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Follow WRC on World Rally Radio (Replay of Day 2)

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WRC Rally Monte Carlo Day 2

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Monte Carlo Day 5

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Sebastien Loeb wins the Monte Carlo Rally. Dani Sordo holds second, and Petter is third. Loeb also wins the power stage for maximum points. Solberg receives a suspended ban for Sweden due to speeding after the last stage of the rally. He could get disqualified if caught speeding again. Petter sure is a repeat offender as far as speeding goes.

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Eurosport talks break down. WRC is going to Sweden without a global television coverage. FIA has advised organizers to produce their own TV deals.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/97314

This is absolute madness. WRC will lose sponsors and manufacturers with this bit of news! Could this be one of the reasons why BMW has decided to can the Prodrive, thereby terminating the Mini WRC run?

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Rally Sweden Preview:

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Rally Sweden SS 1

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Remember, this is the start of the world championship where the FIA uses the qualifying format. Latvala who headed the timesheets in quali decided to start at 17th, with Loeb and Hirvonen at 18th and 19th respectively. Petter decided to start 12th.

Day one results:
Rally Sweden: Overall standings after Stage 10 (Top 10):

1. Jari-Matti Latvala Ford WRT Fiesta RS WRC 1hour 23mins 50.8secs M
2. Mikko Hirvonen Citroen Total WRT DS3 WRC +00mins 16.8secs M
3. Petter Solberg Ford WRT Fiesta RS WRC +00mins 18.6secs M
4. Mads Ostberg Adapta WRT Fiesta RS WRC +00mins 32.3secs
5. Evgeny Novikov M-Sport Ford WRT Fiesta RS WRC +01mins 12.1secs M
6. Henning Solberg Go Fast Energy WRT Fiesta RS WRC +01mins 48.5secs
7. Sebastien Loeb Citroen Total WRT DS3 WRC +02mins 08.9secs M
8. Patrik Sandell Prodrive MINI John Cooper Works WRC +02mins 18.8secs
9. Martin Prokop Czech Ford National Team Fiesta RS WRC +02mins 26.9secs
10. Eyvind Brynildsen Ford Fiesta RS WRC +02mins 59.8secs

Others

11. Sebastien Ogier VW Motorsport Skoda Fabia S2000 +03mins 09.7secs
12. Andreas Mikkelsen VW Motorsport Skoda Fabia S2000 +03mins 20.3secs
13. P-G Andersson Proton Motorsport Satria Neo S2000 +04mins 01.4secs S
14. Armindo Araujo WRC MINI Team Portugal John Cooper Works WRC +04mins 20.0secs M
15. Thierry Neuville Citroen Junior WRT DS3 WRC +04mins 37.4secs
16. Craig Breen Ford Fiesta S2000 +06mins 09.1secs S
17. Mikko Pajunen Subaru Impreza STi R4 +06mins 10.7secs
18. Michal Solowow M-Sport Ford WRT Fiesta RS WRC +06mins 18.3secs M
19. Peter Van Merksteijn Van Merksteijn Citroen DS3 WRC +06mins 27.6secs
20. Pontus Tidemund Skoda Fabia S2000 +08mins 07.3secs S

http://www.crash.net/world+rally/new...ening_leg.html

Notable retirements:

SS2. Paulo Nobre WRC MINI Team Portugal John Cooper Works WRC Went off
SS8. Jari Ketomaa Ford Fiesta RS WRC Accident
SS8. Dani Sordo Prodrive MINI John Cooper Works WRC Went off

Notes:
Loeb hit a snow bank and lost two minutes to extract his car.
Hirvonen duked it out with Latvala but lost out when his tyres wore out.
Petter Solberg spun and lost time but the crucial decision to save his tyres meant he was 1.8 seconds behind Hirvonen at the end of the day.
Sordo went off and hit the snow bank which damaged the radiator. The engine then overheated and by the time Sordo stopped the car, it was too late. It was beyond repair.

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Qualifying Stage of Sweden 2012.

http://www.wrc.com/video/features/sw...tage/?vid=2429

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Loeb spins in SS7 and now is 3 minutes behind the leaders. Top three has not changed with Latvala leading the charge with a much larger gap to Hirvonen. Petter is in third with Mads Ostberg chasing him in fourth.

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Latvala wins despite the late tyre puncture. Hirvonen is second with Ostberg third following a tyre puncture on Petter's tyre. Sebastien Loeb finished 6th.

Power stage points:
Loeb +3
Petter +2
Latvala +1

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Eurosport talks break down. WRC is going to Sweden without a global television coverage. FIA has advised organizers to produce their own TV deals.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/97314

This is absolute madness. WRC will lose sponsors and manufacturers with this bit of news! Could this be one of the reasons why BMW has decided to can the Prodrive, thereby terminating the Mini WRC run?

Very sad news. I also don't see how Ford, Citroen and other sponsors will stick around without TV coverage. WRC has some of the most exciting racing around and yet we get little to no coverage here in the states.