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They also have highlights on Speed channel, Sunday night around 11eastern? Not entirely sure of the times, but they also air it on Monday a couple times.
 
Finally!!! Sorry about the delay guys, it just went online during the night...

WRC 2012 Finland Day 1 & 2 Highlights



WRC 2012 Finland Day 3 Highlights

 
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Just a heads up if you dont have Speed2. Speedchannel is showing a 1 hour recap tonight of Finland at 11pm ESt. Finally more relevant programming..
 
NOW IN 720P - WRC 2012 Rally Finland Review - this is what Speed will be showing



WRC 2012 Finland Power Stage



World Rally Championship - Rally Finland Final Press Conference

 
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I like the old announcer better...

Personally, I think Ken Block is a bit of a joke in the WRC. He ought to stick to Rallycross, where Gronholm still beat him...
 
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I like the old announcer better...

Personally, I think Ken Block is a bit of a joke in the WRC. He ought to stick to Rallycross, where Gronholm still beat him...
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I do agree WRC is way over his head but if he has the funds to do it, who am I to care? I'd love to live a dream to race like that.

Ken does bring alot more exposure to rally though, which is always a plus. I think though he needs to stick to learning to not be so flashy with driving and he might actually do better. If he backed it down a little, wonder what the results would be like?
 
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Red Bull are stable and wealthy they're just what WRC needs at the moment.
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I agree and they promote their events pretty darn well! I'm curious to see the direction they take it as far as promoting.
 
GOTMAXPOWER
Red Bull are stable and wealthy they're just what WRC needs at the moment.
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Actually, the series is in such a poor state that a Nigerian prince could offer to help the series out in exchange for a small fee and it sould still be considered a step in the right direction.
 
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I like the old announcer better...
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I replaced the WRC 2012 Rally Finland Review on the previous page to a 720p version with Paul King, the old commentator. Your right, I like Colin Clark when he's on the radio but Paul does a better job on the telly.
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NOW IN 720P - WRC 2012 Rally Finland Review - this is what Speed will be showing

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Some Q&A with Jari after Finland:

 
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Controversy!

It seems that Armindo Araújo reckons there is more to his being replaced at Mini Portugal than meets the eye, and that he has slowly been squeezed out of the team. This is taken from his Facebook page:
Following the media release issued by Motorsport Italia, informing that Armindo Araújo and Miguel Ramalho will no longer be part of WRC TEAM MINI PORTUGAL, Armindo Araújo considers that now is the right time to issue this statement after compiling all the facts and seek the truth. Therefore he would like to clarify all points linked to this matter:

I - There were clear objectives set for the project in 2012. We started the season with a very interesting result in Rally Montecarlo but only in Rally Sweden we launched the WRC TEAM MINI PORTUGAL. From Rally Mexico onwards, Motorsport Italia attempted to camouflage all technical problems and blame the faults of the same, to the drivers Armindo Araújo and Paulo Nobre. From this moment also, Motorsport Italia, tried to object against my media releases, arguing that there were negative mentions to the team and Mini itself. I would like to reiterate that all media releases were previously approved by Mini Portugal and in no circumstance there were negative references to them. I always defended the team and brand with whom I was linked to.

II - To prepare the asphalt phase of WRC and the new MINI JCW WRC version 01B, I was invited by Motorsport Italia, on the 17th of July, 2012, for a test program to be held in Italy between 10th and 12th of August. Only on the 8th of August, 2012, I received the GPS coordinates of the location. During the three days I’ve stayed in Italy and I was not allowed to test the car, instead I was put under pressure to declare myself sick and to take no part in Rally Germany - in attachment proposal from Motorsport Italia, of my incapability, writing their own text to communicate the "disease". At that time I could not believe I was receiving such proposal or suggestion.

III - On the 15th of August 2012, Motorsport Italia, requests me permission to use the license of WRC TEAM MINI PORTUGAL - which exclusively belongs to Armindo Araújo, Lda - to be used with another driver up till the end of the season. For obvious reasons I declined the permission to use the license. On the following day the 16th of August, Motorsport Italia informed me that I am no longer the driver of the team or any associated team of the group starting from Rally Germany and till the end of the season with no justification or valid explanation.

IV - On the 17th of August, I informed Motorsport Italia, MINI Germany and MINI Portugal that I have collected all necessary documentation about this matter and deliverit to my team of lawyers, lead by Dr. José Pedro Gomes, who will take all necessary legal actions to protect my name and as well the project which I respect enormously and now sees national values in stake.

V - It has been always my position to seek for the truth and respect the justice. All my sponsors have been already informed of all the facts and support me entirely on my decision to take this matter to legal action. For all said above, and due to the straight link to my image, myself and my sponsors agree to remove all the advertising of car number 12 of WRC TEAM MINI PORTUGAL.

To finish, I would like to inform that according to my duty, I have reported all the facts to FIA, and I am currently waiting for their feedback, believing that the truth is above all, and the good name of myself, my sponsors and my country is reestablished and honored respectfully.
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WRC 2012 Round 9 - Germany
24 - 26 Aug 12
Categories:WRC, PWRC, WRC Academy
Based:Trier
Surface:Asphalt
Website:www.rallye-deutschland.de
World Rally Radio: www.worldrallyradio.com/World_Rally_Radio/World_Rally_Radio.html

Based in the historic city of Trier in Germany’s wine-producing Mosel region, ADAC Rallye Deutschland is an asphalt rally like no other with all three days of the event held on different types of sealed surfaces.

The event joined the World Rally Championship roster in 2002 when Sebastien Loeb claimed his maiden victory in the series. The Frenchman went onto to win the event on the next seven occasions before his run came to an end in 2011 when a puncture handed first place to Loeb’s then Citroen team-mate Sebastien Ogier.

Loeb, world rally champion on eight occasions, points to the need to maintain an extremely high level of concentration as the secret behind his recent successes, particularly in the Baumholder military training area, where giant boulders, known as hinkelsteins, line the route.

“It’s an absolute challenge,” Loeb admits. “There are some very fast sections, some extremely difficult passages, narrow and then wide asphalt roads and the surfaces are so varied. The stages in the Mosel vineyards require 100 per cent concentration and the satisfaction afterwards [when you get it right] is immense because the roads are so narrow.

“Then you have the Baumholder, which are unlike any other asphalt roads we know. There are rough, clean, wide and fast sections with gravel, mud and dust thrown in. Nowhere is it harder for a driver to find the right mix. If you want to win in Germany you have to be successful on these stages.”

One of the highlights of ADAC Rallye Deutschland in recent seasons is the inclusion of the Circus Maximus superspecial stage, which runs through the centre of Trier, Germany’s oldest city, and marked the scene of ex-Grand Prix driver Kimi Raikkonen’s first stage victory in the WRC when the Finn went fastest of all in 2010.

Shakedown - 2012 WRC Rallye Deutschland



Preview Rally Germany 2012 Ford WRC




Jari-Matti shares his thoughts prior to Rally Deutschland




Citroën WRC 2012 - Deutschland Rallye - Thursday



WRC 2012 Germany Preview - 25 min Video



Gonna be a fast one!
 
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