Following claims the FIA’s new ‘no confidential tyres’ rule will most effect championship team Motor Image, team manager Philip Rodgers has sought to set the record straight, saying MI have never used ‘confidential’ tyres. Previously, APRC entrants could use both commercially available tyres, and rubber made available only to selected customers of the major tyre […]
The idea of the Pacific and Asia cups was to attract fresh blood into the APRC, and it has certainly worked. While we’ve seen three entries from New Caledonia sign-up for the Pacific Cup, the Asia Cup is attracting interest from the other side of the world, with German rally driver Edith Weiss announcing she’ll […]
Katsu Taguchi has completed a flawless rally in New Caledonia, leading the rally from start to finish. For the 1999 APRC champ, New Caledonia was his first victory in the series since July 1995. The win means Taguchi takes maximum points from the opening round. With only four stages set down for Sunday, the leading […]
MRF driver Katsu Taguchi has dominated Leg 1 of Rally New Caledonia, and finished Saturdays stages with a comfortable 43 sec lead after claiming seven of the 11 stages contested. After two super special stages in Noumea on Friday afternoon, the experienced Japanese driver started todays stages with a 10 second lead over his new […]
The persistent rain that has fallen in Noumea over the last week may be playing into the hands of experienced French driver Jean-Louis Leyraud, and his countrymen Patrick Christian and Patrick Yanai. The past few years have provided dry conditions for Rallye de Nouvelle Caledonie. But with wet weather predicted to continue into the weekend, […]
Scott Pedder has fired the first shots in the MRF vs Motor Image battle for the 2008 APRC crown. Pedder, MRFs new signing for 2008, believes the new model Subaru WRX, that MotorImage will use from Rally Whangarei onwards, isn’t a match for the out-going model and also predicted the FIAs new tyre rules will […]
Gaurav Gill will miss the APRC season opener in Noumea next weekend. It’s believed Gill suffered a dirt-bike accident in mid-March, damaging his knee. Although the injury was originally reported as being minor, the 2007 Indian national champion has been ruled out of Rally New Caledonia, and may also miss Rally Canberra which starts in […]
Arai Motorsport and Japanese driver Takuma Kamada are set to launch a full-scale attack on the 2008 APRC championship in a brand new Subaru WRX STI 08. Kamada, who first contested the APRC in 1998 and has plenty of PWRC experience, was excited at the challange he faces this year. “(Cody Crocker) has been champion […]
Ahead of his assult on the APRC Pacific Cup, Cusco International Rally Team driver Dean Herridge has launched his own web site, deanherridge.com. The site provides information and news on all the events Dean will contest this year, the APRC Pacific Cup, the Chinese Rally Championship, and tarmac events in Australia, including Targa Tasmania. There’s […]
Current British Rally champion, Guy Wilks, is set to contest Rally Canberra in a Honda Civic Type R. Wilks will contest Rally Canberra as part of a five event deal for JAS Motorsport, that also includes events in Russia, Finland and a second event in Australia, Rally Melbourne. Speaking on his web site, Wilks said […]
