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Hanninen to take in Pirelli.
Friday, 7th March 2008
Current FIA Production World Rally Championship leader Juho Hänninen will join the Tesco 99 Octane MSA British Rally Championship for the Pirelli International Rally next month.
The announcement that the Finn will take in the round in his Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX adds to the growing level of competitiveness ahead of the opening round in the UK's premier rally series.
Hanninen is no stranger to the British forests and won his class on the Wales Rally GB, Britain's round in the WRC, in 2006. He also finished second in his class last year. He recently got his 2008 PWRC campaign off to a great start, by scoring the maximum points in Sweden back in February.
2007 European Rally champion Simon Jean Joseph meanwhile will also take in the event and give the new C2-R2 MAX its UK rally debut.
