Numedalsrally 2009 results: Mads Ostberg wins in Subaru Impreza WRC2008

Mads Ostberg claimed his second victory on the Numedalsrally 2009 to put him firmly in the lead of the Norwegian rally championship.

It wasn’t plain sailing for Ostberg as he was running first on the road and the early stages contained fresh snow, a fall of 4-5cm, and the Subaru S14 WRC had to perform snow plough duties. PG Andersson took the lead after SS1 in his Skoda Fabia WRC but suffered… Continue reading

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Stephane Sarrazin and Brice Tirabassi could share a third works Subaru in the 2009 WRC

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According to sources within Prodrive it appears that Stephane Sarrazin is not only planning a return to rallying in the IRC in Monte Carlo (in a Peugeot Sport 207), but is also hoping to be Subaru’s Duval – that is replace either Petter or more likely Atkinson on asphalt events to score manufacturer points.

However, what is more likely, is that he will be part of Subaru’s B… Continue reading

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Subaru could field up to five or six S14’s in the 2009 WRC

In an interview with wrc.com, Subaru’s Team director Richard Taylor admitted that there could be five or six Subaru World Rally Cars competing on next year’s WRC.

 Richard Taylor speaking to wrc.com about the possibility of running more cars:
We’ve always said we’d like to see five or six Subaru World Rally Cars running in total. So far we have the two-car Adapta M2 team – a satellite operation -… Continue reading

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