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COATES HIRE RALLY AUSTRALIA Contents SEPTEMBER 11 - 14, 2014

IN EVERY ISSUE! EDITOR IN CHIEF: Gordon Lomas 5 EDITORIAL/CONTENTS 7 COVER STORY JOURNALIST: 9 SEASON SO FAR Tom Howard 10 SPECIAL STAGE MAP 16 CAR COMPARISON DESIGN: 18 ENTRY LIST Kirstie Fuentes 20 RALLY TERMINOLOGY 22 CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS SALES/MARKETING: 23 PREVIOUS WINNERS 30 MIKKELSEN/KUBICA Leisa Emberson 25 OGIER/LATVALA 31 PADDON 26 CITROEN MEEKE/OSTBERG 33 WRC CHAMPIONS PARTNERS: 27 M SPORT HIRVONEN/EVANS 35 TV TIMES Armor All 28 HYUNDAI NEUVILLE/ATKINSON 36 SCHEDULE EVENT Castrol Edge Coates Hire Crimsafe Dunlop Porsche Beko Tata Motors Pirtek Honda SEASON SO FAR COVER STORY

OGIER LEADS THE WAY TAMING THE WILD AUSSIE BUSH Defending world champion Sebastien Ogier Even in the unpredictable world of , was off to a flying start winning the round as the German round was a rollercoaster ride 9 Volkswagen... 7 of mammoth proportions... Atkinson fired up for Rally Oz return

ustralia’s best performed driver has a point to prove on many fronts at Coffs A Harbour. Our proud platinum partners In and out of drives at the top level since his days as a Subaru factory driver ended after 2008, Atkinson and co-driver Stephane Prevot will crew the ™ #8 Hyundai Shell World Rally Team i20. After hooking up as one of Hyundai’s development All-In-One Security and test drivers last year, the German-based squad announced Atkinson as one of several drivers who will share the rotational seat in the second i20 beside the team’s only full-timer . finishes, Atkinson has paid his dues and is armed with Atkinson was given the duties of competing the ability to climb to the top step. at Mexico in March where he managed to battle Whether Volkswagen or Hyundai’s history-making against breakages and finish in the points in seventh Neuville will allow that is another matter. position. However Hyundai has not been forthcoming with any other rallies for Atkinson this season. It means that Rally Australia, aside from the nationalistic viewpoint, remains arguably the most Gordon Lomas important event in his long career. Editor in Chief, A winner of 41 WRC special stages and six podium Speedcafe.com www.speedcafe.com

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Taming the wild Aussie bush

ven in the unpredictable world But Latvala would also crash before KrisOur proudFor only the platinum second time this seasonpartners of rallying, the German round Meeke met the same fate after inheriting Hyundai will draft Australia’s most was a rollercoaster ride of the lead with a pace-note mistake seeing his successful WRC driver, Chris Atkinson, into E ™ mammoth proportions. Citroen DS3 become intimate with a wall. the #8 i20 with Stephane Prevot calling the

Before the event had started Hyundai’s It left Hyundai’s Neuville in front with pace notes. All-In-One Security campaign appeared doomed when Thierry team-mate second with the But based on previous Rally Australia results Neuville crashed during the shakedown, pair completed an historic WRC one-two and outright performance in 2014, Hyundai leaving the squad a tight schedule to fix for the Korean manufacturer. will need more than an ounce of luck. substantial damage. The maiden WRC victory had been While Hyundai were not yet on the A monumental effort saw Neuville make helped in no uncertain terms by the scene, Volkswagen were at a level of the start of the rally which then saw world unusually high amount of retirements domination rarely seen at Rally Australia champion Sebastien Ogier crash not once ahead of Neuville. last year. but twice. It was the first rally of the year where While there have been some tweaks His Volkswagen team-mate Jari-Latvala Volkswagen did not climb the top step of including a new super special stage and was in control at the front and seemingly the podium. service park location the stages out in just had to make the finish to maintain Hyundai will go into Australia with a the forest to the north and south of Coffs Volkswagen’s perfect record in the nine massive amount of confidence headed by Harbour remain relatively the same. rounds in 2014. their full-time lead driver Neuville. Ogier captured 19 of the 22 stages last www.speedcafe.com 8 Coates Hire Rally Australia I Cover Story

