SECOND CONSECUTIVE PWRC VICTORY FOR AL-ATTIYAH

Nasser Al-Attiyah’s impressive performance on Italian soil secured him a second consecutive victory in a Prodrive Impreza N2009 at the fifth round of the Production World Rally Championship (PWRC), Rally Sardinia. Nasser secured victory by just 1.5 seconds from Patrick Sandell’s Skoda Fabia S2000 in a nail-bitign finish.

The Barwa World Rally Team driver completed day one just six seconds off the lead despite feeling unwell. The Qatari driver drove consistently on day two and started day three securely in second place, 23.5 seconds off the lead. Intent on taking maximum points, Al-Attiyah closed the gap to first place to just 8.6 seconds on the opening stage of the day. He pushed through the final two stages to score one of the most exciting victories ever in the PWRC,

Al-Attiyah’s victory in Sardinia puts him at the top of the championship with three rounds to go with the next event taking place at the of Greece on 12–14 June.

Mads Ostberg was also competing in Sardinia in his Prodrive Impreza WRC2008 and, despite steering problems forcing him to retire on Saturday, the driver entered under SuperRally regulations on Sunday to finish seventh overall.

Patrick Snijers won seven out of 12 stages to claim victory at the Soenens Rally in a BMA-supported Prodrive Impreza S12. The event was not only the first round of the Euro Rally Challenge but also a round of the Dutch and Belgium Rally Championship. In a Prodrive Impreza WRC2008 collected only a few days before the event, Mark Van Eldik made his return to rallying to finish fifth in class in his first event since his accident on the Hellendoorn Rally last year.

The Jim Clark International Rally took place at the weekend and counted as a point scoring round of the British Rally Championship (BRC), Irish Tarmac championship (ITC) and MSA Asphalt Rally Championship. claimed his fifth consecutive victory at the event in a Pirelli TEG-Sport-supported Prodrive Impreza N11, the third round of the BRC. Higgins is now only two points behind first place in the championship. Team-mate, Adam Gould, took his first podium finish, taking third place in a Prodrive Impreza N14.

Melvyn Evans claimed victory in the MSA Asphalt Rally Championship in his Prodrive Impreza S11. Scoring his fourth consecutive maximum score in the championship, Evans is now almost untouchable at the top of the standings as drivers take their best five results to count towards their final position. David Mann made it an Impreza one-two in a Nortech Motorsport-supported Prodrive Impreza S6.

In the ITC category, Tim McNulty and Eamonn Boland took second and third place on the podium, both in Dom Buckley- supported Prodrive World Rally Cars.

Niall Maguire claimed victory at the Cavan Stages Rally, round three of the Border Stages Rally Championship, in his Wesley Emerson-supported Prodrive Impreza S11. Finishing in second place, and also in a Prodrive Impreza S11, was Kevin Barrett.

RESULTS FROM RALLY D’ITALIA SARDEGNA, RD.5 PWRC / RD.6 WRC

driver / car team result “Nasser Al-Attiyah in action” Nasser Al-Attiyah / Subaru Impreza N2009 Barwa World Rally Team / Autotek 1st PWRC weekend Gianluca Linari / Subaru Impreza N2009 GB Motors 7th PWRC Gabor Mayer / Subaru Impreza N14 Gaboko Racing 8th PWRC Mads Ostberg / Subaru Impreza WRC2008 Adapta World Rally Team 7th WRC review Pierlorenzo Zanchi / Subaru Impreza S10 Aimont Racing Team 24th WRC RESULTS FROM SEZOENS RALLY, RD.1 EUROPEAN RALLY CHALLENGE / DUTCH RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP / BELGIUM RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP

driver / car team result Patrick Snijers / Subaru Impreza S12 BMA 1st in class & o/a Mark Van Eldik / Subaru Impreza WRC2008 ATM Motorsport 5th in class / Subaru Impreza S12 Wevers Sport 9th in class Nelis Verkooijen / Subaru Impreza N14 Stitching Racing 7th in class Edwin Schilt / Subaru Impreza N14 ATM Motorsport 11th in class

RESULTS FROM JIM CLARK RALLY, RD.3 BRITISH RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP / RD.4 IRISH TARMAC CHAMPIONSHIP / RD.4 MSA ASPHALT RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP

driver / car team result Mark Higgins / Subaru Impreza N11 Pirelli TEG Sport 1st BRC Euan Thurburn / Subaru Impreza N12 Revolution Wheels 3rd BRC Adam Gould / Subaru Impreza N14 Pirelli TEG Sport 4th BRC Geoff Jones / Subaru Impreza N14 Revolution Wheels 7th BRC Chris Firth / Subaru Impreza N10 Chris Firth 9th BRC Tim McNulty / Subaru Impreza S12b Dom Buckley Motorsport 2nd ITC Eamonn Boland / Subaru Impreza S12c Dom Buckley Motorsport 3rd ITC Melvyn Evans / Subaru Impreza S11 Melvyn Evans 1st MSA David Mann / Subaru Impreza S6 Nortech Motorsport 2nd MSA

RESULTS FROM CAVAN STAGES RALLY, RD.3 BORDER STAGES RALLY

driver / car team result Niall Maguire / Subaru Impreza S11 Wesley Emerson 1st Kevin Barrett / Subaru Impreza S11 Kenny McKinstry Motorsport 2nd Sean Devine / Subaru Impreza S11 Wesley Emerson 6th weekend “Patrick Snijers in action” Please contact your account manager for further information on the Subaru Impreza World Rally and Group N cars. Prodrive, Acorn Way, Banbury, Oxon, OX16 3ER T +44 (0)1295 273355 E [email protected] review W www.prodrive-sales.com