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Likes to walk in the Swedish snow forests or on Portuguese dusty hills, likes to freeze, to get wet Handbrakes & Hairpins has created this rally-powered in the rain or to melt from the heat during photo wallpaper for the Apple iPhone 5. To download, simply hunts for fl ying cars and smiling faces. Also is save the image to your Camera Roll, or click on this link to known as a press ice bear working for South download: http://wp.me/apkXc-4xU. Africa :) OPENING SHOT The opening two stages of the 2013 WRC Rally Australia has provided intense action at the front, with a surprising battle between ’s and Citroën Racing’s . This is Rally Australia! Picture: Andre Lavadinho/Citroën Racing EVENT THE OTHER FAST POLE Words by H&H • Picture by ERC Media

We had a chat with rallying’s rising star Michal Kosciuszko, live with that. But I really want to do this rally.” Q: Poland hosted the ERC’s fi rst Qualifying Stage last the other fast Pole in the ERC in 2013... Q: So not competing was not an option, right? season and it’s back for this year. How important is MK: “Exactly. I couldn’t imagine not being on the start. road position on this event? Q: How ready are you for Rally Poland and your fi rst It’s a very beautiful rally sponsored by LOTOS, my main MK: “It’s very important but every driver has a point of start in this year’s ERC? sponsor. I’ve put all my energy to be ready. I’ve had only view about what works better. It depends on the weather MK: “Not so much because I have a fracture of one ten days to recover and normally the doctors say it’s six for sure but usually you don’t want to be far from the vertebra following a heavy landing on Rallye Deutschland to eight weeks of recovery time. In testing the fi rst feeling fi rst place because the ruts will appear quite soon. I have last month. It’s not so easy to drive, but I have a special was terrible and I couldn’t fi nd my rhythm. I felt really experience of qualifying but this stage is not representative protective belt for my chest to keep my position upright uncomfortable but after a few runs I get used to it.” of the rally, it’s on a track with a hard gravel base and the more than usual. It’s not so comfortable but it makes Q: You’re driving a for the fi rst time. set-up of the car will be different.” driving possible.” What are your impressions of the car? Q: How have you prepared for Rally Poland? Q: Did you fear you wouldn’t be able to take part? MK: “It’s a very good car, with a strong engine and fi ve- MK: “We will be quite well prepared but I won’t be 100 per MK: “I’ve had many medical tests and the fi rst reaction speed gearbox. You drive it like a Group N car, not sliding cent fi t and I will need to check what my limits are when I was I cannot compete, it’s a fracture and it’s not safe to do as much and you approach the corners not at such high am driving.” H&H it. Then I made check after check after check and fi nally speed and more in a straight line. You then need to throw they decided it’s not dangerous, just painful and I have to the car in the corners but you have the power to exit.” NEWS BREEN SET FOR POLAND Words by H&H • Picture by ERC Media

After a two month mid-season break, Peugeot Rally the European Championship schedule but it is also one Lefebvre in a 208 R2. Academy’s Craig Breen makes his return to the FIA of the oldest rallies in the world. This year’s anniversary Craig’s comments as he looks ahead to the European Rally Championship (ERC) this weekend as edition, the fi nal loose-surface round of the season, is set event: “It has been a very busy schedule this year to the ERC travels to Poland for Round Nine of the year. to be a big hit with fans. date but over the past few weeks I’ve had the biggest Breen at the wheel of a Peugeot 207 S2000 has Running through Poland’s stunning Masurian mid-season break of my career. I know that this year is had a strong opening half to the campaign and currently Lake District, the event Head Quarters, Service Park and a learning season in both terms of new events for me holds second place in the Championship standings. Super Special Stage are housed in one part of host town and my test programme with the new 208 T16. From the For the Polish event, Belgium co-driver Lara Mikołajki. The two-day rally begins on Saturday 14th and outset back in February I knew I would have this time off Vanneste will deputise for Breen’s regular co-driver Paul includes the opening seven special stages. The event then but when you’re programmed to compete it’s hard not to Nagle, as Paul has linked up with Andreas Mikkelsen in the concludes on Sunday 15th with the remaining six stages. be involved. Sitting at home following Rally Romania and WRC for the Rally Australia. For the second time this year after Açores, the Zlin was tough. I can’t wait to be back in the thick of the Celebrating 70 years in 2013, the Rally Poland Peugeot Rally Academy squad is full. Breen and Jérémi action.” H&H spectacular gravel event is not only a familiar fi xture on Ancian are driving Peugeot 207 S2000s and Stéphane

