2009-02-19 – Stobart Group Chief Executive Andrew Tinkler used his visit to Rally Norway to further explore the use of ‘green’ motoring technology. Read more...
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2009-02-15 – Post event FIA Press Conference transcript Read more...
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2009-02-15 – Sebastien Loeb won his 49th victory in the WRC with his victory in Rally Norway 2009. An ecstatic Loeb was extremly happy to win this difficult winter-rally. Read more...
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2009-02-15 – The drivers’ comments from Service Park H Read more...
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2009-02-15 – Commentaires de fin de spéciale : ES20 Budor 1 Read more...
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2009-02-15 – Commentaires de fin de spéciale : ES19 Elverum 1 Read more...
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2009-02-15 – Drivers’ quotes from SS19 Elverum 1 Read more...
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2009-02-15 – The fierce battle for supremacy on this second round of the FIA World Rally Championship continued unabated this morning as competitors departed Hamar in darkness for the longest day of the rally. Read more...
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2009-02-15 – Henning Solberg/Cato Menkerud started the final day where they left off on leg two, posting top four stage times and extending their lead over Dani Sordo in fifth place to 21.8 seconds. The Norwegian speedster will now try to maintain that gap over the final three stages and score a superb result on his home round. Read more...
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2009-02-15 – Météo et conditions de route : il fait froid -24 ce matin. La visibilité est bonne, la route couverte de glace avec une couche de neige en surface. Read more...
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2009-02-15 – Weather and Road conditions: cold -24°C in the morning. Good visibility, icy surface with a lay of snow on top. Read more...
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2009-02-15 – Henning Solberg produced a magnificent performance to finish the second full day at Rally Norway in fourth position. Read more...
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2009-02-14 – Drivers’ quotes from SS 17 Hamar 2 Read more...
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2009-02-14 – End of stage comments from SS 16 Ringsaker 2 Read more...
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2009-02-14 – End of stage comments from SS 15 Lillehammer 2 Read more...
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2009-02-14 – End of stage comments from SS 14 Mountain 2 Read more...
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2009-02-14 – The drivers’ comments at Service Park E Read more...
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2009-02-14 – Drivers’ comments from SS13 Hamar 1 Read more...
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2009-02-14 – Drivers’ comments from SS12 Ringsaker 1 Read more...
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2009-02-14 – Driver’ quotes from SS11 Lillehammer 1 Read more...
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2009-02-14 – Commentaires de fin de spéciale : ES10 Mountain 1 Read more...
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2009-02-14 – End of stage report with drivers’ quotes Read more...
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2009-02-13 – Drivers’ end of stage comments from SS9 Kirkenær 2 Read more...
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2009-02-13 – Drivers' end of stage comments from SS8 Kongsvinger 2 Read more...
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2009-02-13 – Drivers' Comments from todays Remote Service B at Kongsvinger Read more...
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2009-02-13 – Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg joined five time World Rally Champion Sébastien Loeb yesterday to promote a series of environmental initiatives at this weekend’s carbon-neutral Rally Norway event. Read more...
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2009-02-13 – The drivers’ end of stage comments from SS6 Opaker 2 Read more...
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2009-02-13 – Drivers’ comments from SS5 Kongsvinger Read more...
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2009-02-13 – End of stage reports and driver’ quotes from SS4 Finnskogen 1 Read more...
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2009-02-13 – End of stage comments from the drivers after SS3 Kirkenær 1 Read more...
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2009-02-13 – Weather and road conditions: full snow. Temperature: -18°C. Road is eventually becoming cleaner as cars pass. Excellent visibility, clear sky. Read more...
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2009-02-13 – Drivers’ quotes from the very first stage of Rally Norway 2009 Read more...
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2009-02-12 – Petter Solberg left everyone else in his snowspray and took victory in the opening of Rally Norway 2009 at Bjerkebanen on 12 February. Mikko Hirvonen and Sebastien Loeb finished a few tenths behind. Read more...
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2009-02-12 – Capacity crowds braved the biting cold at Oslo's Bjerkebanen horse trotting track tonight as Rally Norway, second round of the FIA World Rally Championship, blasted into top gear. Read more...
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2009-02-12 – Twice world Production Car rally champion Toshi Arai starts Rally Norway with a five minute penalty. Read more...
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2009-02-12 – Pre-event FIA Press Conference 12. february 2009 transcript. Read more...
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2009-02-12 – It’s always been serious and neither wants to lose when Henning and Petter Solberg meet on the roads. Read more...
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2009-02-12 – The opening of Norway’s second WRC round at Bjerkebanen coincides with the 15 year anniversary of the opening ceremony for the legendary 1994 Lillehammer Winter Olympics. Now, as then, the landscape is decorated in the finest magical winter conditions you can imagine. Read more...
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2009-02-12 – After driving Friday’s special stages, Petter Solberg, Henning Solberg and Sébastien Loeb will sign autographs in Rally Norways environmental exhibition, the “Green Room” at the Scandic hotel in Hamar. Read more...
