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20-Nov-2008
Gill to make his debut in Wales
In a decision that reflected TSI’s definite shift towards youth and raw aggression, Gill, 26, will do one World Rally Championship (Production class) event this year before the team takes a call on who will be its representative in 2009.
Naren, who figured in five rallies for TSI this year, has been informed about the decision, team sources told TOI.
For the Delhi-based Gill, the journey started a few months ago when team principal Mohan Nagarajan stated that they were w… [read article]
02-Nov-2008
Turbo failure ends Naren’s hopes in Japan
Naren Kumar’s hopes of scoring points in the Rally of Japan went up in smoke after a turbo failure forced him to pull out of the World Rally Championship (PWRC) event in Hokkaido on Saturday.
Poor luck continued to dog the Team Sidvin India driver as he encountered the problem in stage 13 (Kamuycep 1 - 33.71km) after he had comfortably finished the previous two stages on day two. The turbo was fixed in service and Naren will continue on Sunday under the super rally format.
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02-Nov-2008
Naren pulls out
Team Sidvin’s Naren Kumar retired from the World Rally Championships’ Rally of Japan at Sapporo on Saturday, after stalling in stage 13 with a turbo failure. He had begun day 2 from eighth place. Naren will continue in the Super Rally format on Sunday.
Eighteen-year-old Russian Evgeny Novikov ended the day as he began it, in the lead of the PWRC category, with a total time of 2:34:1.3s. The most impressive performance of the day, however, came from Finnish driver Juho Hann… [read article]
02-Nov-2008
Last stage drama hands Hanninen P-WRC win in Japan
In a classic piece of P-WRC drama, Juho Hanninen became the surprise winner of the Production Car World Championship battle in Japan today after a mechanical problem robbed 18-year-old Evgeniy Novikov of the class lead on the last stage.
Novikov began the final day of the competition with a lead of 19.1sec over the Finn but extended this to 59sec after an astonishing performance on the 27km Sikot (SS23) when he beat Hanninen by more than 40sec.
The Russian looked increasingly … [read article]
01-Nov-2008
Naren off to a flier
Team Sidvin India’s Naren Kumar got off to a flying start in the Rally of Japan, roaring to the third position in the rally opener stage before settling for an overall eighth place at the end of day one of the World Rally Championship (Production class) event.
Naren clocked 10:52.2 to take the third spot in the 13.24km Heper 1 stage to finish behind Eyvind Brynildsen and Evgeny Novikov. Continuing his form in stage 2 (Yuparo 1 - 11.10km), he finished fifth with a time of 09:05.6… [read article]
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