HHandbrakesandbrakes airpins HHairpins g he world of rallyin & yyourour insightinsight intointo thet world of rallying CCoverover LLatvalaatvala wwins!ins! IIssuessue 114444 • 5 - 1111 AAugug 22010010 hhttp://handbrakeshairpins.wordpress.comttp://handbrakeshairpins.wordpress.com FFeatureseatures NNewsews L’Estage wins EEventsvents Breen at WRC bronze, P9 LP,LPP1P, P18P1 Rally Finland Drew Sturrock Carnival City 400 reports, P10 SARC,SA P13 news update Horsey takes X G, P17 RRaceFansTV has top ten, P8 rallyr channel Contents / Issue 144 04 News Welcome to H&H! 06 Features Welcome to issue 144 of HANDBRAKES & HAIRPINS, your FREE weekly insight into 07 Breen strong in Finland the world of rallying! 08 Horsey takes top ten in Finland Another jam-packed issue for you, 09 L’Estage wins bronze at X Games 16 dear readers, this week. We also have a 10 Sturrock succeeds in Port Elizabeth new COMPETITION for you, dear readers, 11 Rallycross comes to the USA with the Stobart M-Sport Ford Rally Team! For details, click to Page 18. As always, I hope you enjoy this week’s exciting edition! 12 Events 13 Volkswagen Rally 2WD REVIEW Yours in Rallying, 14 WRC Rally Finland REVIEW 16 Int’l Rally of Queensland REVIEW Evan Rothman 17 X Games 16 REVIEW 18 Lurgan Park Rally REVIEW Contact Editorial Information E-mail us [email protected] Editor Evan Rothman Call us +27 83 452 6892 Photojournalist Eva Kovkova Surf us http://wp.me/pkXc Contributors RallyBuzz, Drew Sturrock, Jordan Murphy, Motorpics To receive your FREE weekly HANDBRAKES & HAIRPINS eMagazine, All content copyrighted property of or if you’d like to share this with a friend HANDBRAKES & HAIRPINS, 2007- please send your e-mail address to 10. 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If not you’re missing out… send an e-mail with your first name, last name and the e-mail address to use to: [email protected] click>> read >> enjoy your insight into the world of rallying http://handbrakeshairpins.wordpress.com NNewsews tthehe world’sworld’s latestlatest rallyrally nnewsews NEWS JOIN HANDBRAKES & HAIRPINS ON DAILY ONLINE UPDATES FACEBOOK OR TWITTER For your convenience, here are the news items in this easy-to- click menu page: With the ever-increasing number of events and news items WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP being published on a daily basis, HANDBRAKES & HAIRPINS Latvala fl ies to glory in Finland: http://wp.me/ppkXc-1sR has published relevant news items to its website and Facebook Mikko Hirvonen’s HUGE WRC Rally Finland crash - VIDEO: Page, and we also feature breath-taking videos from YouTube! http://wp.me/ppkXc-1t5 Massive Group N crash (rolling x8 ) - WRC Rally Finland 2010 Day One: http://wp.me/ppkXc-1tt Kankkunen’s WRC Comeback (long video version) - WRC Rally Finland 2010: http://wp.me/ppkXc-1tr Ford’s YouTube WRC Rally Finland Review: http://wp.me/ ppkXc-1tp Flying Finn succumbs to speedy Swede in epic FSTi battle: http://wp.me/ppkXc-1tc Rally legend Kankkunen takes Abu Dhabi Spirit of the Rally Award in Finland: http://wp.me/ppkXc-1t7 SS14 of 2010 WRC Rally Finland: Jari-Matti Latvala’s mesmerised all rivals (WITH VIDEO): http://wp.me/ppkXc-1u3 EUROPEAN AND INTERCONTINENTAL RALLY CHALLENGE SERIES Rossetti to uphold Abarth honour in Madeira IRC: http:// wp.me/ppkXc-1sA Skoda vows to hit back on Rali Vinho Madeira: http://wp.me/ ppkXc-1sy Love Cyprus Golden Stage Rally plans take shape: http:// wp.me/ppkXc-1sO Meeke expects close Madeira fi ght with Magalhaes: http:// wp.me/ppkXc-1sC Wittmann targets Zlin for IRC return: http://wp.me/ppkXc-1sE IRC Rally Vinho Madeira preview: http://wp.me/ppkXc-1sI BRITISH AND IRISH RALLYING Northern Irish lead BRC into home event: http://wp.me/ ppkXc-1sN Breen Debuts Kick Energy Ford Fiesta to 19th in World Rally Finland: http://wp.me/ppkXc-1t2 Citroen’s DS3 RS set for Ulster shakedown: http://wp.me/ ppkXc-1u5 RaceFansTV has a Rally Channel: http://wp.me/ppkXc-1tM From rookie to rally champion - all in one year!: http://wp.me/ ppkXc-1tJ AFRICAN AND SOUTH AFRICAN RALLYING AND OFF-ROAD RACING Underdogs set to have their day on 4X4 Mega World 400 at Carnival City: http://wp.me/ppkXc-1sW USA AND RALLYCAR RALLY NEWS AND EVENTS Foust wins X Games: http://wp.me/ppkXc-1sY Download the FREE iRally app! 