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KNA Rally Finnskog next Saturday may be an all-star line-up. Several of the top drivers in Rally Sweden chooses to do the WRC rehearsal in the Norwegian competition. In the entry list we find Mikko Hirvonen (pictured), Mads Ostberg, AndreasMikkelsen, PG Andersson and Craig Breen. KNA Rally Finnskog is an extremely compact race with start, finish and service in small Svullrya a few miles from the Swedish border. Rally measuring 185 km of which 117 km is divided into the eight special stages. The geographic proximity of Värmland and the fact that the contest is decided a week before the Rally Sweden makes KNA Rally Finnskog an […]

Now the WRC premiere is close. Last Wednesday Richard Göransson was on English soil to become familiar with the team and Prodrive WRC car. It was a full day with a lot of information and an initial test drive of the car. – It is important to have a good relationship with a new team. We went through the whole car and I learned also how we should do to implement the so-called ’quick fix’. It can mean how to change a tie rod or a support arm on a transport or special stage. The […]

With a supreme effort on the last leg Pontus Tidemand (pictured) won the SM premiere Rally Uppsala. Tidemand won the race 1.5 seconds before the Per-Arne Sääv, which in turn was five seconds ahead of Mats Jonsson, who topped the rally before the closing stage. On the service break at lunch all the talk was […]

Mads Östberg (pictured) won the Rally Elverum, the second round of the Norwegian Rally Championship, in his Ford Fiesta RCC, and together with Swedish co-driver Jonas Andersson was Østberg in a league of its own and won the race by a margin of over two and a half minute. Rally Elverum was conducted on challenging roads in perfect winter conditions. – It was very loose snow on the road the first time and when we run them the second time it was the deep grooves, so it has not been easy, said Mads after the finish and added: – We had with us important […]

Richard Göransson’s start in Rally Elverum ended unfortunately in a snowdrift. – To break a race is never fun, but I’m happy with the day, said Goransson, who this week will be testing the Mini WRC he will run in Rally Sweden February 9-12. Richard Göransson and Anders Fredriksson got a good 100 kilometers with them from the second round of the Norwegian championship. But in the end, the contest ended in a snowdrift on the seventh of the nine sections. – We shoveled and shoveled, but after half an hour we gave up, said Fredriksson, who was pleased afterward. – I am pleased that Richard has improve further, and he is now clearly ready for […]