Reputed to be the most demanding event on the WRC calendar, the 2013 Acropolis Rally will nonetheless be contested at breakneck speeds. The Citroën Total Abu Dhabi World Rally Team will be represented by the crews Mikko Hirvonen/Jarmo Lehtinen and Dani Sordo/Carlos del Barrio for this, the sixth round of the season.
From a technical point of view, what have you learned from the last few rallies? “Although this is the third year we have been running the Citroën DS3 WRC, the car changes at virtually every rally. Since the end of last season, we have secured homologation for new parts from the FIA. These parts concern both the engine, with the [...]
After finishing as runners-up in Qatar and Kuwait, Khalid Al-Qassimi and Scott Martin (Citroën DS3 RRC) took third overall in the Jordan Rally, which concluded the first half of the FIA Middle East Rally Championship. The Abu Dhabi Citroën Total World Rally Team also won the ‘two-wheel drive’ category thanks to the efforts of Mohammed Al-Mutawaa and Stephen McCauley.
The FIA Middle East Rally Championship (MERC) will reach the half-way point of the season after Rally Jordan, contested on the banks of the Dead Sea. Runner-up in Qatar and Kuwait, Khalid Al-Qassimi and Scott Martin will be determined to keep improving in the DS3 RRC of the Abu Dhabi Citroën World Rally Team.
Clear leaders going into the final day, Sébastien Loeb and Daniel Elena controlled proceedings from the front to grab their eighth win in Argentina. It was also Citroën’s ninth consecutive WRC win in South America!
The second leg of Rally Argentina turned out to be just as tricky as the competitors feared and provided plenty of twists and turns. It is at times like these that Sébastien Loeb and Daniel Elena have been unstoppable in the past.
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