Australian Chris Atkinson has finalised a deal with WRC Team MINI Portugal to contest the final five rounds of the 2012 FIA World Rally Championship. ‘Atko’ will be the number one driver for MINI after former driver Armindo Araujo left the team for “sporting reasons”. Atkinson has taken part in two WRC […]
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Chris Atkinson’s Citroen DS3 ready for WRC Rally of Finland
While plenty of Australians will be flying the flag in London for the next two weeks at the 2012 London Olympic Games, rally driver Chris Atkinson will be doing the same in Finland as he makes his much awaited return in the World Rally Championship. Atkinson unveiled his southern cross […]
Video: Mikko Hirvonen crashes during WRC testing almost hitting bystanders
Citroen driver Mikko Hirvonen has crashed whilst testing his DS3 WRC car in Tuscany, Italy. Hirvonen and co-driver Jarmo Lehtinen came away from the incident uninjured, but the same can’t be said of the DS3. Another lucky person is the one that caught the entire thing on film at close […]
Sebastian Loeb wins 2012 WRC Acropolis Rally in Greece
World Rally Champion Sebastian Loeb has extended his lead in the 2012 points standings with a comfortable victory in the Acropolis Rally despite a tyre puncture. The Frenchman finished 40 seconds ahead of second placed Citroen teammate Mikko Hirvonen. Ford driver Jari-Matti Latvala completed the podium. Loeb lost three minutes […]
Australian WRC star Chris Atkinson wins Asia Pacific Rally round in QLD
Australian Chris Atkinson has taken out the third round of the FIA Asia Pacific Rally Championship on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast. Along with Belgian co-driver Stephane Prevot, Atkinson came home almost four minutes ahead of second-place Alister McRae of Scotland. New Zealander Brian Green was over 11 minutes further back in […]
WRC drivers to sign autographs in Sydney on father’s day
World Rally Championship drivers Sebastien Loeb, Petter Solberg, Henning Solberg, Mikko Hirvonen, Jari-Matti Latvala, Sebastien Ogier, and Matthew Wilson will appear in Pitt Street Mall, Sydney, four days before the Australian leg of the 2011 FIA World Rally Championship held on the Coffs Coast in NSW (see below for driver […]