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2006 WRC REVIEW


DRIVER STANDINGS POINTS
1. Sébastien Loeb, Citroën 112
2. Marcus Grönholm, Ford 111
3. Mikko Hirvonen, Ford 65
4. Manfred Stohl, Peugeot 54
5. Dani Sordo, Citroën 49
6. Petter Solberg, Subaru 40
7. Xavier Pons, Citroën 32
8. Henning Solberg, Peugeot 25
9. Chris Atkinson, Subaru 20
10. Toni Gardemeister,
     Peugeot		 20

MANUFACTURER
STANDINGS		 POINTS
1. BP-Ford World Rally Team 195
2. Kronos Total Citroën WRT 166
3. Subaru World Rally Team 106
4. OMV-Peugeot Norway 88
5. Stobart VK M-Sport Ford 44
6. Red Bull-Skoda Team 24


2007 WRC SCHEDULE


January 19-21 75e Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo 2007
February 9-11 Uddeholm
Swedish Rally
February
16-18 		Rally Norway
March 9-11 Corona Rally México
March 30-
April 1 		Rallye de Portugal
May 4-6 Rally Argentina
May 18-20 Rally d’Italia Sardegna
June 1-3 BP Ultimate Acropolis Rally 2007
August 3-5 Neste Oil Rally Finland
August 17-19 OMV ADAC Rallye Deutschland
August 31-
September 2 		Rally of New Zealand
October 5-7 Rally RACC Catalunya –
Costa Daurada/
Rallye de España
October 12-14 Rallye de France – Tour de Corse
October 26-28 Rally Japan
November
16-18		 Rally Ireland
November 30-
December 2 		Wales Rally GB


2007 WRC PREVIEW


Phil Mills and Petter Solberg
CO-DRIVER DRIVER
Phil Mills Petter Solberg

Glenn Macneall and Chris Atkinson
CO-DRIVER DRIVER
Glenn Macneall Chris Atkinson

Find full profiles and follow the Subaru World Rally Team’s 2007 season at www.swrt.com.
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SUBARU IN INTERNATIONAL RALLYING: 2000
EVOLVING FOR SUCCESS

Subaru Impreza WRC2000

CHANGES BEGUN WITH THE SUBARU IMPREZA WRC99 CONTINUED FOR THE WRC2000 CAR. THE SUBARU IMPREZA ENTRIES IN THE 2000 WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP MAY HAVE LOOKED LIKE THE ONES FROM THE YEAR BEFORE, BUT UNDERNEATH THEY WERE DRAMATICALLY DIFFERENT.

The 1999 Subaru World Rally Team driver/co-driver lineup returned to campaign for the team in the 2000 World Rally Championship (WRC) season. Their cars were thoroughly redesigned under the sheet metal, and they proved highly competitive. Still, a season that started full of promise ended just short of the team’s ultimate goals.

arrows SUBARU IMPREZA WRC2000

Jean-Joseph/Boyère, Tour de Corse

The Subaru World Rally Team redesigned approximately 80 percent of the mechanical and electronic components in their Impreza rally cars for the 2000 season. The redesign was the result of 10 months of development in which the team examined every component for possible improvement. Changes were made in aerodynamics, engine cooling, suspension, electrical systems, and weight distribution (for a lower center of gravity).

The Subaru Impreza WRC2000 didn’t debut until the fourth round of the WRC season in Portugal. With it, Richard Burns/Robert Reid drove to victory in that round, placed second in the fifth round (Finland), and won the sixth round in Argentina.

Burns/Reid, Safari Rally

At the end of the first six rounds of the season, Burns/Reid had a strong lead in the Drivers’ Championship. Juha Kankkunen/Juha Repo also garnered championship points in five of the first seven rounds. However, a string of misfortunes and retirements in the second half of the season closed up both the WRC Drivers’ and Manufacturers’ Championships.

Although Burns had the best WRC season of his career and won four of the 14 rounds in 2000, he finished 2nd in the Drivers’ Championship – five points behind Marcus Grönholm. Subaru was 3rd in the Manufacturers’ Championship.

Burns/Reid, Tour de Corse

For the 2001 season, the Subaru team was looking forward to campaigning the new Impreza body!

Other driver/co-driver teams with top-10 finishes during the 2000 WRC season were:

  • Toshi Arai/Roger Freeman
    (Africa, Acropolis, Cyprus)
  • Peter “Possum” Bourne/Craig Vincent
    (New Zealand, Australia)
  • Frédéric Dor/Didier Breton
    (Acropolis)
  • Simon Jean-Joseph/Jack Boyère
    (Cyprus, Corsica, Sanremo)
  • Ioánnis Papadimiríou/Niko Petrópoulos
    (Acropolis)
  • Jean-Pierre Richelmi/Thierry Barjou
    (Acropolis)
  • Roberto Sánchez/Jorge del Buono
    (Africa)
  • Petter Solberg/Phil Mills
    (Sanremo)

Scenes from the 2000 World Rally Championship season
Scenes from the 2000 World Rally Championship season. Top: Arai/Freeman, Rally GB; Above, right: Jean-Joseph/Boyère, Tour de Corse; Above, middle: Burns/Reid, Safari Rally; Above, last: Burns/Reid, Tour de Corse; Bottom, left: Burns/Reid, Swedish Rally; Bottom, right: Kankkunen/Repo; Cyprus Rally;

Follow the history of Subaru in the World Rally Championship here.
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