In front of an expected sell-out crowd, the evening also hosts a Rally GB tribute show that will include the Championship winning 1995 Subaru Impreza WRC of
Colin McRae and the 2001 variant in which Richard Burns clinched the 2001 Drivers’ Championship.
The third and final leg comprises two runs through Brechfa and Trawscoed. These two long stages take place on a hard-packed surface, but while the former test is fast and features some long, cambered corners, the latter is much tighter and strewn with hairpins.
FIA World Rally Championship news:
Sebastien Loeb re-took the lead in the battle for the 2007 FIA World Rally drivers’ championship following his victory on the Rally Ireland two weeks ago. Loeb now leads by 6 points, after Marcus Gronholm crashed out on the asphalt event and failed to score.
In the Manufacturers' championship, the
BP Ford WRT secured its second consecutive crown, as the
Citroen Total WRT is now too far back to make up the deficit.
Ford ‘B’ team, the
Stobart squad meanwhile moved up to third - one point in front of
Subaru.
As for the Production Car World Rally Championship, Gabriel Pozzo did enough to keep his title hopes alive by taking second place. He now needs to win this weekend though to overhaul Toshi Arai and secure the PWRC honours. Mark Higgins is no longer in contention.
News from the Manufacturers' teams:
Citroen Total WRT:
[
Sebastien Loeb, car #1 and
Daniel Sordo, car #2]
Loeb: Title the priority.
Sebastien Loeb has confirmed that he will be driving to finish on the Rally GB in order to ensure he picks up enough points to take the 2007 drivers’ title.
The Frenchman goes to Wales, six points up on his arch rival, Marcus Gronholm and well placed to secure his fourth drivers’ crown and equal Tommi Makinen and Juha Kankkunen, the only other drivers’ in the history of the WRC to have managed that feat.
