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Rally: Stars get set for Goodwood Festival of Speed

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Khatir Soltani
From wrc.com

Current World Rally Champion Sebastien Loeb will lead a procession of stars at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in Britain.

Citroen driver Loeb will be among the biggest draws at the annual motorsport extravaganza, which starts on Friday.

The Frenchman will put on a thrilling display in his C4 WRC through Friday and Saturday, before handing the car over to his team-mate Dani Sordo on Sunday.

A posse of World Rally Champions will don their overalls once more to drive up the famous hill at Lord March’s house in Chichester, West Sussex.

The first ever winner of the title in 1979, Bjorn Waldegaard will use a Toyota Celica TCT and Lancia Stratos; Hannu Mikkola an Audi Quattro and Ford Escort Mk1, while Walter Rohrl gets his hands on the extraordinarily powerful Audi Quattro S1 Pikes Peak car and similarly pokey IMSA GTO.

It’s not all about the world champions, however, as the WRC’s youngest competitor - Tom Cave, 17 - will also be driving the Ford Fiesta he used to lead the class on Rally Poland before the engine let go on Saturday.


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Khatir Soltani
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