Provisional Rally Norway entry list released.
The organisers of the Rally Norway have released the provisional entry list for their event, the third round in the 2007 FIA World Rally Championship and it includes 79 crews in total - almost 30 in the WRC class.
"One thing is sure, Petter and Henning Solberg will have plenty of international competition," noted Rally Norway clerk of the course, Stig Rune Kjernsli. "The response exceeds all our expectations and confirms that Rally Norway is something the manufactures teams and the other WRC drivers want."
The organisers of the Rally Norway have released the provisional entry list for their event, the third round in the 2007 FIA World Rally Championship and it includes 79 crews in total - almost 30 in the WRC class.
"One thing is sure, Petter and Henning Solberg will have plenty of international competition," noted Rally Norway clerk of the course, Stig Rune Kjernsli. "The response exceeds all our expectations and confirms that Rally Norway is something the manufactures teams and the other WRC drivers want."
All the major teams will be represented, with Subaru's Petter Solberg and Chris Atkinson, Ford's Marcus Gronholm and Mikko Hirvonen and Citroen's Sebastien Loeb and Daniel Sordo all in action.
Guy Wilks from the UK is among the many international drivers taking part. He has dominated the Junior World Championships for several years in his Suzuki and will be taking part in a 2005 spec Ford Focus WRC car-run by Ramsport.
Jan Kopecky is the only driver entered in a Skoda Fabia WRC, while Gigi Galli will be driving in a Citroen Xsara WRC, as will Manfred Stohl and Daniel Carlsson, although the latter two will both be running under the OMV Kronos Citroen banner.
"Perhaps the best news is that there will be a strong Mitsubishi contingent with top drivers, Toni Gardemeister and Juho Hanninen from Finland and also Xavier Pons from Spain," added Kjenrsli.
Henning Solberg will be driving for the Stobart M-Sport Ford Rally Team, which has entered four cars, like in Sweden, one of which will have the talented young Norwegian Andreas Mikkelsen behind the wheel. The two other drivers are Jari-Matti Latvala and Matthew Wilson. Mikkelsen will drive a 2005 model, whereas the other three will drive the new 2006 model.
There will be a total of eight Norwegian drivers in the WRC class. In addition to the Solberg brothers and Mikkelsen, the reigning Norwegian champion, Thomas Schie, has been entered in his Ford Focus WRC. The list also includes Subaru drivers Mads Ostberg and Anders Grondal and Ford drivers Christian August Selmer and Bernhard Kongsrud.
In total, as well as 29 drivers entered under the A8 class, there will also be nine competing in the A6 class, including P-G Andersson, two in the A7 class, 14 in the N3 class and 25 in the N4 class.
The full provisional entry list, subject to FIA approval, is as follows:
1. Sebastien LoebCitroen Total WRT C4 WRC M
2. Daniel SordoCitroen Total WRT C4 WRC M
3. Marcus GronholmBP Ford Focus RS WRC 06 M
4. Mikko HirvonenBP Ford Focus RS WRC 06 M
5. Manfred StohlOMV Kronos Citroen Xsara WRC M
6. Daniel CarlssonOMV Kronos Citroen Xsara WRC M
7. Petter SolbergSubaru WRT Impreza WRC 2006 M
8. Chris AtkinsonSubaru WRT Impreza WRC 2006 M
9. Henning SolbergStobart M-Sport Ford Focus WRC 06 M
10. Jari-Matti LatvalaStobart M-Sport Ford Focus WRC 06 M
Matthew WilsonStobart M-Sport Ford Focus WRC 06 A8Andreas MikkelsenStobart M-Sport Ford Focus RS WRC04 A8Jan KopeckyCzech RT-Skoda Kopecky Fabia WRC A8Gigi GalliPirelli Citroen Xsara WRC A8Toni GardemeisterMitsubishi Lancer WR05 A8Xavier PonsMitsubishi Lancer WR05 A8Juho HanninenMitsubishi Lancer WR05 A8Guy WilksRamsport Ford Focus RS WRC 05 A8Mads OstbergAdapta Subaru Impreza WRC A8Anders GrondalSubaru Impreza WRC A8Khalid Al QassimiAbu Dhabi Subaru RT Impreza WRC A8August Christian SelmerFord Focus WRC 02 A8Thomas SchieFord Focus RS WRC A8Bernhard KongsrudFord Focus WRC02 A8Anders KjaerPeugeot 307 WRC A8Einar Jr StaffConsult Staff Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6.5 A8Pelle ErlandMitsubishi Lancer Evo 6 A8 Rune DalsjoTBA A8Tord LinnerudTBA A8
Einar StadshaugPeugeot 206 XS A6 Aigar Pars Suzuki Sport Europe Swift S1600 A6Aaron BurkartPRT Citroen C2 GT A6Alessandro BettegaTRT SRL Ford Fiesta Super 1600 A6 Jaan MolderTBA A6Urmo AavaSuzuki Sport Europe Swift S1600 A6 Shaun GallagerWRT Ireland Citroen C2 R2 A6 Vilius RozukasSuzuki Swift S1600 A6P-G AnderssonSuzuki Sport Europe Swift S1600 A6
Kalle PinomakiClio Junior Team Renault Clio R3 A7 Patrik SandellRenault Clio 2.0 16V A7
Natalie BarrettSubaru Impreza N4Erik Per BrynildsenMitsubishi Evo 9 N4Jan StepanekSubaru Impreza STi N4Martin PropkopMitsubishi Lancer N4Henning NybergSubaru Impreza STi N4 Erik-Hans WengMitsubishi Lancer Evo 8 N4Mikael GustafssonMitsubishi Lancer Evo 7 N4Patrik FlodinSubaru Impreza N4Jorgen SolbergSubaru Impreza N4 "Renee Pohl"Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 8 N4 Igor SokolovMitsubishi Lancer Evo 9 N4Sergey SarkisovMitsubishi Lancer Evo 8 N4Denis LevyatovMitsubishi Lancer Evo 9 N4Milah LiskaMitsubishi Lancer Evo 9 N4Oyvind SullandSubaru Impreza STi N4Kristian Per LundefaretSubaru Impreza WRX N4Oscar SvedlundSubaru Impreza STI N4Martin StenshornetMitsubishi Lancer Evo 9 N4Aigner AndreasRed Bull Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9 N4Riccardo ErramMitsubishi Lancer Evo 9 N4Thomas KvamSubaru Impreza N12 N4Andrew Grant Mitsubishi Lancer N4Geir-Ingar MytheSubaru Impreza WRX N4Roar Knutsen Subaru Impreza STI N4Robert JakobssonMitsubishi Lancer Evo 6 N4
Einar Hans MorkhagenFord Fiesta ST N3Petter RolfsenFord Fiesta ST N3Petter FauskoRenault Clio Ragnotti N3Tony JardineFord Fiesta ST N3Trond GudbrandFord Fiesta ST N3Kalle KestinenFord Fiesta ST N3Roar VanneboHonda Civic Type R N3Barry ClarkFord Fiesta ST N3Daniel FischerFord Fiesta ST N3Evgeniy VertunovFord Fiesta ST N3Simon HughesFord Fiesta ST N3Sveinung BieltvedtFord Fiesta ST N3Vytautas BaranauskasFord Fiesta ST N3Lambros Athanaassoulas Ford Fiesta ST N3
Key:
M denotes Manufacturer team.