EVENT POLISH DELIGHTS FOR ERC Words by H&H • Picture by ERC Media

There’s no rest in the FIA European Rally With as many as eight drivers tipped as genuine this year, Mrągowo and Biskupiec. The action begins Championship (ERC). Less than a fortnight after title contenders for victory, there will be serious competition with the Qualifying Stage on the 2.50km Mikołajki stage leader Jan Kopecký stormed to glory in the Czech ahead on LOTOS 70 Rally Poland. Of the bulging 85-car from 16h00hrs on Friday. The results will be used to help Republic to signal the start of ERC Super September, entry, 15 drivers will be in S2000 or RRC cars, with four determine the starting order of the leading runners. there will be more serious competition ahead when competing in new-generation R5 machines. The ERC The second oldest rally in the world, the fi rst Rally Poland hosts Round Nine this weekend. Production Car Cup and ERC 2WD Championship both Poland – or Rajd Polski – took place in 1921 with a route Based in Mikołajki in the northeast of the country feature entries full of quality and quantity, while three starting and fi nishing in the capital Warsaw. A mainstay from 13 - 15 September, LOTOS 70 Rally Poland is one of drivers will chase success in the ERC Ladies’ Trophy of the ERC for many years, the event has also featured the oldest international rallies still in existence. including newcomer Joana Survilaitė from Lithuania. in the WRC on a handful of occasions, including in 1973 Formula One race winner is back LOTOS 70 Rally Poland features six repeated when FIA President Jean Todt co-drove Achim Warmbold to on ERC duty for a rare appearance in his homeland. The stages plus a super special in host town Mikołajki on victory. In addition to sponsoring the event, oil company 28-year-old, who hails from Kraków to the far south of the opening afternoon, which has capacity for 15,000 Grupa LOTOS is backing the cars of Kajetan Kajetanowicz, Poland, has led all three ERC events he has contested this spectators. High speeds are achieved on the all-gravel Michał Kościuszko and Robert Kubica. It is also supporting season, clocking the fastest stage time on 16 occasions tests in Poland’s stunning Masurian Lake District although Eurosport’s live coverage of four stages. Frenchman Bryan in his turbocharged Citroën DS3 RRC. Kubica has never this is no with few jumps and lots of wide Bouffi er is a three-time Polish champion, while his co- competed on Rally Poland before so will be relying on open areas maximising viewing opportunities for fans. driver Xavier Panseri lives in the country after meeting his the experience of his co-driver Maciej Baran, who has Tall grass lines sections of the route, which can limit partner during his time competing in Poland. H&H tackled the event on seven occasions since its relocation to visibility on the approach to corners. Corner cutting is best Mikołajki. avoided due to hidden rocks. There are two new stages EVENT READY FOR WESTERN CAPE’S SHOWDOWN Words by H&H • Picture by Evan Rothman

South Africa’s Western Cape rally fans will get their just three points from defending champions Gugu Zulu/ will be followed by the day’s fi nal 2km spectator-oriented fi rst opportunity this year to see the top contestants Carl Peskin (Volkswagen Sasolracing Polo Vivo S2000). special stage on tarred roads in the area of the CapeGate in the South African National Rally Championship on The hotly-contested S1600 Championship for two- shopping complex. This fi nal stage will start at 19h05 and home ground when the sixth round, the Toyota Cape wheel drive cars is led by Matthew Vacy-Lyle/Schalk van promises to be a highlight of the day for spectators. Dealer Rally, takes place this weekend. Heerden (Fragram Tools Toyota RunX), but with only 9,5 Saturday’s programme gets underway at Imperial Competitors are expecting wet weather points separating the top fi ve and three different winners Toyota CapeGate at 05h45 with the fi rst of the day’s conditions, rain-soaked ground and the traditional in the past fi ve rounds, this contest is still wide open. three service parks at Brackenfell High School. SS6, the tight and twisty gravel roads in the Malmesbury and The two-day, 780km Toyota Cape Dealer Rally fast Wolfgat 17km sprint some 83km from Brackenfell in Moorreesburg areas, 70km from Cape Town. will start from Imperial Toyota CapeGate in Brackenfell at the Malmesbury/Moorreesburg area, will open the day’s With three rounds remaining including the 11h00 on Friday 13th and fi nish back at Imperial Toyota competitive proceedings at 07h20. Western Cape event defending champions Mark Cronje and around 15h00 on Saturday. There will be fi ve special The second day’s fi ve gravel stages are a Robin Houghton (Ford Dealer Team Fiesta S2000) remains stages on each day covering a total of 175km of timed challenging mixture of technical, tight tests – like the combination to beat after winning four of the fi rst fi ve fl at-out racing. Rally headquarters and the event’s single Langgewens 1 and 2, at 26km the longest of the event rounds. They enjoy a 25-point advantage over second- service park, which will be used twice on Friday and three – and fast stages like Wolfgat and Nuwedam. The action placed former champions Jan Habig and Robert Paisley times on Saturday, will be at Brackenfell High School. ends with a repeat of Friday’s opening 12km stage (Basil Read Ford Fiesta S2000), the only others to have The route will take competitors from the start in in Durbanville at 14h27. The podium ceremony and won a round so far. Brackenfell to the opening Imperial Toyota 12km gravel champagne spraying will take place at Brackenfell High Local favourites Jean-Pierre Damseaux/Hilton special stage on Friday in the Durbanville area, where School at 15h30. H&H Auffray (Team TOTAL Toyota Auris S2000) lead the S2000 the fi rst car will be fl agged away at 11h35. Three more Challenge for older specifi cation four-wheel drive cars by gravel stages in the Malmesbury and Moorreesburg areas

