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New Zealand’s Hayden Paddon may become the first Kiwi to finish a complete series in the Production World Rally Championship in 2010. At least eight of the world’s best production rally car drivers are heading to Rally New Zealand in May, Paddon among

Top Production WRC teams heading for Rally New Zealand

With the first round of this year’s FIA World Rally Championship about to start in Sweden, the line-up of top-class contenders in the Production Car category highlights the many talented drivers in this field also heading down-under in May for Rally New Zealand.

Winning the Rally of Sweden in 2008, BP Ford Abu Dhabi crew Jari-Matti Latvala and co-driver Miikka Anttila return for what will be the opening round of the 2010 World Rally Championship. Photo: Worldrallypics.com

Sweden’s snow welcomes the 2010 World Rally Championship

The first and only winter event in the 13-round 2010 World Rally Championship (WRC), the three-day Rally of Sweden introduces a number of new elements to this year’s competition that starts with a 345 kilometre journey of snow-lined roads.

SKYCITY CEO Nigel Morrison and Rally New Zealand chairman Chris Carr outside SKYCITY Auckland which will be the rally headquarters for Rally New Zealand from 6 to 9 May this year.

SKYCITY to be Rally New Zealand’s Auckland Base

When the World Rally Championship returns to New Zealand in May this year, SKYCITY Auckland will provide Rally New Zealand’s home-base in central Auckland, something that last happened in 2004.

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WRC PROMOTER ANNOUNCES BREAKING NEWS IN THE COUNTDOWN TO WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP LIFT-OFF

Today, at the launch event for the 2010 FIA World Rally Championship season, Promoter North One Sport announces a raft of developments to mark the dawning of a new era for the sport and unveils breaking news on growing audience figures and new television deals for the WRC.

Super-strong Focus rally car returns to action in Sweden

The Ford Focus RS World Rally Car that saved Jari-Matti Latvala and Miikka Anttila from serious injury during a violent crash in Portugal last season will return to competition in the opening round of the 2010 FIA World Rally Championship in Sweden next week.  Such is the car's strength that, despite plunging almost 200 metres down a hillside when it rolled 12 times, it has been rebuilt by the BP Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally team for Rally Sweden – with Latvala and Anttila again behind the wheel.

The Ford Fiesta S2000 car had a successful competitive debut in the hands of last year's WRC runner-up, Mikko Hirvonen, winning the 2010 Monte Carlo Rally. Credit: WorldRallyPics.com/BP Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team

New Super 2000 WRC class adds exciting dimension to Rally New Zealand

Kiwi rally fans get to enjoy a whole new class of World Rally Championship action when the new Super 2000 WRC category lines up for Rally New Zealand in May this year.

The Super 2000, or S2000, class of rally car currently comprises production-based cars with non-turbocharged two-litre engines. Ford and Skoda are the two manufacturers with the most S2000 vehicles confirmed for the 2010 season to date.

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