year with winning the the history of the WRC. opening sprint in the satellite factory Polo “We’re proud of this. However, it won’t be with Latvala winning SS10 while Mikko easy to be successful once again.” Hirvonen was the only non VW driver to Latvala was stung by letting a certain 25 win a stage. points slip through his fingers after Ogier Volkswagen team boss Jost Capito said had crashed for a second time with his rally it will be more challenging to repeat the over. domination this year but says Ogier and With the difference remaining 44 points Latvala can maintain maximum attack in favour of Ogier, Latvala remains positive against each other in the race for the title. about his chances against his world Ogier currently holds a 44-point margin champion team-mate. at the top of the standings over Latvala. “In Germany it was all those points “With the current situation in the world (gone), given the position I was in, we championship it has the potential to be would be in a good position fighting now particularly exciting in 2014,” Capito said. for the title.,” Latvala said. “In the Ogier versus Latvala duel, both “But okay the mistake did happen and I drivers have been given the go-ahead to have to learn from it but I have not given fight for victory. up for the fight yet. “We also have a good chance of “It will be more difficult for sure but being able to celebrate winning the anything is still possible. manufacturers’ title early. “I need to be clever and I need the points “Last year we won 21 of 22 special stages and need to finish now. and started the longest winning streak in “But I’m still going to go for it and fight.”

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SEASON SO FAR: OGIER LEADS THE WAY

Round 1 - Monte Carlo (Jan 14-19): Round 4 Portugal (April 3-6): commanding the event with Latvala turning Defending world champion Sebastien Ogier and Ingrassia surged to a fourth win the tables on Ogier in a continuation of their Ogier was off to a flying start winning the in Portugal to be one short of the king of intense inter-team dual. round as Volkswagen started in ominous the country’s rally, Markku Alen with five. picked up more valuable form with a blindingly quick car. and co-driver Jarmo points for Citroen to claim the final podium The surprise of the event was Bryan Letinen earned a much needed second position. Bouffier, the Hyundai test driver, who place with Mads Ostberg and Jonas was campaigning in a one-off M-Sport Andersson claiming third. Round 9 Germany (August 21-24): prepared Ford Fiesta who finished second The win kept VW’s factory effort With the score sheet 5-3 in favour of Ogier ahead of Citroen’s Kris Meeke. unbeaten. over Latvala, VW’s invincibility showed no Hyundai’s re-entry as an official factory- signs of weakening. backed effort got off to shaky start with its Round 5 Argentina (May 8-11): However in one of the most tumultuous lead driver Thierry Neuville crashing heavily The Volkswagen juggernaut kept rolling results seen in the WRC, the German in the opening stage. with Latvala/Anttila scoring their second manufacturer would see its colours Team-mate Dani Sordo would last until win of the year with just over 1:25s to spare lowered. SS5 before being being forced out with over Ogier/Ingrassia. Hyundai went into the final day with an electrical problems. Citroen’s Kris Meeke finished third ahead historic victory within its grasp. of Mikkelsen with Neuville claiming fifth for After seeing Ogier and later Latvala both Round 2 - Sweden (February 5-8): Hyundai. crashing off the road, Hyundai pair Neuville Volkswagen maintained its seemingly and Sordo found themselves first and considerable edge on the first snow rally Round 6 Sardinia (June 5-8): second and duly finished with a Korean but not through Ogier. Running to form, Volkswagen maintained quinella, the first WRC success in two Jari-Matti Latvala took the honours to its domination over the field with Ogier different eras for the marque. lead home team-mate Andreas Mikkelsen and Ingrassia claiming their fourth win. Andreas Mikkelsen guided his Polo R and the Citroen of Mads Ostberg. Ostberg/Andersson claimed second for to the final podium spot after his more Ogier was mired down in sixth place Citroen with Latvala/Anttila filling the fancied team-mates had been upstaged. while Hyundai’s attack again showed no joy podium. After 9 of 13 rounds Ogier leads the points with Neuville in 28th and Juho Hanninen, Our onproud 187 over Latvala platinum (143) with Mikkelsen partners handling the #8 i20, in 19th. Round 7 Poland (June 26-29): third on 110 in an all VW top three. Ogier completed the 24 stages of the Round 3 - Mexico (March 6-9): combined Polish/Lithuanian rally to lead ™

