Repco Rally New Zealand '08 WRC

ckay

Petrolheads
Thought I'd post ..
This rally marks the 15th anniversary of Subaru’s first World Rally win, on the 1993 New Zealand Rally, at the hands of Colin McRae in what was the last rally for the Subaru Legacy. The win was pivotal in the introduction of the iconic Impreza to the World Rallying scene, effectively heralding the new era for the team. It was also to be the first of three wins for Colin in New Zealand, putting him in the elite group of only three drivers to have ever claimed a hat-trick of victories on the event.
Now, 15 years on, the event also marks the 200th World Rally start for the Subaru Impreza. Although now in its latest iteration, the Impreza’s heritage within the WRC is unquestionable and Subaru’s road-going iterations carry more WRC lineage than any other marque.

:subaru: :subaru:
 
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nice worded piece ckay :thumbsup: :pray:
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:thumbsup: they'd better have mention on Dave Sunday.
 
Its not looking good for Subaru so far. Atkinson rolled her this morning & did enough damage to not be able to keep going. He's starting again tomorrow under supper rally rules but really only for the testing experience than to get any points.

Petter is quite a way off the pace too, update after stage 5.

Pos
No
Driver

Time
Diff Next
Diff 1st

1.
3
Mikko HIRVONEN
M
1:34:44.3
0.0
0.0

2.
1
Sebastien LOEB
M
1:35:12.1
+27.8
+27.8

3.
2
Dani SORDO
M
1:35:14.3
+2.2
+30.0

4.
4
Jari-Matti LATVALA
M
1:35:14.4
+0.1
+30.1

5.
7
Francois DUVAL
M
1:36:12.2
+57.8
+1:27.9

6.
14
Urmo AAVA

1:36:45.6
+33.4
+2:01.3

7.
5
Petter SOLBERG
M
1:37:10.1
+24.5
+2:25.8

8.
12
Per-Gunnar ANDERSSON
M
1:37:34.8
+24.7
+2:50.5

9.
11
Toni GARDEMEISTER
M
1:38:32.3
+57.5
+3:48.0

10.
9
Federico VILLAGRA
M
1:39:31.8
+59.5
+4:47.5
 
Another 4th place for Petter, but way off the pace really :wall:

1st Loeb 3:59:18.9
2nd Sordo 3:59:36.4
3rd Hirvonen 4:00:00.4
4th Solberg, Petter 4:02:07.8
5th Aava 4:02:49.6
6th Andersson, Per Gunnar 4:06:56.3

Latvala’s retirement meant Petter Solberg finished fourth for the Subaru World Rally Team. “I never thought I could get fourth after being tenth on the first day,” said Solberg. “But while I’m happy about the result, the thing is we are still not up there; we want to win, not get fourth. I’m sorry, but we’re not here for fun. We have to improve the speed.”
 
LOEB IS A JAMMY GIT WITH THE TWO FORDS CRASHING ON STAGE 15 AND HANDING THE RALLY TO LOEB ON A PLATE . caps lock is now off

i wonder what loeb could do in the new impreza ????????

wats the chances of :subaru: poaching him from citroen :pray: :pray: :pray:
 
Leob nearly rolled on day 1, lucky git. The Subaru's are getting more consistent, but way off on pace still. The car dosen't seem to soak up the terrain as well as the top 4. Prodrive need to get this sorted.

John
 
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