Rally Poland 2009: Results & Day 3 Overview: 2 wins in a row for Hirvonen as Latvala throws away second

Mikko Hirvonen claimed his ninth WRC win in the ORLEN Platinum 66th Rally Poland on Sunday. A second successive WRC triumph also moved the Finnish driver a single point clear of seventh-placed Sébastien Loeb in the FIA Drivers’ Championship. Driving a Ford Focus RS and co-driven by Jarmo Lehtinen, Hirvonen began the day with a 12-second lead and finished 1m 10.3s clear of Citroën’s Dani Sordo.

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Acropolis Rally 2009: Day 3 Roundup and Results – Photos copyright Willy Weyens

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BP Ford Abu Dhabi driver Mikko Hirvonen closed the gap on championship leader Sebastien Loeb by taking his first victory of the year.

It was a double-celebration for Ford as Jari-Matti Latvala took third place to put the team firmly back in the running for the manufacturers’ title. Loeb’s challenge came to a halt on Saturday morning as he crashed out of SS7 and the… Continue reading

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WRC – Rally Italy 2009 – event review article by Evan Rothman

Photo: Brian Butcher

We’ve reached the halfway point of the 2009 World Rally Championship, and this weekend’s rally was the first to NOT feature a Citroen C4 WRC on the top step of the winners’ podium. With sheer determination it was the young Finn Jari-Matti Latvala and his co-driver Miika Anttila that brought their BP Ford Abu Dhabi Focus RS WRC to its first win in 2009, WRITES… Continue reading

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