EVENT MIKKELSEN ON A MISSION Words by H&H • Pictures by Volkswagen Motorsport, WorldRallyPics, Citroën Racing Volkswagen Motorsport has much to smile about Andreas Mikkelsen claimed the early lead in the Harbour. Down Under. Putting their disastrous performance FIA ’s tenth round on the New Norwegian Mikkelsen came home 01.5sec ahead on their home event behind them, they have South Wales Coffs Coast on Thursday afternoon. of team-mate and Championship leader Sébastien Ogier underlined their determination by taking three of the Mikkelsen was quickest through the two opening who was fourth fastest. Citroën Racing’s Kris Meeke, who top four overnight positions after two stages of the runs over the ARMOR ALL Super Special Stage, set on a won the Qualifying session in the morning, was second- WRC’s Coates Hire Rally Australia. former cycling track in Brelsford Park in the heart of Coffs fastest while third Volkswagen driver Jari-Matti Latvala was third overall. All the leading drivers complained of slippery can,” the Frenchman said. “It could be good for the Offi cial Classifi cation after SS2: 01) A. Mikkelsen/P. Nagle conditions on the 01.6km Super Special Stage after it had Championship but also we need the points for the Volkswagen Polo R WRC - 02m 45.3s been watered to control dust. Manufacturer’s title, because it is getting close, and that’s 02) K. Meeke/C. Patterson “I expected it to be diffi cult, but it was a fun so far also on target, so defi nitely I will try to do my best if Citroën DS3 WRC + 0.9s 03) J-M. Latvala/M. Anttila stage,” said Ogier. ”It’s already quite rough but also slippy I can.” Volkswagen Polo R WRC + 01.4s – I just have to avoid making mistakes.” For the fi rst full day of action, Friday comprises 04) S. Ogier/J. Ingrassia Ogier, who has won fi ve of the nine FIA World of six stages across 133km on the so-called Central Leg, Volkswagen Polo R WRC + 01.5s 05) M. Hirvonen/J. Lehtinen Rally Championship rounds run so far this year, leads the to the north of the hinterland town of Bellingen in Tuckers Citroën DS3 WRC + 01.9s standings by 75 points from Qatar M-Sport World Rally Nob State Forest and to the south-west of coastal Urunga 06) T. Neuville/N. Gilsoul Team’s driver . To secure the WRC Drivers’ in the Newry State Forest. Stages vary from high-speed Ford Fiesta RS WRC + 02.7s 07) M. Ostberg/J. Andersson H&H title this weekend, he must pick up nine points more than shire roads to tight and technical forest tracks. Ford Fiesta RS WRC + 4.6s Neuville and one more than his Volkswagen team-mate 08) E. Novikov/I. Minor-Petrasko Latvala. Ogier stated he would approach the rally just like Ford Fiesta RS WRC + 06.5s 09) K. Al-Qassimi/S. Martin any other, despite the pressure of the Championship on his Citroën DS3 WRC + 08.1s shoulders for this event. 10) N. Quinn/G. MacNeall “I just want to get another good result if I MINI Cooper Countryman WRC + 10.3s CLOSING SHOT

This is a road sign not to be seen anywhere else in the world... WRC Rally Australia is GO! Picture: Andre Lavadinho/Citroën Racing