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Sebastien Loeb in action in Rally New Zealand 2010 (Photo: Geoff Ridder)

Potential for Loeb to win seventh WRC title in Japan

The 2010 FIA World Rally Championship heads to Japan for the tenth of this year’s 13 rounds, running from 10 to 12 September with top competitors facing the possibility that six-time WRC champion Sébastien Loeb may secure his seventh drivers’ championship title.

Paddon on his way to winning the 2010 International Rally of Whangarei

Another first as Paddon tackles WRC Japan

Hayden Paddon, the young rally driver from Geraldine in New Zealand’s South Island, lines up for his first run in the Japanese round of the World Rally Championship on 10 September.

Northland's Ben Jagger (20 y.o.) in action during Rally Otago. Credit: Geoff Ridder

Rally’s Rising Stars set for Wairarapa season finale

Whangarei’s Ben Jagger and Kerikeri resident Stephen Barker, two of Rally New Zealand’s Rising Stars, are geared up and ready to go for the final round of the Vantage New Zealand Rally Championship, Rally Wairarapa, on 11 and 12 September.

Stephen Barker in action during Rally Nelson (Photo: Geoff Ridder)

Sweet and sour for Rising Stars at Nelson

Rally New Zealand’s two Rising Stars – Whangarei’s Ben Jagger and Kerikeri’s Stephen Barker – came away from Rally Nelson with completely contrasting results.

Hayden Paddon and John Kennard in action in Germany (Photo: Willy Weyens)

Paddon takes well-deserved second in production class at WRC Germany

New Zealand rally driver Hayden Paddon finished an exceptionally-strong second place in the production class of the challenging all-tarmac World Rally Championship event, Rallye Deutschland, which ran from 20 to 23 August.

Loeb celebrates his eighth win in Germany (www.wrc.com/McKlein)

Loeb extends World Rally Championship dominance after win in Germany

French pairing Sébastien Loeb and co-driver Daniel Elena continue to dominant this year’s FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) season with a 51 second winning margin in the weekend’s ninth round on the tarmac roads of ADAC Rallye Deutschland.

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