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2010 RALLYE MONTE-CARLO: A BREAKTHROUGH IN SPORTS TV

Thursday, October 15th, 2009

FULL LIVE COVERAGE OF THE EVENT

Eurosport Events, the promoter of the IRC (Intercontinental Rally Challenge), and ACM (Automobile Club de Monaco) have revealed at Sportel in Monaco the broadcast plan for the 2010 Rallye Monte-Carlo on January 20-23, which will be the most televised rally in the sport’s history.

The ground-breaking coverage will bring live action throughout the event, totalling 14 hours of live coverage from the stages. These broadcasts full of innovation will reflect the prestige of the event, which will open the 2010 IRC season for the second consecutive year.

The Rallye Monte-Carlo, founded in 1911, is one of the world’s most famous motor sport events in any discipline. It is famous for taking competitors through the snow and tricky asphalt stages in the Alpes Maritimes before reaching its ceremonial finish on the glittering streets of Monaco.

The unprecedented live action from the stages, including the epic Col du Turini stages run at night, will be using a mixture of aerial shots, on-board footage and land-based cameras, and will bring television viewers closer to the Monte Carlo Rally than they have ever been before.

Géraldine Filiol, Managing Director of Eurosport Events, said: “This is a world premiere in rallying, a tremendous bonus for the millions of fans around the world. We are naturally proud to open the IRC season in 2010 again with the Monte Carlo Rally and I am sure that our ambitious plans are worthy of a mythical motorsport event like this. What viewers can look forward to is witnessing the story of the Monte Carlo Rally unfold live over the three days of the event. This pioneering development is set to bring the sport to new standards of TV coverage”.

Rene Isoart, General Commissioner of the ACM, added, “We have found within this IRC all the necessary ingredients to allow the Rally to return to the fundamental values of the sport and to see amateurs driving side by side with professional drivers, and this is very important for us. With this incredible TV coverage, we believe that our next rally will be again a great edition, with lots of participants and fantastic live images on TV as we have experienced in last January”.

This unmatched live action will enable rally fans to see all the action thanks to a unique international media coverage, including live extensive broadcasts on Eurosport’s channels (Eurosport, Eurosport 2 and Eurosport Asia-Pacific), complemented by coverage on EurosportNews and the Eurosport network of websites.

The IRC, organised and promoted by Eurosport Events, is an all-action cost-effective series which has seen seven manufacturers doing battle in 2009. With a full field of highly competitive machines crewed by a mixture of up-and-coming talent and established stars, the IRC delivers the very best of the sport’s traditions in a dynamic format for a new era.

Rallye Monte Carlo 2010 – Broadcasting Plan

Wednesday 20 January: 4 Special Stages LIVE

Thursday 21 January: 6 Special Stages LIVE

Friday 22 January: 4 Special Stages LIVE

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BFGOODRICH DRIVERS TEAM. Miguel Campos (Peugeot/BFGoodrich) ends Leg 1 in the top-ten

Sunday, May 11th, 2008

Miguel Campos, winner of the BFGoodrich Drivers Team operation for the Vodafone Rally de Portugal, completed the opening leg of his home event in 10th position at the wheel of his Peugeot 207 S2000, ahead of the 2002 Junior World Champion Dani Sola and just 2.7 seconds behind the 2006 European Rally Championship Giandomenico Basso.

Thursday evening saw thousands of fans turn out to line the streets of Faro to cheer on competitors on the 2007 Vodafone Rally de Portugal, with a particular ovation for the crew of the N°16 Peugeot 207 BFGoodrich, Miguel Campos and Paulo Babo. Making his return to active competition after a two-year absence, the driver selected to represent the BFGoodrich Drivers Team on this event finished just 3.6s adrift of Italy’s Luca Rossetti, winner of the recent Istanbul Rally.

“I couldn’t wait to be at the start of this evening’s stage,” admitted Miguel Campos last night. I didn’t take any risks, though, because this evening’s 1.3km run through the streets of Faro was only a warm up. It was important to stay focused and keep a cool head. The real rally begins tomorrow.”

Serious business effectively kicked off this morning in the hills of the Algarve with a menu of three stages before the lunchtime service break. Driving the N°16 car after being chosen from a shortlist of 48 candidates by the Portuguese motor sport governing body, a panel of journalists, BFGoodrich and Kronos Racing, Campos profited from stages swept clear by the cars running ahead of him on the road to claim the eighth fastest time on Loule (SS2, 19.89km). On SS4, however, he was caught in the dust of a competitor running ahead of him which lost him a good minute, although he still figured in 13th place.

Rain started to fall as drivers at the service park in the Algarve Stadium began thinking about tyre choices for the afternoon’s loop of three stages (58km). However, the available weather information suggested that the stages to the north near Vascao were still dry.

Bearing in mind that the conditions had most likely deteriorated following the morning’s pass, Miguel Campos opted for hard compound BFGoodrich g-Force Gravels. His choice paid off since the BFGoodrich Drivers Team representative succeeded in moving three places up the leaderboard to end Friday in 10th place, giving him an ideal position on the road for the last day’s six stages.

Jacques Morelli (BFGoodrich IRC Programme Manager)”Miguel has put in just the sort of applied and consistent performance we were expecting of him. He kept his head when things went against him, as on SS4 when he was handicapped by the dust thrown up by another competitor, and then when he came across rain on SS5.

“Marc Van Dalen (Team Manager, Kronos Racing)”Miguel quickly found his marks and he is making progress with every stage. The profile of the rally will be different tomorrow and our objective is to finish in the top eight which would be in the points. The Peugeot 207 is very popular and the operation is already a success…”

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Renato Travaglia will fight for IRC championship

Thursday, April 26th, 2007

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Renato Travaglia, former European Champion in 2002 and 2005 has announced his participation in IRC new championship. Travaglia will use Top Run Racing services to run his Mitsubishi Evo IX Gp.N. his campaign will start in next Turkey Rally, second rally of IRC calendar.

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