Sebastien Ogier and co-driver Julien home a VW quinella with Mikkelsen just All-In-One Security Ingrassia struck back immediately to over one minute in the Frenchman’s wake. maintain concentration over the rough, Neuville took another strong result for long 22-stage rally to have more than a Hyundai with Latvala in fifth. minute to spare over Jari-Matti Latvala and Hyundai’s Hanninen was sixth while co-driver . newcomer to the Korean brand, Kiwi After a rocky start to its campaign, the and his co-driver John Shell Hyundai World Rally Team claimed Kennard were eighth. its first podium with Neuville and claiming third. Round 8 Finland (July 31-August 3): Australia’s Chris Atkinson was given his After the summer break, the maiden rally after leading the squad in championship returned to the time- testing last year and guided the #8 i20 into honoured big jumps of the Finnish roads. the points in seventh place. Little changed however with VW www.speedcafe.com 10 Coates Hire Rally Australia I Special Stage Map

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Hyundai World Rally Car versus road car

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Rally Australia Entry List

ENTRY LIST 11 - 14 SEPTEMBER 2014

Comp. Driver Competitor Nat Car Class Pri. Elig. No Co-Driver 1 OGIER Sebastien FRA VOLKSWAGEN RC1 1 M INGRASSIA Julien FRA Polo R WRC 2 VOLKSWAGEN MOTORSPORT LATVALA Jari-Matti FIN VOLKSWAGEN RC1 1 M ANTTILA Miikka FIN Polo R WRC 3 CITROËN TOTAL ABU DHABI WORLD MEEKE Kris GBR CITROËN RC1 1 M RALLY TEAM NAGLE Paul IRL DS3 WRC 4 CITROËN TOTAL ABU DHABI WORLD OSTBERG Mads NOR CITROËN RC1 1 M RALLY TEAM ANDERSSON Jonas SWE DS3 WRC 5 M-SPORT WORLD RALLY TEAM HIRVONEN Mikko FIN FORD RC1 1 M LEHTINEN Jarmo FIN Fiesta RS WRC 6 M-SPORT WORLD RALLY TEAM EVANS Elfyn GBR FORD RC1 1 M BARRITT Daniel GBR Fiesta RS WRC 7 NEUVILLE Thierry BEL HYUNDAI RC1 1 M GILSOUL Nicolas BEL i20 WRC 8 HYUNDAI MOTORSPORT ATKINSON Chris AUS HYUNDAI RC1 1 M PREVOT Stephane BEL i20 WRC 9 VOLKSWAGEN MOTORSPORT II MIKKELSEN Andreas NOR VOLKSWAGEN RC1 1 FLOENE Ola NOR Polo R WRC 10 RK M-SPORT WORLD RALLY TEAM KUBICA Robert POL FORD RC1 1 T SZCZEPANIAK Maciej POL Fiesta RS WRC 20 HYUNDAI MOTORSPORT N PADDON Hayden NZL HYUNDAI RC1 1 T KENNARD John NZL i20 WRC 31 YAZEED RACING AL RAJHI Yazeed SAU FORD RC2 3 WRC2 ORR Michael GBR Fiesta RRC 32 PROTASOV Yuriy UKR FORD RC2 3 WRC2 CHEREPIN Pavlo UKR Fiesta RRC 33 WWW.RALLYPROJECT.COM srl RENDINA Max ITA MITSUBISHI RC2 3 WRC2 PIZZUTI Mario ITA Lancer Evo X Prod Cup 34 DRIVE DMACK TANAK Ott EST FORD RC2 3 WRC2 MOLDER Raigo EST Fiesta R5 35 DRIVE DMACK KETOMAA Jari FIN FORD RC2 3 WRC2 LINDSTROM Kaj FIN Fiesta R5 36 NASSER AL-ATTIYAH AL-ATTIYAH Nasser QAT FORD RC2 3 WRC2 BERNACCHINI Giovanni ITA Fiesta RRC 37 F.W.R.T srl BERTELLI Lorenzo ITA FORD RC2 3 WRC2 DOTTA Mitia ITA Fiesta RRC 38 JOURDAN SERDERIDIS SERDERIDIS Jourdan GRC FORD RC2 3 WRC2 MICLOTTE Frederic BEL Fiesta R5 45 BOSOWA RALLY TEAM AKSA Subhan IDN FORD RC2 3 WRC2 Our proud platinum partners platinum proud ARENAOur Nicola ITA Fiesta RRC 69 MATT VAN TUINEN VAN TUINEN Matt AUS SUBARU RC2 KELLY Erin AUS Impreza WRX Sti

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Some of rallying’s unique terminology and regulations explained;

PACE NOTES Co-driver reading back information about the road. Accuracy of these notes are crucial to performance. A misread of a note or poorly written notes can prove disastrous. The common method of rating corners is a 1-6 or 1-10 system (1 being a tight corner). Notes will often be read out such as ‘100 (metres( 3 right into 4 right’ for example.

