Kris Meeke

'09 Monte Carlo Entry List
9th Janurary 2009

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Kris Meeke & Paul Nagle at Autosport Show '09

The entry list for the 2009 Monte Carlo Rally has been published, with Kris Meeke & Paul Nagle in the Peugeot UK Super 2000 car seeded 12th on the event. Kris will depart for Monte on Sunday 11th January in preparation for the recce, and ends next week with his first test in the car. The event, based at Monte Carlo, runs from Wednesday 21st to Saturday 24th January 2009.

Kris is looking forward to driving to car for the first time next week:

"I've never driven the Peugoet S2000 machine in competition before. You have to be quite assertive with them, and I think that this should suit my driving style. But I go into the championship with a lot less experience of the cars and events compared to some of the other drivers so I plan to look at the bigger picture -- the championship."

See below for more information on TV Schedule for the event, and itinerary of the event itself.

Event Entry

1 PEUGEOT TEAM BELUX (BEL) VOUILLOZ Nicolas (FRA)
2 ABARTH & C. SpA (ITA) BASSO Giandomenico (ITA)
3 SKODA MOTORSPORT (CZE) HANNINEN Juho (FIN)
4 PEUGEOT TEAM BELUX (BEL) LOIX Freddy (BEL)
5 ABARTH & C. SpA (ITA) ROSSETTI Luca (ITA)
6 SKODA MOTORSPORT (CZE) KOPECKY Jan (CZE)
7 TEAM PEUGEOT TOTAL (FRA) SARRAZIN Stéphane (FRA)
8 AURIOL Didier (FRA) AURIOL Didier (FRA)
9 BF GOODRICH (FRA) x
10 ASTRA RACING (ITA) GARDEMEISTER Toni (FIN)
11 ABARTH & C. SpA (ITA) ALEN Anton (FIN)
12 PEUGEOT UK (GBR) MEEKE Kris (GBR)
14 SOLA Dani (ESP) SOLA Dani (ESP)


Eurosport's television schedule for RMC

Wednesday, January 21,

16.00-17.00 LIVE OS 3 St-Jean en Royans - Col de Gaudissart (Eurosport)
00.00-00.15 Highlights Day 1 (Eurosport)

Thursday, 22 January

10.30-11.15 LIVE OS 5-St Bonnet le Froid - St-Bonnet le Froid (Eurosport 2)
15.45-16.30 LIVE OS 8 St- Bonnet le Froid – St-Bonnet le Froid (Eurosport) 15.45-16.30
00.00-00.15 Highlights Day 2 (Eurosport)

Friday, 23 January

19.30-21.15 LIVE OS 11 Sospel – La Bollène Vésubie (Eurosport 2)
LIVE OS 12 Lantosque - Lucèram (Eurosport 2)
23.00-01.00 LIVE OS 13 Sospel – La Bollène Vésubie (Eurosport)
LIVE OS 14 Lantosque - Lucèram (Eurosport)

Event Itinerary

The 77th Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo will be the opening round of the 2009 Intercontinental Rally Challenge, an international series launched by Eurosport Events last year and authorised by the FIA.

The 2009 Monte Carlo Rally presents a fresh challenge, a new format and a very different itinerary to the 2008 event.

Leg one: Monaco / Valence – Wednesday 21 January 2009

Start from Monaco at 07:40 for 3 special stages

SS1: Roquesteron – junction D10/D5

SS2: La Motte Chalancon – St Nazaire le désert

SS3: St Jean en Royans – Col de Gaudissart

Arrival at Valence from 17:30 – Palais des Expositions

Leg two: Valence / Valence – Thursday 22 January 2009

Start from Valence at 08:47 for 6 special stages

SS4 and SS7: Labatie d’Andaure – St Pierre sur Doux

SS5 and SS8: St Bonnet – St Bonnet

SS6 and SS9: Lamastre – Gilhoc – Alboussière

At the end of SS6, all competitors will return to Valence where they will be placed in a regroup for 15 minutes before a 20-minute service halt.

Arrival at Valence from 18:30

Leg three: Valence / Monaco – Friday 23 January 2009

Start from Valence at 06:00 for 5 special stages

SS10: Montauban sur Ouvèze – Eygalayes

Arrival at Monaco and Parc Fermé in from 14:08

Start from Monaco at 18:22

SS11 and SS13: Sospel – Turini – La Bollène Vésubie

SS12 and SS14: Lantosque – Luceram

Arrival at Monaco from 01:20
 
As much info as i can give at the minute lads.

Entry list is quite impressive, some ex JWRC lads in the line up, It'l be good too see how the first race shows, all the pre seasoning that meeke is doing will be a great benifit too this new rallying, grant it he wont have quite as much experience in the peugot but how quick was he in the C2 R2, last rally finnishing 5th overall in a car thats 5 seconds a mile slower than a WRC, and him finnishing ahead of 7 WRC cars!!!!!!!!!!!!! On top of the Group N!!!! Some Achievement. :thumbsup:
 
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