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Fisher: Weather key to Ireland upset
April 6th, 2012
Leading Northern Irish driver Alastair Fisher is hoping for wet weather on the Circuit of Ireland – which starts from Belfast on Friday. Fisher feels rain could help to destabilise the Intercontinental Rally Challenge regulars like Jan Kopecky and Juho Hanninen.
Mikkelsen thrilled to return to Ireland
April 5th, 2012
Intercontinental Rally Challenge series leader Andreas Mikkelsen is aiming to become only the second ever foreign winner of the Circuit of Ireland when he leads crews into the start of the event on Friday afternoon. The organisers of the event are putting the finishing touches to what should be a sell-out spectator stage in Belfast’s Titanic Quarter – and Mikkelsen and his Skoda UK Motorsport Fabia S2000 will be first into the test. Mikkelsen leads the IRC series by 18 points after just two rounds and is looking forward to his return to Irish rallying
Mikkelsen: Floene illness no problem
April 3rd, 2012
Andreas Mikkelsen says switching co-drivers for his pre-Circuit of Ireland Rally test on Monday has not affected his preparations for round three of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge this week. Juho Hanninen’s co-driver Mikko Markkula accompanied Mikkelsen during the test south of Aughnacloy in Ireland after his regular navigator Ola Floene delayed his departure from his native Norway to recover from a bout of ‘flu. Mikkelsen and Markkula used a 2.8-kilometre test road and covered 165 kilometres during their test, which started in wet conditions but finished in the dry
Kopecky wins in dramatic finish
March 17th, 2012
Jan Kopecky picked up a last-gasp Rally Islas Canarias win when rival Andreas Mikkelsen’s Skoda UK Fabia developed a misfire on the very last stage. Mikkelsen appeared to have done enough to win his event-long battle with fellow works Skoda driver Kopecky, taking a 3.6-second lead into the final stage despite his Czech sparring partner being fractionally quicker on the deciding afternoon. But the misfire cost Mikkelsen nearly half a minute, robbing him of what would have been his first victory on asphalt, and halting his streak of Intercontinental Rally Challenge wins
Mikkelsen back in front in Canarias
March 17th, 2012
Andreas Mikkelsen wasted no time in retaking the lead of Rally Islas Canarias as round two of the 2012 Intercontinental Rally Challenge began its final day. The Skoda UK driver had led through Friday before deliberately dropping behind rival Jan Kopecky (Skoda) on the final leg one stage to try and get a psychological advantage – saying he “would rather hunt than be hunted”
Kopecky leads at end of day one
March 16th, 2012
Jan Kopecky will lead Rally Islas Canarias into the final day after Andreas Mikkelsen backed off to fall behind his rival on the last of Friday’s stages. Championship leader Mikkelsen had hung on in front despite a quick off-road moment on stage seven, but decided he would prefer to let factory Skoda driver Kopecky run first on the road on Saturday’s deciding stages, so took the concluding Gran Canaria go-kart track stage steadily
Mikkelsen keeps Kopecky at bay
March 16th, 2012
Andreas Mikkelsen responded to a charge from Jan Kopecky to maintain his lead heading for the second service break on Rally Islas Canarias. After Mikkelsen had edged away from fellow Skoda driver Kopecky on this morning’s first loop, the Czech driver fought back with two fastest times at the start of the second group of stages, getting the gap down to just 1.6 seconds. But then Mikkelsen retaliated on the Tejeda stage, where he was quickest by 3.5s, restoring his advantage to 5.1s overall
Mikkelsen takes early lead in Spain
March 16th, 2012
Andreas Mikkelsen opened up a narrow lead over Jan Kopecky during the first three stages of Rally Islas Canarias – round two of the 2012 Intercontinental Rally Challenge. Although Mikkelsen (Skoda UK) had been sceptical about his chances of taking a fourth straight IRC victory as he has never won on asphalt so far, he was fractionally quickest on every stage so far this morning and pulled out a 3.6-second lead over Skoda Motorsport’s Kopecky.
Mikkelsen wraps up Azores victory
February 25th, 2012
Andreas Mikkelsen made a perfect start to his Intercontinental Rally Challenge title defence by taking a comfortable Rally Azores victory. The Skoda UK driver led from the outset, and although factory Skoda man Juho Hanninen was right on his tail initially, Mikkelsen started stretching away even before a quick spin on Friday cost his rival some time.