ROAD BOOK A navigational guide with maps provided by the rally organiser with instructions on how to drive to a special stage from the service park. These detailed books are the bible in how crews operate during the considerable transport stages during a rally.

TIME CARD GPS tracking has not yet made the time card obsolete. Rally Car, RRC). This reconnaissance must be done at Co-drivers use this to calculate their time N4 and R4 class cars are also based on speeds between 30-90km/h depending on of arrival at the next time control. production models which feature four- the conditions. A time control marshal adds the actual wheel-drive and turbo charged engines. This vital preparation is one of the keys to time to the card at the end of a special R5 is for production models with a 1.6litre the skill of rally driving. stage. turbo where less modifications than RRC It is crucial in fixing any problems which can be made but where the air restrictor may occur particularly if there are any can be 2 mm larger. computer errors. The rest of the field comprises front-drive cars in sub categories RC5, RC5, and RC3 STICKERS focussing on production-based bodywork. Coloured stickers on windscreens Key engine differences are: RC5: naturally determine different classes within a rally. aspirated max 2 litre or turbo with max 1.4litre. RC4: naturally aspirated with max Green = WRC 2 litre a turbo with max 1.6 litre or a turbo Red = WRC2 diesel with a max 2litre. Orange = WRC3 The GT class is for cars which include Blue = Juniorpartners WRC platinum proud PorscheOur 911s.

ROAD STAGE RALLY2 Driving™ from one special stage to another Allows crews to line up for action the next is called a transport. liaison or road section y t Securi ne O n- I All- day if they are forced to abandon a stage phase of the rally. through a breakdown or accident. Most are on public roads which means For every special stage a team misses, a 5 the rally cars must be road registered. minute penalty is added to their best time. If the only stage they miss is the final one, CARS a 10 minute penalty is levied. WRC: Contested in 2014 by the Rally 2 does not apply for the last leg of a Volkswagen, Citroen, Hyundai and Ford rally nor is it in place for events such as the factory teams. season-opening Monte Carlo. RC2: Three types of vehicles which are similar in performance comprise this RECCE class. are based on production Prior to an event teams are allowed to models which are naturally aspirated drive stages in order to write and perfect 2-litre, a 1.6-litre turbo petrol (Regional their pace notes.

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WRC CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS

TOP 20 WRC TEAMS CHAMPIONSHIP Pos Driver Points Pos Team Points 1 Sebastien Ogier 187 1 Volkswagen Motorsport 305 2 Jari-Matti Latvala 143 2 Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT 138 3 Andreas Mikkelsen 110 3 Hyundai Motorsport 131 4 Mads Ostberg 74 4 M-Sport Ltd 128 5 Thierry Neuville 73 5 Volkswagen Motorsport II 109 6 Mikko Hirvonen 73 6 Jipocar Czech National Team 40 7 57 7 RK M-Sport WRT 21 8 Kris Meeke 54 8 Hyundai Motorsport N 12 9 37 10 26 11 Juho Hanninen 20 12 18 13 Dani Sordo 18 14 12 15 Ott Tanak 11 16 Benito Guerra Latapi 8 17 Hayden Paddon 8 18 Chris Atkinson 6 19 6 20 Jaroslav Melichare 4

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PREVIOUS RALLY AUSTRALIA WINNERS

