Rally of Great Britain : Wales Rally GB Land Rover Challenge

Wales Rally GB Land Rover Challenge

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1 December 2007, 8:49 pm

Wales Rally GB Land Rover Challenge

Wales Rally GB Land Rover Challenge is a new event for members of the Armed Forces in identical Land Rover Wolf’s, contesting all 17 special stages.

Running in a separate National B status event, behind the International rally, the six crews are driving diesel-powered vehicles prepared by themselves, with service teams from their Regiment or MOD base.

By the end of Saturday’s Leg 2 Major Alan Paramore, co-driven by Major James Sunderland had built up a substantial lead over Andrew Tidbury and Shaun Mitchell , with the West Wales crew of Gari Hazelby and Pete Evans behind in third Place.

http://www.nersresults.co.uk/html/2007/wrgblr/index.html

Posn.	No.	Driver	Nat	Car	Class	Road Penalty	Total	Diff. from
	No.	Driver	Nat	Car	Class	Road Penalty	Total	Prev.	First
1	201	Alan Paramore James Sunderland	GB/GB	Land Rover Wolf Defender	1		2:37:59.4
2	203	Gari Hazelby Pete Evans	GB/GB	Land Rover Wolf XD	1		2:41:19.5	0:03:20.1	0:03:20.1
3	204	Andrew Tidbury Shaun Mitchell	GB/GB	Land Rover Wolf XD	1		2:41:27.0	0:00:07.5	0:03:27.6
4	202	Steve Partridge James Dempsey	GB/GB	Land Rover Wolf XD	1		2:42:08.6	0:00:41.6	0:04:09.2
5	206	Paul Buckley Emma Morrison	GB/GB	Land Rover Wolf XD	1		2:55:16.1	0:13:07.5	0:17:16.7
6	205	Anne-Marie Shouls Duncan Lilwall	GB/GB	Land Rover Wolf XD	1	1:10.0	2:55:32.6	0:00:16.5	0:17:33.2

Sebastien Loeb has won Rallye Monte-Carlo for a sixth time following a dominant performance behind the wheel of the Citroen DS3 WRC he shares with Monegasque co-driver Daniel Elena.

Of the 74 starters who began Wales Rally GB in Llandudno on Thursday 10th November, 40 were classified at the end of the four-day,1860 kms rally which featured 23 timed special stages as it wound its way from the North coast to the ceremonial finish in Cardiff.

As this year's Wales Rally GB - the final and deciding round of the 2011 FIA World Rally Championship - draws to a close, Business Minister, Edwina Hart has announced a funding package of £1.4 million for the 2012 event.