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At the end of the opening leg of the rally, Craig Breen leads the rally by a little over 6s to Finnish Jari Ketomaa , and Francois Delecour another 6s further in third overall. Jari Ketomaa was the fastest through the qualification stage this morning and Craig Breen all the way down at 6th and the turn around was a bit of a surprise for the top field, but the Irish got the talent. Delecour 's third is something extraordinary, as he had to drive through SS3 by holding the door closed which had latching/locking issues. Day 1, top 5 result. 1 | C.Breen / D.Moynihan       | 22:15.4 Peugeot 207 (2) 2 | J.Ketomaa / K.Lindström   | 22:21.8 | +6.4 Ford Fiesta RRC (2) 3 | F.Delecour / D.Savignoni   | 22:27.5 | +12.1 Peugeot 207 (2) 4 | A.Lukyanuk / A.Arnautov  | 22:48.1 | +32.7 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X (3) 5 | V.Švedas / Ž.Sakalauskas  | 23:06.2 | +50.8 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X (3) _ ______ _____...

Opening round of the ERC 2013 season, 30° Internationale Janner Rallye,  is just around the weekend and will be live in around 2 days.  Janner Rallye was common both to ERC & IRC drivers & crews. The interesting thing about this rally is the time which it is scheduled, which makes it similar to the Monte Carlo Rallye. The event is held on the tarmac roads of Austria, which normally experiences snow fall and hence ice is mostly present on the roads. The rally has 18 special stages of around 248 kms, and measures of a total 825 kms including transport. With all this weather condition, probably it is the entry list which really looks good. A good 64 cars [Wow!], in those fifteen S2000 spec cars, five R4 spec cars, and a pretty long list of Group N & around eighteen R2 cars will be fighting for the top honors. Some useful rally docs: Itinerary Maps Leg 1 , & Leg 2 Entry List Below here is from last year's action. _ ______ ___...

In the history of Rally series, European Rally Championship  is one major and popular series, which dates back to early 1950's, when the sport was still evolving. With the merger of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge series into the series which has rich history, the glamour of the former series makes it a real treat for everyone involved, actively or passively. FIA brought in the change with the merger to get the costs under control and keep the integrity of the sport as well as to reduce the confusion among both different, yet which were sharing the geographical & competition in each of them. Season 2013 - being the 61st edition of the series, is going to kick start just on the fourth day of the new year, which just adds for the cheering revelry to the fans & friends alike. The series was normally a spread over 11 rallies in the previous season, but it is going to be a 13 rally series from this year to accommodate the IRC pattern. Starting from ...