Year Driver Car 2013 Sebastien Ogier/ Volkswagen Polo R WRC 2012 Not held 2011 Mikko Hirvonen/ Ford Fiesta RS WRC 2010 Not held 2009 Mikko Hirvonen/Jarmo Lehtinen RS WRC 2008 Not held 2007 Not held 2006 Mikko Hirvonen/Jarmo Lehtinen Ford Focus RS WRC 2005 Francois Duval/Sven Smeets Citroen Xsara WRC 2004 Sebastien Loeb/ Citroen Xsara WRC 2003 / WRC 2002 Marcus Gronholm/Timo Rautiainen 206 WRC 2001 Marcus Gronholm/Timo Rautiainen Peugeot 206 WRC 2000 Marcus Gronholm/Timo Rautiainen Peugeot 206 WRC 1999 / Subaru Impreza WRC 1998 Tommi Makinen/Risbo Mannisenmaki Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V 1997 Colin McRae/Nicky Grist Subaru Impreza WRC 1996 Tommi Makinen/Seppo Harjanne Mitsubishi Lancer Evo III 1995 /Staffan Parmander Mitsubishi Lancer Evo III 1994 Colin McRae/Derek Ringer Subaru Impreza 1993 /Nicky Grist Toyota Celica GT-Four ST185 1992 /Bernard Occelli Lancia Delta HF Integrale 1991 Juha Kankkunen/Juha Piironen Lancia Delta Integrale 16V 1990 Juha Kankkunen/Juha Piironen Lancia Delta Integrale 16V 1989 Juha Kankkunen/Juha Piironen Toyota Celica GT-Four ST 165 1988 Ingvar Carlsson/Per Carlsson Mazda 323 4WD

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TEAM: VOLKSWAGEN MOTORSPORT CAR: POLO R WRC

DRIVER: SEBASTIEN OGIER BAGMAN COMMENT Made a small mistake with big consequences CO-DRIVER: JULIEN INGRASSIA crashing out on day one in Germany. Taking a penalty he re-entered the NATIONALITY: French next day only to crash out again. All but sealed DATE OF BIRTH: December 17, 1983 his maiden championship at Rally Australia last TOTAL CAREER CHAMPIONSHIPS: 3 year. The one they will all WRC DEBUT: Mexico, 2008 be chasing. WRC RALLY WINS: 21 CURRENT CHAMPIONSHIP POSITION: 1st (187 points) WEBSITE: http://www.sebastien-ogier.com/en/

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TEAM: VOLKSWAGEN MOTORSPORT CAR: POLO R WRC

DRIVER: JARI-MATTI LATVALA BAGMAN COMMENT Put in some of his best career performances this CO-DRIVER: MIIKKA ANTTILA year with three victories from the nine events to date. Faces another huge NATIONALITY: Finnish challenge to match team- mate Ogier who was in DATE OF BIRTH: April 3, 1984 invincible form at this TOTAL CAREER CHAMPIONSHIPS: 0 rally last year. WRC DEBUT: Great Britain, 2002 WRC RALLY WINS: 10 CURRENT CHAMPIONSHIP POSITION: 2nd (143 points) WEBSITE: http://www.jmlatvala.com/en/ #3

TEAM: CITROEN TOTAL ABU DHABI WRT CAR: CITROEN DS3 WRC

DRIVER: KRIS MEEKE BAGMAN COMMENT Found himself in the lead following the retirement CO-DRIVER: of Latvala with three stages to go in Germany. Made a mistake at the NATIONALITY: British start of SS16 which led to him crashing out of DATE OF BIRTH: July 2, 1979 the rally. Went away from Rally Australia with some TOTAL CAREER CHAMPIONSHIPS: 3 unhappy memories last WRC DEBUT: Great Britain, 2002 year and needs a big WRC RALLY WINS: 0 result here. CURRENT CHAMPIONSHIP POSITION: 8th (54 points) WEBSITE: http://www.krismeeke.com

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TEAM: CITROEN TOTAL ABU DHABI WRT CAR: CITROEN DS3 WRC

DRIVER: MADS OSTBERG BAGMAN COMMENT Had some decent results highlighted by a second CO-DRIVER: JONAS ANDERSSON place Sardinia. Out of the points then in Poland and Finland. Needs to strike a NATIONALITY: Norwegian clean effort here to keep Citroen in second place in DATE OF BIRTH: October 11, 1987 the manufacturer’s title TOTAL CAREER CHAMPIONSHIPS: 0 ahead of Hyundai. WRC DEBUT: Sweden, 2005 WRC RALLY WINS: 1 CURRENT CHAMPIONSHIP POSITION: 4th (74 points) WEBSITE: http://www.madsostberg.no #5

