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unusual facts about World Rally Championship-2



1973 Austrian Alpine Rally

The 1973 Austrian Alpine Rally (44. Österreichische Alpenfahrt) was the 44th running of the Austrian rally, and the ninth round of the inaugural World Rally Championship season.

2013 FIA GT Nogaro round

The most notable entrants are nine-times World Rally Championship champion Sébastien Loeb racing with his own team and former professional football goalkeeper Fabien Barthez competing racing in the Gentleman Trophy with SOFREV Auto Sport Promotion.

Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority

It is also a headline sponsor of the Abu Dhabi Yacht Show and actively supports the World Rally Championship through its BP-Ford Team Abu Dhabi alliance, which also extended to sponsorship of reigning Red Bull Air Race champion Hannes Arch and international powerboat and triathlon squads.

Antilag system

Today's WRC cars also use anti-lag systems which feed air directly to the exhaust system.

Dovenby Hall

During its history it has served as a private residence (1154 - 1930), a mental institution (1930–1997), and, most recently, as the headquarters for M-Sport - Ford Motor Company's World Rally Championship team.

Electric go-kart

Drivers from different auto racing series such as Formula 1, GP2 Series, WRC, DTM, IndyCar or kart racing got to compete using an indoor track specially built for the occasion at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy.

Esapekka Lappi

In 2013 he competed in Asia-Pacific Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and European Rally Championship.

Estádio Algarve

Aside from football, it has also hosted music festivals and concerts, and was temporarily converted into a super special stage during the 2007 Rally Portugal (part of the 2007 World Rally Championship season).

F7R

The engine was created because displacement limit for FIA World Rally Championship Group A was 2000 cc and more power could be extracted from F7P (1764cc) engine with more capacity.

Felindre

The site has been used of late for World Rally Championship to service the rally cars whilst they compete in the Welsh Rally, a round of the (WRC) World Rally Championship.

Fiat Twin Cam engine

The Fiat Twin Cam engine has been widely used in motorsport and has been the most successful engine in the history of the World Rally Championship.

Ford EcoBoost engine

The engine has also been used for the past couple of seasons in the WRC in the Ford Fiesta.

Francisco Romãozinho

Romãozinho, driving a Citroën DS21 and partnered by José Bernardo, achieved his best result in the World Rally Championship at the 1973 Rallye de Portugal, his home event, by finishing third.

HANS device

The World Rally Championship and Australian V8 Supercar Series made the device compulsory for drivers in the 2005 season.

Intercooler

Some World Rally Championship cars use a reverse-induction system design whereby air is forced through ducts in the front bumper to a horizontally mounted intercooler.

Jean Ragnotti

Jean "Jeannot" Ragnotti (born 29 August 1945 in Pernes-les-Fontaines, Vaucluse), is a French former rally driver for Renault in the World Rally Championship.

Lancia ECV

The Lancia ECV (stands for Experimental Composite Vehicle) was a prototype Group S rally car developed by the Italian manufacturer Lancia to replace the Lancia Delta S4 in World Rally Championship competition for the 1988 season.

Lancia LC2

Lancia turned their full attention instead to their efforts in the World Rally Championship.

LAT Photographic

Established in the 1960s as London Art Technical, the company covers major motorsport competitions such as the Formula One, World Rally Championship, 24 Hours of Le Mans, British Touring Car Championship, NASCAR Cup Series, IndyCar Series and Grand Prix motorcycle racing, and provides pictures for magazines like Autosport, Autocar, F1 Racing and Motorsport.

Markku Alén

Having become unequivocal team leader in the aftermath of team-mate Henri Toivonen's death in Corsica the following year, Alén narrowly lost the 1986 World Rally Championship to rival driver, Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 E2 pilot Juha Kankkunen.

Milestone S.r.l.

Best known for the successful Superbike and WRC FIA series, they are the leading developer of interactive entertainment software in Italy.

Mitsubishi Sirius engine

Its turbocharged variant, 4G63T (also sometimes referred to simply as the 4G63), has powered Mitsubishi vehicles in World Rally Championships for years in the Mitsubishi Galant VR-4, Lancer Evolution, Carisma GT and Lancer WRC04.

Nissan FJ engine

200 or more were produced as a homologation car engine of World Rally Championship at that time according to the Group B regulation.

Nobuaki Katayama

Through the 1990s, Katayama worked in Europe as an executive in Toyota's Motorsports division, where he assisted in World Rally Championship, Sports Car World Championship, and Le Mans racing.

Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu

She has a habit of driving extremely fast (she drives the family Rolls-Royce Phantom like a WRC driver, though she sometimes drives the other Nogizaka limousine), but Haruka just states she is a great driver when one is in a hurry.

Ove Andersson

After the inauguration of the World Rally Championship in 1973, Andersson, driving mainly a Toyota Celica, achieved seven podium places in his 28 outings in the series and won the 1975 Safari Rally in a Peugeot 504, co-driven by Arne Hertz.

Pirelli Star Driver

The five drivers then competed in six events of the World Rally Championship, driving in identical Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X, prepared by Ralliart Italy.

Porsche 961

By time the Gruppe B had been launched as the production 959 in 1985, Group B rules had been altered by FISA to better suit the class' use in the World Rally Championship rather than the Sports-Prototype Championship.

R: Racing Evolution

R is a racing-sim game featuring over 33 licensed cars from various motorsports series (such as JGTC, WRC and 24 Hours of Le Mans), and in-depth customization options such as braking, front wheel stabilizers, and car weight.

Rauno Aaltonen

Rauno August Aaltonen (born 7 January 1938), also known as "The Rally Professor", is a Finnish former professional rally driver who competed in the World Rally Championship throughout the 1970s.

RCI Banque

RCI Banque's Diac sponsored the Renault Sport-assisted R5s and Clios of the Société Diac team, which competed in some events of the World Rally Championship and the French Rally Championship during the late 1980s and early 1990s.

Robert Barrable

He is racing in the WRC-2 since the 2013 season.

S4C Sport

Due to the Wales Rally GB, S4C bid for and won rights to broadcast highlights from each event of the World Rally Championship.

Sam Bird

In March 2007, Bird secured sponsorship from BP, "The brand is already prominent in the World Rally Championship" Mark Reader, BP's UK Fuels Marketing Manager, commented, "Sam’s an incredible prospect and we’re excited to be getting into a relationship at this stage of his career" he added.

Sportska televizija

Also, there will be some international sports, like World Rally Championship, ATP or WTA tournaments, 2011 Rugby World Cup, 2013 IIHF World Championship, waterpolo Euroleague and gymnastics World Cup.

Tony Fall

After he stopped driving, he became founder of the British Dealer Opel Team (DOT) as well as the self-willed but successful director of the Opel Motorsport Team in Germany, for which Walter Röhrl won the World Rally Championship for Drivers in 1982 with an Opel Ascona 400.

Toyota T engine

The 4T-GTE variant of this engine allowed Toyota to compete in the World Rally Championship in the early 1980s, making it the first Japanese manufacturer to do so.

This is the version of the T family which powered Toyota's Group B and World Rally Championship cars.

Woolgoolga, New South Wales

In 2011, the area hosted Rally Australia, the 10th round of the World Rally Championship.

WRC Rally Magazine

The show always preceded the network's coverage of a World Rally Championship event.

Xavier Pons

Xavier "Xevi" Pons Puigdillers (born January 21 in 1980 in Vic, Spain) is a rally driver competing in the World Rally Championship.


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