRC campaign on the top step of the podium.
The RACMSA Rally Scotland will be the last rally in which the boys will compete for Peugeot UK, as next year they will leave the team to take up a new challenge in the World Rally Championship (WRC).
Last year’s inaugural Rally Scotland was dominated by Kris and Paul and this year they will be totally focused on putting on another good show for all their fans and bowing out of the IRC in style.
Kris and Paul’s Peugeot UK 207 S2000 will be in action over a total of twelve gravel stages covering 196.44 kilometres. The rally starts on Friday with two runs through the grounds of Scone Palace near Perth, a mixture of asphalt and gravel road sections, totalling 3.37 kilometres. This year’s stage is much longer than in 2009 so it will be important to set a good time to ensure a good result at the end of the rally.
Saturday sees the cars take on three stages located north-west of Perth including the 17.68 kilometre Errochty stage. The three stages will be run twice before the cars finish back at the Perth Service area, early Saturday evening.
The final day of the rally consists of four stages before the winner will be crowned at Stirling Castle on Sunday afternoon.
Follow the day-to-day progress of Peugeot UK and Kris Meeke in this year’s RACMSA Rally of Scotland rally via the team’s Twitter link www.twitter.com/Peugeotrally, video podcasts and web-based Rally Radio hosted on the Peugeot.co.uk website and all main rally websites and, for iPhone users, the Peugeot co-sponsored iRally App.
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