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My team

You can see them in the background on TV, out of focus on still images/photographs captured in the service area or on the grid. Without my team there I would never have been a double FIA World RX champion. Here is my tribute to my best friends, helpers, and family: the PSRX team!

I have been in countless discussions about the importance of a good team and whether rallycross – (and motorsports in general –) should be referred to as a team sport. My contention is clear, I firmly believe the answer to this is YES! For me, to even think about competing at all in the FIA World Rallycross Championship, I must have a team around me. How good the team is, determines how well I will achieve.

My team is hand-picked. I’ve put together a group of people who want the same as me. They want to win as much as I do, and they will do whatever it takes, no matter how “impossible” it may seem at times.

The downside of this sport

Life in World RX is tough, and we are often out traveling for a long time. It’s a comfort for all of us knowing that those who are at home, support us fully in our determination and quest to fulfill goals and dreams.

Let’s briefly recapture our struggles that led to race success: Almost all the other World RX teams also came to Lousada, did some test runs and disappeared again. PSRX was among one of the first of the teams to arrive and also were one of the last to leave as well.

We spend a lot of human resources in our preparations. But my team’s philosophy is that it would have been pointless for us to emerge starting in Montalégre without being fully prepared. In the final three weeks before the race, a base of 10 technicians, mechanics, helpers, team members and I worked around the clock under a small roof as the only protection against rain, snow, and hail in Lousada. We worked to make the car more than right. We worked to make it perfect.

Season 2016

We do not believe the season will be easy – but what we now know from the race in Portugal, should reflect the 2016 season for us:

1) When we are struggling, and we have been beaten (like on Saturday), we must still keep the faith and believe in the plan and our strategy. To achieve success in a World RX race and to win the final, the most important job is to stay safe through the four qualifiers and then the semi-final.

2) It’s better to be safe than sorry. What you don’t get to do today, you can only regret tomorrow!

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Citroen Xsara At The Start

Citroen Xsara was a small parent car produced by a French car company Citroen from 1997 to 2006. Kassara has evolved from Citroen ZKS and Peugeot 306, which has developed a platform and racing equipment. This model comes with three and five doors. The four-cylinder range is powered by 1.4, 1.6, 1.8 and 2.0-liter petrol engines, as well as 1.6, 1.9 and 2.0-liter diesel engines that are naturally accelerated and turbocharged. In some countries, for example, Portugal, a 1.5-liter TUD5 diesel engine is also available. Xsara was 1998. Semperit Irish Car of the Year in Irish.

Xsara enters in World Rally Championship

Xsara War Rally Car was one of the most successful cars in world rally championship, which ever compete. In 1999, VRC leader Xara Kit Car, a two-point driver, won a total of Rally Catalunya and Tour de Corse. This car is down to the best cars in the classes. The late Phillippe Bugarski became seventh in the whole and won the F2 Class Kit Car.

In 2003, Citroen Kara was one of the competing vehicles. In Wales GB, the leader Richard Burns suffered a dark signal and withdrew from the rally that Sebastien Loeb made a small mistake in the last round and lost the title by just one point.

The Citroen team won the title of the manufacturer and the 2004 year. They are still French who proved X-ray VRS archetype pilot virtually from the 2001 Concept, Jesus Puras, Carlos Sainz and Francois Duval were the other drivers who defeated.

In 2007, the car replaced the Citroen C4 WRC. However, Xara also used the private and other people. World champion Petter Solberg from 2003 drove Xsara for most of the 2009 season, which entered in his Petter Solberg world rally team.

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Kenneth Hansen won the FIA European Championships every year from 2000 to 2005. In September 2014, Nabil Karam entered the World RKS France in 2014 from Xara nad finished 34 of the 37 qualifiers and did not defeat qualifying for the semifinals. The DS3’s upgrade plan for 2015, this is the only time Xara is used to the event in the world championship.

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Top 5 WRC drivers in 2017

Sébastien Ogier was born on 17 December 1983. He is a French rally driver for M-Sport Ford in the World Rally Championship. His teammate is Julien Ingrassia. He is the current World Rally Drivers’ champion. He won the title for five times, from 2013 to 2017. He is the second most successful WRC driver with 41 victories and five WRC titles. Thanks to his mentality, he managed to make his fifth title, celebrating the success at Wales Rally GB.

Thierry Jean Neuville was born on 16 June 1988 in Belgium. He is a driver for Hyundai in WRC with his co-driver was Nicolas. The race was characterized by changing conditions, but as the first man Andreas Mikkelsen struck a double point, Neville approached Latval, which was the most compelling competition. The victory meant that Neuwile secured the second place in the general placement for the third time in his career.

Ott Tanak was born on 15 October 1987 is Estonia . He is currently in Toyota team with Martin Järveoja . Tänak started the year well. He was third in Monte Carlo and Argentina and second in Sweden. In Portugal finish 4th. The Estonian finished the year with third place in Spain, sixth place in Wales and second in Australia, to finish on third place general placement in the WRC behind ex-teammate Ogier and Thierry Neuville.

Jari-Matti Latvala was born 3 April 1985 is a Finland. His teammate is Miikka Anttila since 2003. He is an aggressive driver, and many people compare hi to Collin McRae. With 17 race victories in the WRC, he is the most successful driver who has n’t won a championship. He won at Sweden, second at Monte Carlo and Italy, and a fourth place at Corsica. He finished fourth in general placement, behind Ford drivers Ogier and Ott Tänak, and Hyundai driver Neuville.

Elfyn Rhys Evans Welsh rally driver was born 28 December 1988). In 2017, Elfyn joined again to the M-Sport World Rally Team to drive DMACK car. He started the season sixth in Monte Carlo and then in Sweden. After two disappointing races in Mexico and Corsica, at race number five in Argentina he finished second, he lost his first victory just for 0.7 seconds to Neuville. In Finland, another second place. In Wales, his home, Evans took advantage of  DMACK tires and won his first race in the season. He finished the championship in fifth place by the points.

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