TEAM: M-SPORT WORLD RALLY TEAM CAR: FORD FIESTA RS WRC

DRIVER: MIKKO HIRVONEN BAGMAN COMMENT Season highlight was his second at Portugal CO-DRIVER: JARMO LEHTINEN behind Ogier. Remains without a WRC win since 2012 and played NATIONALITY: Finnish second fiddle on pace to his team-mate at the DATE OF BIRTH: July 31, 1980 German rally. Looking for a big result on the gravel TOTAL CAREER CHAMPIONSHIPS: 0 of Rally Australia. WRC DEBUT: Finland, 2002 WRC RALLY WINS: 15 CURRENT CHAMPIONSHIP POSITION: 6th (73 points) WEBSITE: www.mikkohirvonen.com

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TEAM: M-SPORT WORLD RALLY TEAM CAR: FORD FIESTA RS WRC

DRIVER: ELFYN EVANS BAGMAN COMMENT Cutting his teeth at the top level and has CO-DRIVER: put in some sound performances. Gathering plenty of experience NATIONALITY: Welsh and looking to push for another solid top five DATE OF BIRTH: December 28, 1988 finish after his equal best TOTAL CAREER CHAMPIONSHIPS: 3 of fourth in Germany. WRC DEBUT: Italy, 2013 WRC RALLY WINS: 0 CURRENT CHAMPIONSHIP POSITION: 7th (57 points) WEBSITE: www.elfynevans.com #7

TEAM: HYUNDAI SHELL WORLD RALLY TEAM CAR: I20 WORLD RALLY CAR

DRIVER: THIERRY NEUVILLE BAGMAN COMMENT Hyundai’s only full-time driver created history CO-DRIVER: NICOLAS GILSOUL by supplying the Korean giant with its first WRC win in Germany. NATIONALITY: Belgian Although inheriting positions Neuville took DATE OF BIRTH: June 16, 1988 full advantage to lead the team to a 1-2. It was his TOTAL CAREER CHAMPIONSHIPS: 0 third podium of the year WRC DEBUT: Spain, 2009 after thirds in Mexico and WRC RALLY WINS: 0 Poland. CURRENT CHAMPIONSHIP POSITION: 5th (73 points) WEBSITE: http://www.thierryneuville.be

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TEAM: HYUNDAI SHELL WORLD RALLY TEAM CAR: I20 WORLD RALLY CAR

DRIVER: CHRIS ATKINSON BAGMAN COMMENT Vastly experienced WRC campaigner who is only CO-DRIVER: STEPHANE PREVOT having his second world championship start this year with the Hyundai NATIONALITY: Australian factory team. Has a point to prove and will DATE OF BIRTH: November 30, 1979 be massively quick at his home rally. Has 41 WRC TOTAL CAREER CHAMPIONSHIPS: 4 stage wins to his credit. WRC DEBUT: New Zealand, 2004 WRC RALLY WINS: 0 CURRENT CHAMPIONSHIP POSITION: 18th (6 points) WEBSITE: www.atko.com.au

#9

TEAM: VOLKSWAGEN MOTORSPORT II CAR: POLO R WRC

DRIVER: ANDREAS MIKKELSEN BAGMAN COMMENT Only out of the points once this season at CO-DRIVER: OLA FLOENE Mexico earlier in the year. Up and coming driver who is highly regarded NATIONALITY: Norwegian within the Volkswagen Motorsport squad. DATE OF BIRTH: June 22, 1989 Looking a strong chance to secure a podium TOTAL CAREER CHAMPIONSHIPS: 2 again. WRC DEBUT: Great Britain, 2006 WRC RALLY WINS: 0 CURRENT CHAMPIONSHIP POSITION: 3rd (110 points) WEBSITE: http://www.andreasmikkelsen.no

#10

TEAM: RK M-SPORT WORLD RALLY TEAM CAR: FORD FIESTA RS WRC

DRIVER: ROBERT KUBICA BAGMAN COMMENT Began the 2014 season in brilliant fashion when CO-DRIVER: MACIEK SZCZEPANIAK he led the opening two stages of the in January. Only NATIONALITY: Polish two points scoring rallies have been Argentina and DATE OF BIRTH: December 12, 1984 Sardinia. Will again be quick at times but needs TOTAL CAREER CHAMPIONSHIPS: 2 to get to the finish on WRC DEBUT: Portugal, 2013 Sunday afternoon. WRC RALLY WINS: 0 CURRENT CHAMPIONSHIP POSITION: 14th (12 points) WEBSITE: #20