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2009-02-12 – Start lists for Day 1, section 1 and 2 are available here. Read more...
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2009-02-12 – ”Any driver who complains about the conditions here should have stayed put at home,” Ford Manager Malcolm Wilson said categorically ahead of the start of Rally Norway. Read more...
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2009-02-12 – Finnish Mikko Hirvonen is in no doubt - he will win Rally Norway just like he did in 2007. Read more...
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2009-02-12 – Rally Norway, the country’s round of World Rally Championship which kicks off today, is among the major sporting events around the world to join the Climate Neutral Network (CN Net), an initiative led by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to promote global action and involvement towards low-carbon economies and societies. Read more...
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2009-02-10 – Prime Minister of Norway Jens Stoltenberg will tear round the track with five times World Champion Sébastien Loeb in a Citroën C4 hybrid WRC car when Rally Norway opens at Bjerkebanen in Oslo this Thursday 12 February. Read more...
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2009-02-10 – The WRC Champion of 2000 and 2002 was mightily excited after trying out the newly developed Kongsvinger Arena, which hostsSS5 and SS8 in Rally Norway on Friday 13 February. Read more...
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2009-02-06 – In little more than a month Petter Solberg has assembled his very own WRC team and the original Solberg energy was there for all to see and experience today when he proudly introduced his team and new Citroën Xsara WRC in his home town of Spydeberg. Read more...
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2009-02-06 – In the wake of its one-two finish in Ireland, the Citroën Total World Rally Team heads for Norway. The specific features of the season's only winter fixture makes it a unique challenge for Sébastien Loeb/Daniel Elena and Dani Sordo/Marc Marti. Read more...
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2009-02-06 – Stobart VK M-Sport Ford Rally Team driver Henning Solberg is gunning for victory at his home round of the FIA World Rally Championship, Rally Norway. Read more...
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2009-02-05 – Here are some pictures of the landscape which in a few days will host Rally Norway 2009. Read more...
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2009-02-04 – 18 year old joint European Pirelli Star Driver Martin Semerad begins his Production Car championship challenge in Rally Norway, at the wheel of a Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX. Read more...
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2009-02-04 – Patrik Sandell and his co-driver Emil Axelsson are set for an exciting debut at Rally Norway. The Junior Champion of 2006 will be driving a Skoda Fabia Super 2000 this year and Norway is his first rally of 2009. Read more...
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2009-02-03 – Petter Solberg has received confirmation from the FIA that he is allowed to
use active transmission systems on the Citroen Xsara World Rally car which
he is to drive on Rally Norway. Read more...
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2009-02-03 – He could be the winner of Rally Norway judging on Henning Solberg’s form in Rally Ireland last week. A fourth place on asphalt was a great result for the Norwegian and he is eager to continue to the show of form on home ground, which is more familiarly ice and snow. Read more...
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2009-02-03 – Andreas Mikkelsen and co-driver Ola Fløene will drive for Russian team, Team Uspenskiey Rally Tecnica, in the forthcoming Rally Norway WRC round. Swedish Patrik Flodin drives for the same team and won the most recent round of the Russian rally championship. Read more...
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2009-02-03 – Last year’s Junior World Champion and this year’s winner of Rally Monte Carlo, Sebastien Ogier, took home his first World Championship points in the WRC class with a 6th place in Rally Ireland. The Frenchman is now wondering what driving in Norwegian winter conditions will be like. Read more...
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2009-02-03 – Rally Ireland was a disappointment for Finnish Ford team-mates Jari-Matti Latvala and Miikka Anttila, but they are ready for revenge in Rally Norway. Read more...
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2009-02-02 – Rally Norway 2009 is approaching and the conditions at the stages are just perfect. But don’t take our word for it, here are pictures from the stages taken this weekend. Read more...
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2009-02-02 – Morrie Chandler President of the FIA's World Rally Championship Commission (WRCC) talks about rallying now, the turning point in the sport. He will visit Rally Norway 2009. Read more...
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2009-01-30 – North One Television and its subsidiary International Sportsworld Communicators Limited (ISC) have concluded a long term agreement with the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) for the World Rally Championship. Read more...
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2009-01-28 – Breath taking stunts in Freestyle Motocross and Snowmobilecross will keep spectators on the edge of their seats at Rally Norway’s opening ceremony at Bjerke Racecourse Thursday 12 February. Read more...
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2009-01-28 – Norwegians Mads Østberg and Ole Kristian Unnerud have already made it known that they will enter Rally Norway in the newest Subaru Impreza WRC but today the Adapta World Rally Team announced they are adding a second car with fellow Norwegian Anders Grøndal and co-driver Maria Andersson from Sweden in the forthcoming Rally Norway WRC round. Read more...
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2009-01-26 – Patrik Sandell went to Monte Carlo to check out the performance of the Skoda Fabia Super 2000. Three weeks later he is to become the first independent competitor to use this new car when he starts Rally Norway on 12 February. Read more...
