Rally Portugal 2009 Day 2 round up: Loeb asserts control

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Sebastien Loeb asserted his authority on day 2 of the Vodafone Rally de Portugal by taking fastest time on all six stages in his Citroen C4 WRC.

Mikko Hirvonen, the leader after day 1, knew he would lose time with having to road sweep but he didn’t envisage losing quite so much to Loeb. Dani Sordo slipped a bit further back in third place with an overshoot… Continue reading

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Welcome to the RallyBuzz Armchair Guide to Vodafone Rally de Portugal 2009

Welcome to the RallyBuzz Armchair Guide to Vodafone Rally de Portugal which takes place on Thursday 2nd April to Sunday 5th April 2009.

Returning to the WRC after a two year break, round 4 of the WRC season see the teams take on 18 stages over the fours days on a gravel surface. The event starts on Thursday with a 2,21km Super Special, Estádio Algarve 1 before the… Continue reading

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Extended video clip of Gronholm testing the Prodrive Subaru Impreza S14 WRC in Spain

Photo: Prodrive

Another, longer, video clip of Marcus Gronholm testing the Subaru S14 WRC during the two day test in Spain prior to Rally Portugal.

Marcus Gronholm commented during the interview:
The car feels rather nice at the moment after all the alterations. Perhaps – how would I say it – what we need to work on most during testing is the suspension of course. There’s all sorts of things to be done… Continue reading

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