TEAM: HYUNDAI MOTORSPORT N CAR: I20 WORLD RALLY CAR

DRIVER: HAYDEN PADDON BAGMAN COMMENT Although this is his first year in full blown CO-DRIVER: WRC competition, has gathered plenty of experience at world level NATIONALITY: New Zealander since debuting in the PWRC at home in NZ DATE OF BIRTH: April 20, 1987 in 2007. Greatest year was 2011 when crowned TOTAL CAREER CHAMPIONSHIPS: 4 2011 PWRC champion. WRC DEBUT: Great Britain, 2007 Given huge opportunity in Hyundai’s satellite N WRC RALLY WINS: 0 factory team. CURRENT CHAMPIONSHIP POSITION: 18th (4 points) WEBSITE: http://haydenpaddon.com

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WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP WINNERS

Season Country Driver Car Wins 1977 Italy Sandro Munari Lancia Stratos HF 3 1978 Finland Markku Alén Fiat 131 Abarth 4 1979 Sweden Björn Waldegård Ford Escort RS1800 2 1980 West Germany Walter Röhrl Fiat 131 Abarth 4 1981 Finland Ford Escort RS1800 3 1982 West Germany Walter Röhrl Opel Ascona 400 2 1983 Finland Hannu Mikkola Audi Quattro A1/A2 4 1984 Sweden Audi Quattro A2/Sport Quattro 5 1985 Finland Peugeot 205 T16/E2 5 1986 Finland Juha Kankkunen Peugeot 205 T16 E2 3 1987 Finland Juha Kankkunen Lancia Delta HF 4WD 2 1988 Italy Lancia Delta HF 4WD 5 Lancia Delta Integrale 1989 Italy Miki Biasion Lancia Delta Integrale 5 Lancia Delta Integrale 16V 1990 Spain Toyota Celica GT-Four ST165 4 1991 Finland Juha Kankkunen Lancia Delta Integrale 16V 5 1992 Spain Carlos Sainz Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD 4 1993 Finland Juha Kankkunen Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD 5 1994 France Didier Auriol Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD 3 1995 United Kingdom Colin McRae Subaru Impreza 555 2 1996 Finland Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution III 5 1997 Finland Tommi Mäkinen Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IV 4 1998 Finland Tommi Mäkinen Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IV 5 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution V 1999 Finland Tommi Mäkinen Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VI 4 2000 Finland Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 206 WRC 4 2001 United Kingdom Richard Burns Subaru Impreza WRC 2001 1 Our proud platinum partners 2002 Finland Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 206 WRC 5

2003 Norway Petter Solberg Subaru Impreza WRC 2003 4 ™ 2004 France Sébastien Loeb Citroën Xsara WRC 6 All-In-One Security 2005 France Sébastien Loeb Citroën Xsara WRC 10 2006 France Sébastien Loeb Citroën Xsara WRC 8 2007 France Sébastien Loeb Citroën C4 WRC 8 2008 France Sébastien Loeb Citroën C4 WRC 11 2009 France Sébastien Loeb Citroën C4 WRC 7 2010 France Sébastien Loeb Citroën C4 WRC 8 2011 France Sébastien Loeb Citroën DS3 WRC 5 2012 France Sébastien Loeb Citroën DS3 WRC 9 2013 France Sébastien Ogier Volkswagen Polo R WRC 9 www.speedcafe.com

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TV Times

The Coates Hire Rally Australia will be shown on free-to-air television on ONE and Network TEN throughout the weekend. Friday September 12 - TEN DAY 1 Adelaide Brisbane Melbourne Sydney Perth 11.30pm- 11.30pm-12am 11.30pm-12am 11.30pm-12am 11.30pm-12am 12am Saturday September 13 - TEN DAY 2 Adelaide Brisbane Melbourne Sydney Perth 11.30pm- 11.30pm - 12am 11.30pm-12am 11.30pm-12am 11.30pm-12am 12am Sunday September 14 DAY 3 Adelaide Brisbane Melbourne Sydney Perth 3pm-4pm 3pm-4pm (ONE) 3pm-4pm (ONE) 3pm-4pm (ONE) 3pm-4pm (ONE) (ONE) 11pm-11.30pm 11pm-11.30pm 11pm-11.30pm 11pm-11.30pm 11pm-11.30pm (TEN) (TEN) (TEN) (TEN) (TEN)

