ALMS Petit Le Mans preview - BMW Motorsport
Oct 2, 2001
1 October 2001 ALMS final - Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta on 6 October 2001 Match point for BMW Munich. Champion manufacturers BMW are 1,000 miles away from potentially winning the driver and team classifications in the GT class of the American Le Mans Series. That's the distance covered by the Petit Le Mans race, in w ... Continue reading
FORMULA ONE: SAP, IMS team up to raise funds for American Red Cross
Sep 28, 2001
September 28, 2001 INDIANAPOLIS,- SAP , the world's leading provider of e-business solutions, and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Corp. (IMS) announced Sept. 27 that the two companies have combined forces to help raise funds for the American Red Cross at this weekend's second annual running of the SAP United States Gra ... Continue reading
FIA RALLY: Ford powers clear in title race as McRae grabs lead
Sep 23, 2001
September 23, 2001 Ford Martini moved into a clear lead in the FIA World Rally Championship after Colin McRae and Nicky Grist and team-mates Carlos Sainz and Luis Moya finished second and fourth respectively on the Rally New Zealand today. McRae's podium finish at the wheel of a Ford Focus RS World Rally Car moved him ... Continue reading
FIA RALLY: Strong start from Ford trio in curious NZ opener
Sep 22, 2001
September 22, 2001 After a bizarre opening day of the Rally New Zealand, Ford Martini drivers Carlos Sainz and Luis Moya and team-mates Colin McRae and Nicky Grist lay third and fourth respectively in their Focus RS World Rally Cars. Colleagues François Delecour and Daniel Grataloup were seventh after a day dominated ... Continue reading
FIA RALLY: Propecia Rally New Zealand Preview
Sep 21, 2001
September 21, 2001 The world's top rally stars will fight for victory on some of the finest roads in the world on the tenth round of this year's FIA World Rally Championship, the Propecia Rally New Zealand, which starts in earnest tomorrow morning. The country's smooth, flowing gravel stages are regarded by many of the ... Continue reading
FIA RALLY: Focus trio aims to keep Ford on crest of a wave
Sep 14, 2001
September 14, 2001 The Ford Martini team face their longest journey of the year as the Rally New Zealand (20 - 23 September) opens a gruelling end of season rush which sees the final five rounds of the FIA World Rally Championship squeezed into just 10 weeks. The Ford squad goes to Auckland, known as the City of Sails ... Continue reading
FIA RALLY: Gronholm Wins 51st Neste Rally Finland
Aug 27, 2001
August 27, 2001 Marcus Grönholm has scored his second home victory on the Rally Finland, the ninth round of this year's FIA World Rally Championship. The Peugeot driver took over the lead yesterday morning and never surrendered it thereafter, despite challenges from team-mate Harri Rovanperä and Richard Burns. Burns ... Continue reading
FIA RALLY: Ford leads world standings after McRae podium
Aug 26, 2001
August 26, 2001 Ford Martini moved back to the head of the FIA World Rally Championship after both Colin McRae and Nicky Grist and team-mates Carlos Sainz and Luis Moya netted points-scoring finishes in the Rally Finland today. McRae's blistering charge over the final speed test earned him third while the ever-consiste ... Continue reading
FIA RALLY: Faultless Ford duo eye points finish in Finland
Aug 26, 2001
August 26, 2001 Ford Martini drivers Colin McRae and Nicky Grist and team-mates Carlos Sainz and Luis Moya produced faultless displays during today's second leg of the Rally Finland to move into strong points-scoring positions at the top of the leaderboard. Driving Ford Focus RS World Rally Cars, McRae climbed to fourt ... Continue reading
FIA RALLY: 51st Neste Rally Finland end of leg 1 report
Aug 25, 2001
August 25, 2001 Peugeot drivers Marcus Grönholm and Harri Rovanperä have been fighting off a stiff challenge from Briton Richard Burns on the opening day of the ninth round of the FIA World Rally Championship, the Rally Finland. Clear blue skies and dry conditions made the super-fast stages near the university town o ... Continue reading
FIA RALLY: 51st Neste Rally Finland Preview
Aug 24, 2001
August 24, 2001 FIA World Rally Championship leader Tommi Mäkinen is one of several contenders for victory on the Rally Finland, the ninth round of this year's series which starts tomorrow morning. The local driver is a five-time winner of the event, which is based on fast, wide gravel roads near the university town o ... Continue reading
FIA RALLY: Neste Rally Finland: Introduction
Aug 21, 2001
August 21, 2001 CHARACTER OF THE EVENT The fastest special stage rally in the series, held on wide, hard packed, undulating sandy roads. Categorised by teams as a smooth gravel rally. No fewer than 165 cars will be allowed to start, the final time so many can contest a World championship rally because of impending limi ... Continue reading
FIA RALLY: Ford trio aims to eclipse the masters of Finland
Aug 18, 2001
August 18, 2001 Ford Martini's three FIA World Rally Championship contenders face potentially their most difficult task of the season when the series arrives in Finland this month. It is the country many regard as the home of rallying and the Rally Finland (24 - 26 August) is one of the year's most spectacular and tech ... Continue reading
FIA RALLY: Delecour takes points finish on Safari Rally debut
Jul 22, 2001
July 22, 2001 François Delecour and Daniel Grataloup overcame gruelling driving conditions and inhospitable weather to finish fourth in Kenya's Safari Rally which ended in Nairobi this evening. The three-day event is regarded as the toughest rally in the world and their Ford Focus RS World Rally Car survived almost 30 ... Continue reading
FIA RALLY: Sainz holds second for Ford amid Safari carnage
Jul 21, 2001
July 21, 2001 Carlos Sainz and Luis Moya ended a destructive opening leg of Kenya's Safari Rally in second place at the wheel of their Ford Focus RS World Rally Car. The Spanish duo are 1min 32sec behind Tommi Mäkinen, a small margin in Safari Rally terms, after a gruelling day's competition across the vast open plain ... Continue reading
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