Description
Added on the 11/05/2011 09:44:12 - Copyright : Auto Moto EN
MINI WRC Team makes its historic debut in the FIA World Rally Championship
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing World Rally Team is celebrating its first win of the 2019 FIA World Rally Championship season after Ott Tänak clinched a dominant victory on round two, Rally Sweden. It is the second win in three years for the Toyota Yaris WRC on the event, the scene of its maiden triumph in 2017. Tänak also won the rally-ending Power Stage to claim maximum points.
The 2019 FIA World Rally Championship launch happened on the first public day at Birmingham’s NEC on Saturday 12 January 2019.In what was truly WRC Super Saturday, all of the drivers, co-drivers and team principals were in one place and on hand to talk about the 2018 championship and share their opinions before the season-opener in Monte Carlo.Ford M-Sport World Rally Team, Hyundai Shell Mobis World Rally Team, Toyota Gazoo Racing World Rally Team and Citroen Total Abu Dhabi World Rally Team all unveiled their 2019 rally cars on Saturday morning in front of show visitors.
Game, set and match for SKODA Motorsport: Jan Kopecký/Pavel Dresler (CZE/CZE) became WRC 2 champions, 2017 winners Pontus Tidemand/Jonas Andersson finished second overall, and youngsters Kalle Rovanperä/ Jonne Halttunen (FIN/FIN) complete a pure SKODA podium in the final standings of the 2018 FIA World Rally Championship’s WRC 2 category. For the fourth time in a row SKODA Motorsport won the WRC 2 Championship for Teams (all titles subject to official publication of the results by the FIA). Overall, 2018 was the most successful year in the history of SKODA Motorsport.Time to celebrate at the annual Motorsport Press Conference of SKODA Motorsport in Prague: By winning the WRC 2 Championship for Drivers as well as Co-drivers for the third time in a row and also conquering the WRC 2 Team Championship for the fourth consecutive time, SKODA Motorsport topped the already successful 2017 season. The SKODA factory drivers Jan Kopecký, Pontus Tidemand and Kalle Rovanperä occupy the top three places of the WRC 2 final standings.
"The French pair of Raphael Astier and Frédéric Vauclaire, in the Abarth 124 rally belonging to Team Milano Racing, have won the FIA R-GT world championship with a race to spare after their victory in the Czech Republic in the Barum Czech Rally Zlìn, the fourth event in the series, also valid for the European Championship. Three wins in the three events where they have taken part - the Tour de Corse, the Rally di Roma Capitale and the Barum Czech Rally Zlìn - have enabled Abarth and the French driver to claim the world title with one race still remaining in the championships season: the Rallye du Valais, to be held in Switzerland from 18 to 20 October. So in just its second season, the Abarth spider has won the most coveted title in the spectacular Gran Turismo class, confirming its status as queen of the category. Abarth 124 rally drivers occupy the top 5 positions in the FIA R-GT Cup rankings. Astier, with a score of 75 points, heads the list of Italians Andrea Nucita (33 points), Andrea Modanesi (30 points), Simone Tempestini (18 points), and French driver Philippe Gache (15 points). What's more, in 2018 the 124 rally has picked up an amazing 26 victories in the Abarth 124 rally Selenia International Challenge, the single-make trophy for Abarth 124 drivers competing in the FIA R-GT Cup, the European Rally Championship and the national championships of Italy, France, Spain, the Czech Republic, Switzerland, Romania, Slovenia, Belgium, Austria, Germany and Bulgaria."
|
Support : Technical 
- Content 
- Editors 
