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Canary Islands 2010- Pre Event thread

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#1 · (Edited by Moderator)
The long rumoured issues with the Spanish round of the IRC the Asturias rallye look to have come true and it's now out of the series. The prospective replacement is the Canarias rally formerly El Corte Ingles in Gran Canaria. It might not come off yet as it's another island event and traditionally an expensive event for crews however if it does happen get your cheap flights booked as its a cracking event to spectate on!
 
#8 ·
Re: Asturias out of 2010 Canary Islands in?

If anyone is deliberating going out to watch then get your flights booked! There are some absolutley cracking stages and the local fans really create a great atmosphere. Very easy to get around just dont try driving up the west coast to get to shakedown like we did, as although it's an amazing road you'll feel like you've done the rally getting there! Will also be a "National" event on the back catering for the GT3 and WRC cars etc that compete in the Spanish/Canary Islands championships.
 
#11 ·
Re: Asturias out of 2010 Canary Islands in?

Lot smoother than Cataluyna and a lot more hills! Still should be like water of a ducks back. If the Spanish S2000 cars run in the main field Vallejo in the Fiesta will be the man to be beat though.
 
#22 ·
Entry LIst Seeded Now


34 RALLY ISLAS CANARIAS
'Trofeo el Corte Inglés'

1 SKODA MOTORSPORT JUHO HANNINEN 1 FIN MIKKO MARKKULA FIN SKODA FABIA S2000 N 4 FIA B

2 SKODA UK GUY WILKS GB PHILIP PUGH GB SKODA FABIA S2000 N 4

3 SKODA MOTORSPORT JAN KOPECKY CZ PETR STARY CZ SKODA FABIA S2000 N 4

4 PEUGEOT UK KRIS MEEKE GB PAUL NAGLE GB PEUGEOT 207 S2000 N 4

5 PEUGEOT SPORT PORTUGAL BRUNO MAGALHAES P CARLOS MAGALHAES P PEUGEOT 207 S2000 N 4

6 ALBERTO HEVIA M. ALBERTO HEVIA E ALBERTO IGLESIAS E SKODA FABIA S2000 N 4

7 ESC. OURENSE SERGIO VALLEJO E DIEGO VALLEJO E FORD FIESTA S2000 N 4

8 STOHL RACING GMBH DANIEL R. OLIVEIRA BR CARLOS DEL BARRIO E PEUGEOT 207 S2000 N 4

9 INTERWETTEN RACING TEAM FRANZ WITTMANN A KLAUS WICHA D PEUGEOT 207 S2000 N 4

10 PEUGEOT TEAM BELUX THIERRY NEUVILLE B NICOLAS KLINGER F PEUGEOT 207 S2000 N 4

11 VICTOR SA VICTOR SA P NUNO RODRIGUEZ P PEUGEOT 207 S2000 N 4

12 SUZUKI MOTOR IBERICA JOAN VINYES E JORDI MERCADER E SUZUKI SWIFT S1600 A 6

14 SUZUKI MOTOR IBERICA GORKA ANTXUSTEGI E GABRIEL SUAREZ E SUZUKI SWIFT S1600 A 6

15 BARRY MOTORSPORT DANIEL BARRY IRL MARTIN BRADY IRL MITSUBISHI LANCER EVO IX N 4

16 AMP CLASSIC TEAM JONATHAN PEREZ E ENRIQUE VELASCO E MITSUBISHI LANCER EVO X N 4

17 ESC. SATAUTEY JOSE L. BARRIOS E ELOY RIVERO E SUBARU WRX STI N 4

18 C.D. ROCKY SPORT OSCAR CABRERA E LUIS FERRER E MITSUBISHI LANCER EVO VII N 4

19 C.D. AZUATIL GUSTAVO BOLAÑOS E ORLANDO NUEZ E MITSHBISHI LANCER EVO VII N 4

20 RMC MOTORSPORT JOSE A. SUAREZ E CANDIDO CABRERA E MITSUBISHI LANCER EVO X N 4

We will be updating our Facebook, Twitter and the website with all our news during the event and hopefully some other news in the coming days.

Thanks
MB
 
#26 ·
All top 4 entries have priority B status, normally seeding is done on that basis and the difference is when the B status was awarded, the longer a driver has had it the higher on the list that driver will be. But it's not mandatory, it's up the the organisers to decide who gets seeded where. In this case the seeding reflects the current championship positions.

Think Mchale has now lost his B status but since he had it at one stage it still had some weight with organisers.
 
#31 · (Edited)
The rally week started today with a test session for Kris Meeke, his new team mate Thierry Neuville and Bruno Magalhaes near Valerón on the north of the island. Kris has his Monte Carlo car back and Neuville has the Brazil/Argentina chassis:



Roads look smooth but little margin for error on both sides of the stage:

YouTube- shakedown irc cenobio valeron rally islas canarias 2010_converted.flv

And Neuville finding the limits of adhesion and being very fortunate not to damage the car:

YouTube- Thierry Neuville Trompo Spin Peugeot 207 S2000 - Test IRC Pre-Rally Islas Canarias 2010
 
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