FIA RALLY: TAP Rallye De Portugal Preview
Mar 3, 2001
CHARACTER OF THE EVENT Round three of 14 in the FIA World Rally Championship, Round two of six in the FIA Teams' Cup. After two highly specialised events this year, this event is widely regarded as the first representative round of the World Championship. Held on gravel roads in Portugal, ranging from rocky sections in ... Continue reading
FIA RALLY: Ford aims to show true grit on Portuguese gravel
Mar 3, 2001
The Ford Martini team will warm to the gravel roads of the Rally of Portugal (8 - 11 March) as the FIA World Rally Championship comes in from the cold after last month's only true winter rally of the season in Sweden. The teams now switch away from snow and ice to the loose surface roads which comprise the bulk of the ... Continue reading
FIA RALLY: End of Leg 3, Rovanpera wins the International Swedish Rally
Feb 12, 2001
Harri Rovanpera secured his first World Rally Championship victory by winning the International Swedish Rally. Rovanpera eventually won by 27 seconds from Thomas Radstrom after Tommi Makinen rolled 2.7km in the final stage. In previous days, running at the head of field had been a penalty as the following cars benefite ... Continue reading
FIA RALLY: The International Swedish Rally, End of Leg 2 Report
Feb 11, 2001
Four drivers have fought for the lead during the today's second leg of the International Swedish Rally, second round of the FIA World Rally Championship. Carlos Sainz, Harri Rovanperä, Thomas Rådström and Tommi Mäkinen have rarely been separated by more than 30 seconds, but Rovanperä fought through during the earl ... Continue reading
FIA RALLY: Sainz takes charge for Ford in Swedish snow
Feb 10, 2001
Carlos Sainz and Luis Moya led the Swedish Rally in their Ford Focus RS World Rally Car at the end of today's opening leg - a day dominated by the Ford Martini team. The Spanish duo hold a 13.2 second overnight lead while team-mates Colin McRae and Nicky Grist posted fastest time on three of the day's six speed tests t ... Continue reading
FIA RALLY: The International Swedish Rally, End of Leg 1 Report
Feb 10, 2001
Drivers were treated to near-perfect winter rally conditions on the opening day's action of the International Swedish Rally, second round of the FIA World Rally Championship. Snowfalls yesterday created high banks along the side of the stages, allowing the sport's top stars to use every inch of the road - and more besi ... Continue reading
FIA RALLY: The International Swedish Rally Preview
Feb 9, 2001
After the asphalt of Monte Carlo, the stars of the FIA World Rally Championship switch to snowy, icy forest tracks for the second round of the series, the International Swedish Rally, which starts in Karlstad this evening. The event remains the last stronghold of Scandinavians, since no non-Nordic driver has ever won h ... Continue reading
FIA RALLY: Ford Martini ready to mix Swedish cocktail on ice
Feb 3, 2001
The inhospitable weather offered by a Scandinavian winter provides the Ford Martini team with the opportunity to capitalise on its impressive opening to the FIA World Rally Championship last month. While the setting of the Swedish Rally (8 - 11 February) will be far removed from the glamour of Monaco, the conditions en ... Continue reading
FIA RALLY: Round 2 of the 2001 FIA World Rally Championship
Feb 3, 2001
CHARACTER OF THE EVENT A wintry event held in Sweden on gravel forest tracks covered with ice or snow, but paradoxically one of the fastest rallies in the World series. First event to qualify for the new-style Teams' Cup. NEW THIS YEAR To counter the effect of global warming, all the special stages are held above a lin ... Continue reading
RALLY: Short strengthens Ford's world rally squad
Jan 27, 2001
Short strengthens Ford's world rally squad=20 ... Continue reading
RALLY: Double podium for Ford on Monte Carlo Rally
Jan 22, 2001
Double podium for Ford on Monte Carlo Rally ... Continue reading
RALLY: Rallye De Monte Carlo: Makinen Wins
Jan 22, 2001
Rallye De Monte Carlo: Makinen Wins ... Continue reading
RALLY: 69th Rally of Monte Carlo, Leg 2 Report
Jan 21, 2001
RALLY: 69th Rally of Monte Carlo, Leg 2 Report ... Continue reading
RALLY: McRae retains Monte Carlo Rally lead for Ford
Jan 21, 2001
McRae retains Monte Carlo Rally lead for Ford ... Continue reading
RALLY: 69th Rally of Monte Carlo, End of Leg 1 Report
Jan 20, 2001
RALLY: 69th Rally of Monte Carlo, End of Leg 1 Report ... Continue reading
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