Castrol EDGE Racing Newsletter - September 14

VOLUME 1 - ISSUE 19

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WINNING!

FORD’S RALLY OZ 1-2 Wallabies Kick Off World Cup Campaign

14th SEPTEMBER 2011

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up Rally Oz

It was a stellar round for the Ford Abu Dhabi Team with Mikko Hirvonen and Jari-Matti Latvala finishing 1-2 at Rally Australia and Khalid Al Qassimi claiming his best ever finish.

day two of the Castrol EDGE Super Special Stage when many of the field limped into start control after the conditions culled a large percentage of the field.

The Ford duo were victorious after Rally Australia delivered numerous victims in the treacherous conditions, resulting in the clear use of team orders throughout the field.

With the Citroen pair striking disaster on Friday, the focus shifted to the Ford duo of Hirvonen and Latvala. Ford also instigated team orders with Latvala playing road sweeper for Hirvonen and subsequently slowing to finish behind him.

The effect of the conditions were felt on

Privateer Petter Solberg finished third.

Castrol EDGE-backed Ford Abu Dhabi teammate Khlaid Al Qassimi also had a phenomenal round finishing in a personal best position of fifth for the round, an encouraging feat for the young driver who has struggled to finish in the top 10 throughout the season.

Rally Australia produced a crushing result for the Ford team with Hirvonen and Latvala, Hirvonen successfully pushing Ogier out of second in the championship, and now just 15 points behind Loeb and

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14 points ahead of Ogier.

The World Rally Championship next races in France, the home round for Citroen and drivers Loeb and Ogier, but the Ford Abu Dhabi Team will be keen to repeat their performances in Australia for the both the individual and manufacturers championships.

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RICHO’S DOUBLE DUTY Steven Richards is set for a busy weekend at Phillip Island, racing in both his Laser Racing Porsche Carrera Cup machine and as the endurance partner of the Castrol-backed FPR team with Mark Winterbottom in the Orrcon Steel Falcon.

The two are due to pair up in the brand new #5 Orrcon Steel backed FPR Falcon which is ready to be unveiled for its maiden race at Phillip Island.

Richards sits fourth in the Carrera Cup Championship and has the opportunity to fight back to the top of the ladder post Phillip Island.

DAMAGE COSTS AUDI The Audi pair of Timo Bernhard and Marcel Fassler were pipped at the post with Peugeot taking the 6 Hours of Silverstone Le Mans win over the weekend.

Bernhard and Fassler were trading positions with Peugeot’s Sebastien Bourdais and Simon Pagenaud throughout the race, keeping pace with them and keeping the Audi and Peugeot rivalry in fierce contention.

The Audi team were unable to avoid a late pitstop to fix rear end damage, and despite the Audi pit crew’s phenomenal effort to get the car out within a minute, it was enough to keep the Peugeot pair safely in first.

Following their rivals, Bernhard and Fassler finished just under one and a half minutes behind first place but almost five laps ahead of the rest of the field.

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The Shannon’s Supercar Showdown is down to the wire with only three contestants left in the running to drive with Grant Denyer in the Bathurst 1000.

The trio, driver trainer Samantha Reid, Formula Ford series leader Cameron Waters and Brit Andrew Jordan are the final three vying for the coveted spot in the Kelly Racing Shannons-Mars V8 Supercar entry.

Castrol EDGE has been behind the Kelly Racing team since it’s inception and will be a prominent supporter of the car piloted by Grant Denyer and the winner.

With Reid flying the flag for female racing drivers, the competition is heating up between the boys and the South Aussie; all three contestants have successfully negotiated the rigors of the competition, making it difficult to determine a front runner.

Viewers will have to tune in to the Shannon’s Supercar showdown, airing Sundays at 5.00pm on 7mate to catch the next nail biting chapter.

Shannon’s Supercar

Showdown – down to the wire

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Wallabies World Cup Fever

The Castrol EDGE backed Wallabies have kicked off their World Cup campaign with a decisive victory over Italy in their opening pool C match, defeating them 32-6 in Auckland.

The Australians and Italians provided a lacklustre first half, going into the break six all, however in their first game after their Tri-Nations victory they emerged reenergized and scored an unanswered 26 points to secure the win and Pool C points.

The win means that Australia is already well on their way to leading Pool C thanks to captain, James Horwill who pulled the team together to dominate the second half.

The Australians will have to move past the others in their Pool – which includes Ireland, Italy, Russia and the USA to be in contention for the World Cup; they take on the remaining three teams over the next two weeks before hopefully moving on in the competition.

The blockbusting clash between Australia and Ireland will take place on Saturday evening at 6:30pm AEST – Australia sits one point atop the Irish in Pool C thanks to a bonus point scored over the Italians.

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FORMULA FORD

SHAKEUP AT SANDOWN

Jack LeBrocq has taken his maiden Australian Formula Ford Championship round win – as he and Nick Foster put pressure on series leader Cameron Waters after Round 5 of the Castrol EDGE-backed Series at Sandown in Melbourne.

After a strong Friday practice Nick Foster was able to take the race one win on Saturday after pole-sitter Cameron Waters had an incident pushing him down the field, before recovering to fourth.

Foster went on to claim the second race win on Saturday – doing his Championship chances no harm.

Sunday’s race saw Waters cross the line in first place however he was relegated to fourth because of a safety car infraction, giving LeBrocq his maiden race win.

Foster was allocated third place for the round, boosting his and LeBrocq’s championship hopes; Foster and LeBrocq are currently trailing Waters in the championship.

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Darren Morgan got his ANDRA Pro Series Title defence underway at Sydney Dragway over the weekend, qualifying in fourth in Australia’s fastest ever Top Fuel field with a 4.676 second pass at 323.04mph.

The Mildura Missile – who won the event last year – defeated Mark Mariani in round one before Andrew Cowin knocked him out of contention in the semi finals.

Top qualifier Cowin went on to finish runner up in the event to NHRA star, Cory McClenathan, who took his first ANDRA Pro Series victory.

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