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2009-01-26 – Petter Solberg has confirmed on his official website that he will drive a Citroën Xsara in upcoming Rally Norway, ending weeks of speculation following Subaru’s pre-Christmas announcement to withdraw from WRC with immediate effect. Read more...
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2009-01-20 – Rally teams can be carbon neutral in Norway, or even for the entire 2009 Rally Championship. Read more...
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2009-01-13 – Close to 50 competitors have submitted their entries to Rally Norway, taking place 12-15 February. The start list includes drivers from twenty nations as well as ten Norwegians and is a strong field for the WRC’s second event of 2009. Read more...
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2009-01-13 – 2009 will see the final year of the World Rally Car era as we know it, before transitional technical changes are announced for 2010 as part of the change to the new formula, which comes fully into effect in 2011. Read more...
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2009-01-09 – Sweden will have two drivers in P-WRC 2009 with Rally Norway 2009 as the opening round: Patrik Sandell/Emil Axelsson will be driving for the Red Bull Rally Team and Patrik Flodin/Göran Bergsten for Uspenskiy Rally Tecnica (URT). Read more...
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2009-01-09 – Temperatures well below zero and a generous covering of snow – winter arrived in the picturesque eastern provinces with the mountain areas that will host Rally Norway 2009. Read more...
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2009-01-06 – Although all entries being top class cars, the closing date for entries to Rally Norway 2009 has been extended one week. Read more...
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2009-01-05 – Tickets are now available online! In Rally Norway’s ticket shop you’ll find rally passes, day passes, Oslo passes and the official programme «Fire & Ice» Rally Norway’s ticket shop
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2008-12-23 – The two Norwegian FIA Clubs, Royal Norwegian Automobile Club (KNA) and Norwegian Automobile Federation (NAF) are new shareholders in the Norwegian WRC round, Rally Norway. Read more...
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2008-12-09 – The new collection of Rally Norway 2009 products is on sale now. Find your rally favourite among stylish jackets, hats, gloves, caps and T-shirts in adult and children’s sizes. Read more...
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2008-11-24 – Tickets for Rally Norway 2009 are available now! Read more...
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2008-09-24 – The World Rally Championship will feature a brand new Manufacturer Team in 2009 after Subaru finalised a deal yesterday with the Norwegian based Adapta World Rally Team. Read more...
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2008-09-12 – Rally Guide 1 (RG1) is now available. This document provides practical information for competitors, teams and media. Read more...
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2008-07-01 – The Bjerkebanen trotting track in Oslo becomes the arena for the opening show and the first special stage of Rally Norway on 12 February 2009. Read more...
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2008-06-11 – Rally Norway congratulates Wales Rally GB, the final round of this year's FIA World Rally Championship, for achieving CarbonNeutral® event status, confirming that the event's carbon footprint is now 'net zero'. Read more...
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2008-02-13 – Rally enthusiasts in Norway can start counting down the days, as it is now exactly one year until the launch of Rally Norway and the preparations are already underway. Read more...
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2007-12-07 – Today FIA World Motor Sport Council appointed Rally Norway to organise Norway's next WRC round 13-15 February 2009. Read more...
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2007-12-04 – The winter has come to Rally Norway. Outside it is –10 C° and the conditions are superb. Read more...
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2007-10-28 – Rally Norway is keenly anticipating a celebration of its nomination as the year’s first WRC round in 2009. Read more...
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2007-09-24 – Norway’s first WRC round 15–18 February 2007 provided more than 10 million Euros in additional income to the region where the world championship took place. Read more...
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2007-05-08 – With a very successful first WRC event on Norwegian soil, Rally Norway is going all out to ensure that Rally Norway is a regular organiser on the future WRC calendar. Read more...
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2007-03-28 – The rally circus has returned to Europe and the number of Norwegian teams taking part continues to grow with a total of five teams entered in Rally Portugal this weekend. Read more...
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2007-03-06 – President of the FIA's World Rally Championship Commission (WRCC) Morrie Chandler was present in Rally Norway, and gave an insight into the status quo on world championship issues. Read more...
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2007-02-21 – Thousands of enthusiastic spectators, happy drivers and teams and also international observers who nodded approvingly: it is not surprising Rally Norway Managing Director Even Wiger was smiling more than usual. Read more...
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2007-02-18 – Ford claimed all three podium places on the Rally Norway today with the Focus RS World Rally Car. Read more...
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2007-02-18 – Swedish driver P-G Andersson (Suzuki) and co-driver Jonas Andersson drove a faultless rally to take victory on the opening round of the 2007 FIA Junior Rally Championship. Read more...
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2007-02-18 – Driver comments after Rally Norway. Read more...
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2007-02-18 – The Mountain stage (SS11 and SS15) was popular, and it proved fortuitous that it was run twice. Read more...
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2007-02-18 – Mikko Hirvonen took victory for Ford in the inaugural Rally Norway WRC Read more...
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2007-02-18 – End of stage flashes from SS 18 Elverum 2 Read more...
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2007-02-18 – Comments from the drivers at Service G Read more...
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2007-02-18 – End of stage flashes from SS 17 Hamar 2 Read more...
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