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Rally Spain in Italiano

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47è Rally RACC Catalunya

Loeb vince e incrementa il suo vantaggio su Hirvonen e regala il Mondiale costruttori alla Citroen. Ogier si ritira e MINI sorprende con Meeke.

By Roberto Motta

Photos courtesy of Citroën Communication, Abu Dhabi World Rally Team, Ford Motor Company, BMW AG and RallyRACC-Media.

Sebastien Loeb ha vinto alla grande il Rally di Catalunya penultimo appuntamento del Mondiale, e ha regalato alla Citroen il titolo costruttori, quando manca ancora l’ultimo evento del campionato in Galles. Il pilota Francese si è impegnato al massimo fin dai primi metri del rally, e si avvicina sempre di più al suo ottavo titolo consecutivo.
Mikko Hirvonen, suo diretto avversario è riuscito a salire sul secondo gradino del podio, grazie all’aiuto del compagno di squadra Jari-Matti Latvala, che ha obbedito agli ordini del suo team manager Malcolm Wilson.
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Rally Germany 2011 In English and Italian

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Ogier on the way to winning the German WRC.

Ogier wins, Loeb re-ups and the Mini gets a Podium

Complete results and Italian version below

Additional photo story.

By Roberto Motta
Photos courtesy of Citroën Communication, Abu Dhabi World Rally Team, Ford Motor Company, BMW Press, ADAC Rallye Deutschland-Media

The Rally of Germany began with the news that Citroën fans were waiting for: the signing of the agreement between the Citroën and Sebastien Loeb for the 2012 and 2013 seasons. The news was announced as Loeb is once again leading the standings with a chance to win his eighth consecutive title. But the Rally of Germany ended with a victory won not by Loeb but his teammate Sebastien Ogier.
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Rally Jordan

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Narrow victory in the desert for Citroën .

By Roberto Motta

The past weekend the battle for the FIA World Rally Championship was fought in Jordan. The third running of the ‘Blue Riband Event in the Middle East’ was conducted over its usual itinerary. The service park overlooks the Dead Sea and the start was in the ancient city of Jerash, while the stages were in the Jordanian desert.
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Citroën Wins Rally Portugal, Mini Cooper Debuts

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Sébastien Ogier flying enroute to his second win in Portugal.

A year after they won their first victory in the FIA World Rally Championship in Portugal, Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia, after driving a tactically perfect race, have won the event for a second time in a row.

By Roberto Motta

Photos by Citroën Communication Citroën Racing, Ford Motor Company and
Rally de Portugal – media

March 23-27th
After the dusty gravel roads in Mexico, the WRC returned to old Europa for the continuing battle between the Citroën DS3 and Ford Fiesta RS. The fans had great expectations for this third round of the Championship because of the emotional rivalry between the teams. Even Americans had a favorite—Ken Block was entered in a Ford Fiesta WRC.
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