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    Rnd5 WRC Portugal May21-24[/B] History First held in 1967 and one of the founding events in the inaugural 1973 WRC. Initially a mixed surface rally, it switched to a pure gravel format but lost its place in the calendar after bad weather ruined the 2001 event. Organisers moved from the north...
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    Rnd 4 - Rally Argentina April 23-26 History: First run in 1980 in Tucuman province in the north, when it was known as Rally Codasur. The 1982 edition was cancelled due to the Falklands War between Britain and Argentina. Moved to Bariloche, in the south, in 1983 but found its home in Cordoba...
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    Rnd 3 Rally Mexico Mar 5-8 History First held in 1979, the rally moved to Le?n in 1998 and joined WRC in 2004. The 2007 rally was the shortest in WRC history with a total distance of less than 850km. It still included more than 366km of stages and more than 43 per cent was competitive...
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    Rnd 2 - WRC Sweden Feb 12-15 Official Site: rallysweden.com/ Listen Live: wrc.com/live_popup_radio WRC+ : Live Stages/Live Maps/Onboard Action/Full Highlights plus.wrc.com/ History First run in 1950 when it was called the Rally to the Midnight Sun as it was held in summer. It became a...
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    The Final Round 13 Wales Rally GB Nov13-16 History Founded in 1932, 367 crews entered the inaugural Royal Automobile Club Rally. Introduction of forest roads in 1960 transformed the rally into what we know today. Route formerly included loops around England, Scotland and Wales but the...
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    Rnd12 RACC Rally de Spain Oct23-Oct26 History First run in 1957 and included in the European Championship from 1975. Entered the WRC in 1991 when it was based on the Costa Brava in Lloret de Mar. Relocated to Salou in 2002 and after being a pure asphalt event, it developed into a mixed...
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    Rnd 11 - Rallye de France Oct 3-5 History France’s WRC round was held on the stunning island of Corsica from 1973 to 2008. After a year’s absence due to rotation, the rally moved to Alsace in 2010. Alsace is Sebastien Loeb country and he secured his seventh world title at the end of a street...
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    Rnd10 Rally Australia 11-14 Sept History Australia hosted WRC from 1989 to 2006 in the west coast city of Perth. Langley Park super special stage next to Swan River provided the template for such tests. Won the accolade for the best rally three times in the late 1990s. The rally moved to the...
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    Rnd9 - ADAC Rally Germany Aug21-24 History First held in 1982, the rally was part of the European Championship. It relocated to Trier in 200 and joined WRC in 2002. Only Citroen has won since it entered WRC. Sebastien Loeb has nine victories, with one each for Sebastien Ogier and Dani Sordo...
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    Rnd8 - Neste Oil Rally Finland July31-Aug3 History Dates back to 1951 when it was launched as a means of deciding the Finnish entries for Rallye Monte-Carlo. It took on the name 1000 Lakes Rally and was included in the calendar for the WRC in its first year in 1973. It has been dominated by...
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    Next Rnd7 Lotos Rally Poland June 26-29 What’s new for 2014 Everything! Lithuania features on WRC itinerary for the first time – the 32nd different country to feature in the championship. Poland and Lithuania have different time zones but the rally will use Polish time. Official Website...
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    Rnd6 Rally Italia Sardinia June 5-8 2014 Official Website: rallyitaliasardegna.com/en Listen Live: wrc.com/live_popup_radio What’s new for 2014 West coast town of Alghero replaces Olbia as the base and location for the service park. The island’s capital, Cagliari, welcomes the rally for...
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    Rnd5 Rally Argentina May 8-11 2014 Official Website: rallyargentina.com/en/ Listen Live: wrc.com/live_popup_radio What’s new for 2014 The winner! Nobody on the entry list has won the rally before. Sunday’s classic Giulio Césare – Mina Clavero will be run downhill from the top of the...
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    Rnd 4 - WRC Portugal - April 3-6 What’s new for 2014 The Lisbon area becomes the focus of the opening day. The start ceremony takes place in Estoril, just outside the city, before the opening stage at Praco do Imperio in the shadow of the Jerónimos Monastery, a UNESCO World Heritage Site...
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    Rnd 3 - WRC Mexico Mar 6-9 What’s new for 2014 The long stages have become even longer. Each leg contains a marathon test covering 44.03km, 53.69km and 55.92km respectively. The long stages in legs 1 and 2 are used twice. While the single service park remains at León’s Poliforum, cars will...
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    Next Rnd 2 - Sweden Feb 5-8 What’s new for 2014 Due to a clash with the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, the rally runs from Wednesday to Saturday. Stages in Norway will be held during the first leg rather than the last day as in 2013. Sweden More Info: wrc.com/en/wrc/calendar/sweden...
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    Round 1 of the 2014 World Rally Championship. We have 4 Manufacturers: Citroen Total Abu Dhabi WRT: Citroen Total Abu Dhabi WRT M-Sport WRT : M-Sport WRT Hyundai Shell WRT : Hyundai Shell WRT Volkswagen - VW Motorsport Additional Teams of Note: Volkswagen Motorsport II- VW Polo R - Andreas...
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    M-Sport will field team returnee Mikko Hirvonen and WRC2 graduate Elfyn Evans in its World Rally Championship team in 2014. Hirvonen and Evans will run as the official M-Sport World Rally Team, with discussions over a title sponsor still ongoing. Robert Kubica will also be part of the M-Sport...
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    Next the Final Rnd 13 Wales Rally GB 14 - 17 Nov 13 Wales Rally GB returns to its traditional slot as the season finale in November. This is following complaints about attendances when the event was allocated a mid-September date in recent years. But while the calendar slot is familiar, just...
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    Rnd 12 Rallye de Spain 24-27 Oct 13 The RallyRACC-Rally de Espana has been a unique event in recent seasons of the WRC in that it has been the only true mixed surface round of the season. Nowhere else has three days of rallying been split across gravel and asphalt; in Spain the first day's...
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