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www.speedcafe.com 36 Coates Hire Rally Australia I Schedule Event Rally Australia Event Schedule

Thursday stage winners Rally Show 1.00 pm – 6.30 pm SS1 Coffs 1 1.60 km Andreas Mikkelsen 1:22.1 70.16km/h STAGE First WRC car due Stage Distance SS2 Coffs 2 1.60 km Sebastien Ogier 1:23.1 69.31km/h SS3 Tuckers Nob 1 8.44km Sebastien Ogier 5:27.9 92.66 km/h Friday SS4 Bellingen 1 10.72 km Sebastien Ogier 6:26.1 99.95 km/h SS1 - Hydes Creek I 9:18 am 10.73 KM SS5 Newry 1 24.91km Sebastien Ogier 15:10.1 98.53 km/h SS2 - Bellingen I 10:11 am 10.72 KM SS6 Tuckers Nob 2 8.44km Sebastien Ogier 5:20.8 94.71 km/h SS3 - Newry I 10:39 am 24.91 KM SS7 Bellingen 2 10.72km Sebastien Ogier 6:15.4 102.80km/h SS4 - Hydes Creek II 2:27 pm 10.73 KM SS8 Newry 2 24.91km Sebastien Ogier 14:38.8 102.04 km/h SS5 - Bellingen II 3:20 pm 10.72 KM SS9 Coffs 3 1.60km Sebastien Ogier 1:20.8 71.29 km/h SS6 - Newry II 3:48 pm 24.91 KM SS10 Coffs 4 1.60km Jari-Matti Latvala 1:19.8 72.18 km/h SS7 - Hyundai Super Special Stage I 6:30 pm (Classics start at 4.30 pm) 1.66 KM SS11 Nambucca 1 49.90km Sebastien Ogier 28:19.7 105.69km/h SS8 - Hyundai Super Special Stage II 6:40 pm (Classics start at 4.30 pm) 1.66 KM SS12 Valla 1 14.84km Sebastien Ogier 8:47.3 101.32km/h SS13 Nambucca 2 49.90km Sebastien Ogier 27:41.3 108.13km/h Our proud platinum partners Saturdayplatinum proud Our SS14 Valla 2 14.84km Sebastien Ogier 8:34.3 103.8 km/h SS9 - Nambucca I 8:18 am 49.37 KM SS15 Coffs 5 1.60km Sebastien Ogier 1:23.3 69.15km/h SS10 - Valla I 10:06 am 9.07 KM SS16 Coffs 6 1.60km Sebastien Ogier 1:21.4 70.76 km/h SS17 Bucca 1 10.89km Mikko Hirvonen 6:19.5 103.30km/h SS11 - ™ Nambucca II 2:24 pm 49.37 KM SS12 - Valla II 3:52 pm 9.07 KM SS18 Wedding Bells 1 22.24km Sebastien Ogier 11:29.0 116.20km/h SS13 - Hyundaiy t Securi ne O n- I All- Super Special Stage III 6:30 pm (Classics start at 4.30 pm) 1.66 KM SS19 Shipmans 1 29.44km Sebastien Ogier 15:08.7 116.63km/h SS14 - Hyundai Super Special Stage IV 6:40 pm (Classics start at 4.30 pm) 1.66 KM SS20 Bucca 2 10.89km Sebastien Ogier 6:07.7 106.62km/h SS21 Wedding Bells 2 22.24km Sebastien Ogier 11:11.2 119.28km/h Sunday SS22 Shipmans 2 29.44 km Sebastien Ogier 14:44.9 119.77km/h SS15 - Shipmans I 8:08 am 31.61 KM New for 2014 SS16 - Bucca I 9:16 am 10.83 KM New mixed surface super special stage which will be run in darkness at SS17 - Wedding Bells I 10:06 am 9.23 KM the end of Friday and Saturday’s action. SS18 - Shipmans II 12:52 pm 31.61 KM Service park switches to the C-ex Coffs International Stadium, which SS19 - Bucca II 2:00 pm 10.83KM adjoins the super special stage. SS20 - Wedding Bells II (Powerstage) 3:06 pm 9.23 KM Rally distance 20 special stages over 319.58km Total rally distance 946.54km www.speedcafe.com