Olivier Quesnel has confirmed at Rally Japan that Citroen Sport will run a Manufacturer “M2″ Team on the 2009 WRC alongside the “M1″ team.
Citroen boss Quesnel stated that Conrad Rautenbach was confirmed as one of the drivers and a, ”young fast driver” would be his team-mate.
He then said, “You can guess!” 
Obviously he wasn’t prepared to confirm who it [...]

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It was a rather chaotic first day on the Pioneer Rally Japan 2008 with stages being cancelled, time cards not being handed back by marshals and a very bad accident on SS6.
Francois Duval crashed heavily, at high speed on a narrow section of road, into an armco barrier on his co-driver’s (Patrick Pivato) side. It [...]

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According to the Belfast Telegraph the World Rally Championship launch scheduled to take place on 24th January 2009 may not take place.
The planned gala event, featuring a Race of Champions style shoot-out around the grounds of the Stormont estate, has been placed in doubt due to a dispute between the FIA and the competing manufacturer [...]