Kimi Raikkonen will compete on Neste Oil Rally Finland 2009

Kimi Raikkonen will compete on the World Rally Championship Rally Finland in his Abarth Grande Punto S2000, according to autosport.com.

This will be Raikkonen’s first rally on gravel in the Tommi Makinen Racing Fiat and he completed a two day test on the surface last week. It will also be his debut on a WRC event after having contested three national championship status rallies so far this year

The experienced Kaj Lindstrom will… Continue reading

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Red Bull Racing’s David Coulthard takes Volkswagen Caddy Racer round Goodwood

Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles Keeps Red Bull Racing On Track

Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel aren’t the only drivers in the Red Bull Racing Formula One team.  Its other drivers rely on a dependable fleet of vans and people carriers from Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles

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WRC promoter Simon Long wants Kimi Raikkonen for the World Rally Championship

World Rally Championship global promoter Simon Long said he would be “extremely interested” in talking to Kimi Raikkonen about the Finn’s future beyond F1, according to Autosport magazine.

Raikkonen competed on his first asphalt rally last weekend, but crashed out of the event with a broken TCA on SS3, after suffering centre differential problems with the Punto from the start of the rally. 

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