Ott Tänak made his WRC debut on Rally de Portugal

Posted by Scott Coursey 14 April, 2009 (1) Comment

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Estonian driver Ott Tänak made his WRC debut on Rally Portugal recently in a Subaru Impreza WRX STi competing in the Group N category.

Tänak, who is 21 years old and hails from Saaremaa in Estonia, is supported by Markko Martin’s Autospiritist team and he was Estonian champion in 2008. He has a fan club who have a the slogan; ‘Ott Tänak Maailmameistriks’ = ‘Ott Tänak to… Continue reading

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Rally de Portugal 2009 Onboard Marcus Gronholm SS5

Posted by Scott Coursey 11 April, 2009 (0) Comment

Onboard footage of Marcus Gronholm on SS5 Rally Portugal, where he set fourth fastest time and was lying second overall at that point.

He would eventually retire on SS8 after a crash but his return to the WRC managed to grab most of the headlines and added a real buzz to proceedings. 

Gronholm described his Rally Portugal experience to wrc.com:
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Pirelli Star Driver report Rally de Portugal: Jon Williams claims first blood

Posted by Scott Coursey 8 April, 2009 (0) Comment

 

Press Release

 Pirelli Star Driver Portugal 

 

Four of the five Pirelli Star Driver crews finished the opening event of their 2009 campaign, the Vodafone Rally de Portugal, which ended in the Algarve Stadium, Faro, this afternoon (Sunday). Ten competitors and five Mitsubishi Lancer Evo Xs were revealed to the world’s media on Wednesday afternoon at the official launch last week – with the first competitive action

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