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FFeatureseatures yyourour insightinsight intointo thethe wworldorld ooff rrallyingallying FEATURES BREEN SWEEPS TO STRONG FIN(N)ISH IN FIESTA S2000 Story: Staff Writer sights early in the season that this would Picture: www.rallyprint.com be the perfect venue to debut the Kick Energy Fiesta by taking on the world’s In his First World Rally best and fi nd out where he stood when Championship event in the “KICK the last gravel stage was completed. ENERGY” Ford Fiesta S2000, Craig The biggest accident of his Breen recorded his best result at career to date knocked his confi dence six world level, 19th Overall, tenth in weeks ago, but it also served to refocus the N4 class and the fi fth Ford Fiesta him both mentally and physically. There S2000 home. wasn’t to be a Class win in 2010, but Breen started Thursday what has been achieved is, Breen is evening’s super special starting to mature as by jumping from his a driver, he can set a seeding of 67th to Craig Breen goal and achieve it, 34th, and as the most he will not let outside technical rally in the recorded his infl uences draw his WRC resumed on attention away from Friday morning Breen best result at the bigger picture. His started his rise up world level, stage times give an the leaderboard. This ideal example of this; culminated with the 19th overall, on every test that was current Irish Young repeated, the Kick Rally driver of the year tenth in N4 Energy car improved claiming his highest it’s time from the fi nish of his career on class. previous run. the world stage. Breen got the perfect boost Craig Breen, who turned 20 last last week just before the event when February has had WRC Rally Finland in word came through that he had been the back of his mind from the time he nominated by Motorsport Ireland to decided to purchase the Fiesta S2000. represent his Country in the forthcoming Twelve months ago he got Northern European section of the Pirelli his fi rst taste of what the locals call Star Driver Shootout in Sweden. The “Jyväskylä Suurajot” (the “Jyväskylä shootout will take place in conjunction Great Race”). On his way to securing the with the Snapphane Rally in Hassleholm, 2009 FSTi title, Breen claimed a Class Sweden, on August 14th. Breen will win in Finland, on his fi rst outing after a compete against drivers from Finland, rally-long fi ght with Jussi Kumpumäki. Sweden, Norway, Germany and the UK. After moving to the S2000, Breen set his FEATURES TANAK WINS PWRC, HORSEY CLAIMS TOP TEN IN FINLAND Story: Staff Writer but a puncture slowed him in SS15 due to the reversed running order for Pictures: FIA and Geoff Mayes Media and left him on the bottom step of the Thursday night’s televised opening podium at the end of the second day. stage. Neste Oil Rally Finland is always Paddon admitted he had struggled to a special event, but this year’s fi nd his rhythm on the opening day, not Peter Horsey said: “Being the 60th anniversary was even more helped by a vibration from the wheels fi rst car over the ramp at the start of special – and more demanding as and diffi culties in getting the set-up of the event was an amazing feeling for the three-day schedule was packed the Mitsubishi to his liking.