| 31/05/09 | | Sébastien Loeb received the ‘Légion d’ honneur’, the highest award that can be given to any private individual in France, instituted after the French Revolution. Nicolas Sarkozy, the President of the French Republic awarded himself Loeb at the Elysée Palace.
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| 21/04/09 | | The 2003 World Champion, Norwegian Petter Solberg, took part in Abarth test session and had the opportunity to get a feeling from the performance of the Italian rally car. It was Solberg’s first time behind the wheel of a S2000 spec. car. The specific category, is about to become the top of the World Rally Championship, starting from the following year, replacing the World Rally Cars. The Norwegian stated that he was satisfied by both the test and the performance of the car.
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| 01/04/09 | |
Twice World Champion, Marcus Gronholm, takes part in the 4th round of this year’s calendar, driving a Subaru Impreza WRC 2008, sponsored by Portugal’s Ministry of Tourism and Vodafone, who made it all happen, together with Prodrive.
The Finn, who has already driven the car in Whales and Spain, immediately started keeping good pace right after sitting behind the wheel. He avoided any comparison between this car and the Focus, claiming that they are too different to compare.
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| 01/04/09 | | All rumors about the “next day” in WRC have been terminated by FIA’s announcement about the 2010 manufacturers’ championship, where it has been stated that both WRC and S2000, together with the slightly changed S2000 which are going to be top class for 2011 and 2012, can participate in 2010 Championship. So, S2000
So, the S2000 with no major changes except for the aerodynamic kit, are going to be the next generation leading category of the WRC. But not for long! Starting from 2013, FIA and the manufacturers are about to change the rule-book once again.
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