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| SKODA Motorsport wants a hat-trick in the 2012 IRC Posted: 16 Dec 2011 10:41 AM PST The SKODA Motorsport team will continue the Fabia Super 2000 project also in the upcoming year 2012. This year the project has led to the greatest achievements in the brand’s long history of motorsport efforts. The participation in the Intercontinental Rally Challenge championship with the Fabia Super 2000 where SKODA has won the titles in both the Drivers and Manufacturers categories for two consecutive years remains the brand’s top priority. Furthermore, one of the factory crews will newly appear in selected rallies of the European Championship and the factory team will also appear in the home rally championship. Juho Hanninen and Jan Kopecky remain the brand’s factory drivers for 2012. The first event in 2012 to see the factory team in action is the Janner Rally that is taking place in Austria over the first weekend of January. Commenting on the team’s agenda in 2012, Head of the SKODA Motorsport team Michal Hrabanek says: "SKODA’s top priority will be to defend the IRC titles we have won in the last two years. Three drivers in factory-prepared Fabia Super 2000s are going to fight for points in the Manufacturers category – Jan Kopecky and Juho Hanninen of SKODA Motorsport (factory team) and Andreas Mikkelsen of SKODA UK Motorsport. With future prospects in mind, we want to gain experience in selected events of the European Championship where we will be represented by Juho Hanninen & Mikko Markkula, one of our factory crews. Intending to become even more visible in the home market, the other factory crew, Jan Kopecky & Pavel Dresler, will appear on Czech tracks as part of the Czech Championship. Pavel Dressler has replaced Petr Stary who, unfortunately, has a long-standing health problem – in this connection, the whole team wishes Petr a fast recovery." 2011 SWRC Champion Juho Hanninen: "I have learned a lot at SKODA Motorsport over the last three years, and these have been more than good times for the entire team. I believe that we will be successful also next year that holds some new rallies for us, but that is exactly what makes this sport so exciting. I am pretty certain that we are going to make another step ahead with the Fabia." Three times IRC Vice-Champion Jan Kopecky: "I appreciate the opportunity to continue cooperating with SKODA Motorsport. Our ambition in the Czech championship is of course to keep appearing on the top ranks and the goal in the selected IRC events is to always win as many points as possible in order to help SKODA win the third title in the Manufacturers category. I want to say a big thank you to Petr Stary for great three years that we have spent together and wish him a fast recovery." The Mlada Boleslav-based car manufacturer is celebrating 110 years of its motorsport efforts this year and 2011, quite symbolically, has been the most successful year in this long and unique history – SKODA has comfortably repeated its last year’s victory in the Manufacturers category of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge championship, Fabia Super 2000 drivers have won the first three places in the Drivers category of the IRC (Mikkelsen 1st, Kopecky 2nd, Hanninen 3rd) and Juho Hanninen & Mikko Markkula have won the first-ever SWRC title for SKODA. At the end of this year, SKODA Motorsport and its Fabia Super 2000s made their debut in the Race of Champions, a prestigious multi-discipline event with a history of over 20 years. Related posts: SKODA Motorsport wants a hat-trick in the 2012 IRC
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| The Prestige Cars Calendar 2012 Posted: 16 Dec 2011 07:03 AM PST Prestige Cars & Luxury is proud to present its first in-house calendar. In the inimitable style of the magazine, one image for each of the 12 months has been reproduced in the highest possible quality to keep you smiling through 2012. Each of the 12 photographs shows a highly desirable car against a backdrop the photographer thinks best portrays its character, or his mood at the time. "This calendar is another step for us, a path through which we can extend the emotional attachment to our readers," said Editor-in-Chief, Jan-Christopher Sierks. "Our photographers, Mario-Roman Lambrecht, Ian Kuah, Melanie Meder and Roberto Carrer, have done a really great job all year long, and we wanted to pay them home through this calendar, creating a unique collectors item for our readers at the same time." Limited to just 500 copies, the calendar was first announced in the Autumn issue of the magazine. If you want a copy, please hurry because many readers have already placed their order, sight unseen. To ensure your calendar reaches you in perfect condition, it will be shipped in a bespoke cardboard carton with air padding for maximum protection. A Prestige Cars sticker-set for your car will accompany every calendar. Orders can be placed by e-mail: calendar (at) prestigecars (dot) de, by telephone: + 49 (0) 69 75 93 84 83, or order online The Publisher guarantees delivery within Germany by the 24th of December 2011 for orders placed by 12:00 noon on the 21st of December 2011. Details:
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