Handbrakes Hairpins & your insight into the world of rallying Cover The Loeb Show sweeps Germany Issue 147 • 26/08 - 01/09/10 http://handbrakeshairpins.wordpress.com Features News All the WRC Events news updates Sullwalds aim Off-Road racing for success, P6 SARC,SARCA P8 news and pics Rookies learning BRC,BR P12 NewsNe and infor fast, P8 fromfr the BRC NORWAY ICE DRI VING EXPERIENCE You can experience the thrill of throwing a full specifi cation Porsche 911 3.0 litre rally car at high speed around a frozen lake lined by snow banks. Expert tuition with ex-British and world rally champions. You will never learn more about car control than you will on ice. Think of it as the ultimate learning environment. “I went to Norway to experience something new but I hadn’t prepared myself for the most outstanding fun imaginable!” For details contact Richard Tuthill [email protected] +44 (0) 1295 750514 www.norwayicedriving.com TUTHILL HMRN.indd 2 26/8/09 16:49:52 TUTHILL HMRN.indd 3 26/8/09 12:48:38 Contents / Issue 147 Editorial Information 04 News Editor Evan Rothman 06 Features Photojournalist Eva Kovkova Contributors RallyBuzz, Motorpics 06 Sullwald’s aiming for another strong result at Carnival City 07 Rookies learning fast, impressing competitors All content copyrighted property of HANDBRAKES & HAIRPINS, 2007- 08 Events 10. This publication is fully protected by 08 copyright and nothing may be reprinted in SARC Osram Rally REVIEW 10 whole or in part without written permission WRC Rally Germany REVIEW 12 from the editor. While reasonable BRC Rally NI REVIEW precautions have been taken to ensure the 14 SAORRC 4X4 Mega World 400 PREVIEW accuracy of information from sources and 15 IRC Barum Czech Rally Zlin PREVIEW given to readers, the editor cannot accept 16 RallyCars Rallycross #1 responsibility for any inconvenience or damage that may arise therefrom. Contact E-mail us [email protected] Welcome to H&H! Call us +27 83 452 6892 Welcome to issue 147 of HANDBRAKES & Surf us http://wp.me/pkXc HAIRPINS, your FREE weekly insight into the world of rallying! To receive your FREE weekly We apologise for the late HANDBRAKES & HAIRPINS eMagazine, distribution of H&H this week. We suffered or if you’d like to share this with a friend problems with our Internet Service please send your e-mail address to Provider on Thursday. Thanks for your [email protected]. patience and understanding. 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Mills reserves spot Wales Rally GB: http://wp.me/ppkXc-1zy The Citroën DS3 R3 on debut: http://wp.me/ppkXc-1Co Breen wins in BRC: http://wp.me/ppkXc-1DS More points for Pritchard: http://wp.me/ppkXc-1E1 Evans cwins FST UK crown: http://wp.me/ppkXc-1En Pritchard and Laffey claim wins: http://wp.me/ppkXc-1Eq AFRICAN AND SOUTH AFRICAN RALLYING AND OFF- WATCH Petter Solberg through Francois Duval SS14 Panzerplatte suffers heavy crash in WRC Rally out of WRC Rally Germany (VIDEO): Germany in SS14 http://wp.me/ (VIDEO): http:// ppkXc-1DJ wp.me/ppkXc-1Ct NEWS Features Events Issue 147 • 26/08 - 01/09 << Click to view << This video clip << Interesting: in a Sebastien Loeb’s showcases the recent promotion for the recent mighty jump in WRC Petter Solberg World Rally Queensland in Rally Finland and Kimi Rally Team Roadshow for Australia, the PROTON Raikkonen’s crash in his TOOLS. As always, Petter R3 Team took on a home event and watch is sideways and smoking helicopter in a drag race. 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Features Interviews Exclusive columnists In-depth articles SULLWALDS AIMING FOR ANOTHER STRONG RESULT Words: Staff Writer start at 8am from the Carnival City technical side of things and without his Casino complex on Saturday morning. services and expertise we would not be Former South African Off-Road With a huge number of entries able to compete at the sharp end of the Racing Champions Karl-Heinz and it will once again be important to get National Championship.” Quintin Sullwald in the Elegant a good starting position for the race The Sullwald duo would like Fuel BAT will be hoping to carry proper.