Monday, 11 March 2013

WRC Round 3 recap

Recap of the last round of WRC from this weekends Round 3 of Rally Mexico.

This weekends was the second round of the World Rally Championship at the Rally Mexico (7th-10th March) was won by Sébastien Ogier. Meanwhile, Mikko Hirvonen finished second in the works Citroën DS3 WRC, Hirvonen was three and a half minutes behind Ogier at the end. Meanwhile, Qatar World Rally Team driver Thierry Neuville, finished in third place in the Ford Fiesta RS WRC. Neuville was under four and a half minutes behind Ogier at the end of the rally.

Also, mention to Ken Block in his Hoonigan Racing Division Ford Fiesta RS WRC finished 9th in last years rally. This year Ken Block finished in 7th place, could have finished in the top six at the end of the last day, never-less his best result in the WRC. Despite, this could be his only WRC outing this season.

Meanwhile in WRC-2 class (Group R5, R4, Super 2000 and Group N4 spec cars), that was won by Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari in his Seashore Qatar World Rally Team backed Ford Fiesta RRC. Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari finished in twelfth place overall, he was over 30 minutes behind Ogier at the end of the rally.

Highlights of the rally bellow, enjoy.



End of post/blog for now, new post soon. Bye.




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