Mikkelsen closes on Azores win
February 25th, 2012
Andreas Mikkelsen looks assured of victory in the 2012 Intercontinental Rally Challenge’s Azores opener, as a clean sweep of stage wins on the event’s penultimate loop stretched his advantage. Skoda UK driver Mikkelsen is now 24 seconds clear of works Skoda man Juho Hanninen, his predecessor as IRC champion, with just two stages to go this afternoon
Mikkelsen leads into final day
February 24th, 2012
Andreas Mikkelsen will take a 16.2-second lead into the final day of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge season-opener in the Azores after heavy rain led to the Friday afternoon stages being truncated. Stage eight Coroa da Mata was cancelled outright and stage nine Sao Bras to Vila Franca reduced from 16 to six kilometres. Skoda UK driver Mikkelsen still managed to extend his lead over works rival Juho Hanninen by 0.8s in the brief stage mileage that took place
Mikkelsen pulls away from Hanninen
February 24th, 2012
Andreas Mikkelsen extended his lead over Juho Hanninen through the first four stages of day two of Rally Azores. There was little to choose between the two Skoda drivers until Hanninen had a quick spin near the end of SS5, losing 10 seconds. Mikkelsen then stretched his advantage on the next stage, and although Hanninen won SS7, he only took a tenth off the reigning Intercontinental Rally Challenge champion and the gap between them now stands at 15.4s.
Mikkelsen takes early Azores lead
February 23rd, 2012
Reigning Intercontinental Rally Challenge champion Andreas Mikkelsen took a narrow early lead over 2010 title-winner Juho Hanninen as the 2012 series got underway in the Azores this afternoon. Last year Mikkelsen produced a breakthrough challenge for victory on this event – then held in the summer – before Skoda requested that he hold position behind works driver and rally leader Hanninen.
Mikkelsen calm about title defence
February 20th, 2012
Andreas Mikkelsen says he does not feel any extra pressure to perform now he is coming into the Intercontinental Rally Challenge season as defending champion.
Peugeot to run new S2000 in 2013
February 14th, 2012
Peugeot has confirmed that its 208 model will replace the 207 as its S2000 rally car from 2013. A statement released by the French manufacturer confirmed that the new R4T model, which is currently at the design stage and is based on the 208 road car, will be eligible to compete in the Intercontinental Rally Challenge, the Super 2000 World Rally Championship and regional series across the world.
IRC chiefs praise Ireland route
January 27th, 2012
IRC motorsport development manager Jean-Pierre Nicolas has praised the organisers of the Circuit of Ireland Rally after completing his route survey this week.
Ireland bosses want ‘big’ event
January 27th, 2012
Circuit of Ireland Rally director Bobby Willis has vowed to bring Ireland’s oldest and most famous motorsport event back to life when it runs as an Intercontinental Rally Challenge round in April. The April 6-7 event was officially launched in Belfast on Thursday, with confirmation that the rally will start with a stage around the shipyards from which the Titanic was launched 100 years ago in April. After what’s certain to be a huge crowd-pleaser in front of the famous Harland and Wolff cranes, the crews will face a further 15 stages centred around Armagh
Skoda reveals 2012 Fabia livery
January 5th, 2012
Skoda UK Motorsport has revealed the livery for the Fabia S2000 Andreas Mikkelsen will drive during the defence of his Intercontinental Rally Challenge title this season. The Norwegian is expected to contest all 13 rounds of the series, which includes four new rallies, as he aims to become the first driver ever to make a successful IRC defence
Kronos to scale back IRC programme
December 22nd, 2011
Kronos Racing will scale back its involvement in the Intercontinental Rally Challenge next year and instead focus on developing a new car for the 2013 season. The Belgian squad won the 2008 and ’09 drivers’ titles with Nicolas Vouilloz and Kris Meeke in Peugeot 207 S2000s and also guided Sebastien Loeb to the ’06 World Rally Championship crown in a Citroen Xsara WRC.
Skoda retains Hanninen, Kopecky
December 16th, 2011
Skoda will retain Juho Hanninen and Jan Kopecky in its factory team for the 2012 Intercontinental Rally Challenge. Both have driven for the team since it came into the IRC in 2009, with Hanninen taking the ’10 championship and Kopecky finishing second in the standings for all three years. Skoda will also continue to provide factory-specification equipment for reigning champion Andreas Mikkelsen, who drives under the Skoda UK banner.




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