Thursday, 1st May 2008

58 crews set to start round six; 18 in WRC cars; 17 in JWRC.

The organisers of the Rally d'Italia Sardegna published the official entry list for their event this week, the sixth round in the 2008 FIA World Rally Championship.

58 crews are due to start the round, which runs from May 16-18, with all six manufacturer teams in action.

In addition to the usual 'works' entries, Conrad Rautenbach and Urmo Aava will both be at the wheel of PH Sport-run Citroen C4 WRCs, while Mads Ostberg will compete in an Adapta-run Subaru Impreza and Andreas Mikkelsen and Peter van Merksteyn will use Ford Focus RS WRCs.

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Of the rest, all 18 runners in this year's FIA Junior World Rally Championship category have nominated Sardinia - and while Vilius Rozukas is listed, he will not be in action. The Citroen man missed the Jordan Rally last weekend due to a problem with his sponsors and as a result, he has been excluded from the 2008 JWRC in accordance with the FIA's regulations.

Another 23 runners meanwhile will also take in the round, including eleven set to battle it out for Group N honours and six for the N3 class victory.

The full entry list is as follows:

1. Sebastien Loeb Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC M
2. Daniel Sordo Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC M
3. Mikko Hirvonen BP Ford Abu Dhabi Focus RS WRC 07 M
4. Jari-Matti Latvala BP Ford Abu Dhabi Focus RS WRC 07 M
5. Petter Solberg Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2006 M
6. Chris Atkinson Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2006 M
7. Gigi Galli Stobart VK Ford Focus WRC 07 MT
8. Matthew Wilson Stobart VK Ford Focus WRC 07 MT
9. Federico Villagra Munchi's Ford Focus WRC 07 MT
10. Henning Solberg Munchi's Ford Focus WRC 07 MT
11. Toni Gardemeister Suzuki WRT SX4 WRC MT
12. Per-Gunnar Andersson Suzuki WRT SX4 WRC MT

14. Khalid Al-Qassimi BP Ford Abu Dhabi Focus RS WRC 07 A8
15. Conrad Rautenbach PH Sport-Citroen C4 WRC A8
16. Urmo Aava PH Sport-Citroen C4 WRC A8
18. Andreas Mikkelsen Ramsport-Ford Focus RS WRC A8
19. Mads Ostberg Adapta-Subaru Impreza WRC A8
20. Peter van Merksteyn Ford Focus RS WRC A8

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