Kimi Raikkonen likely to contest more rallies despite crash on tarmac rally

Kimi Raikkonen at the weekend crashed out of his latest foray into the world of professional rallying.

The Ferrari driver, having entered two rounds of the Finnish rally championship in the winter, entered the same Tommi Makinen-prepared Fiat Abarth Grande Punto into the Rally della Marca.

But on the third stage of the event in northern Italy’s Treviso region, while running eighth in his category, Raikkonen crashed and struck a… Continue reading

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Kimi Raikkonen crash SS3 Rally della Marca 2009 – video

Kimi Raikkonen’s asphalt rally debut came to an abrupt halt after he crashed out of the Rally della Marca on SS3 in his Abarth Grande Punto S2000.

The car suffered rear suspension damage following an impact with a stone wall, causing the right rear wheel to eventually come off and forcing Raikkonen to retire from the event.

Raikkonen was lying in 17th position (8th in S2000 category) before the crash… Continue reading

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Petter Solberg pre-Portugal test video plus driving a Ferrari F1 car

Photo: ©willyweyens-rallyworld

Video of Petter Solberg’s Citroen Xsara WRC pre-Rally Portugal test in the Algarve, plus footage of him driving an ex-Michael Schumacher Ferrari F1 car recently.

Petter will be using mechanical diffs from Rally Argentina on the Xsara which he, and Sebastien Loeb both feel delivers better overall performance than the active ones.

Solberg comments on his blog about Rally Portugal: 
Rally Portugal is a tough rally and it will be… Continue reading

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