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27.03.11 - Mentos Ascania Racing successfully finished Rally de Portugal
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The last day of Rally de Portugal has shorter distance than previous days - just four SS and 105 km. But they
did decide the final results of this stage of the P-WRC championship. Mentos Ascania Racing crew, Valeriy Gorban -
Sergey Larens became the best of Ukrainian crews, they got the 5th position. Oleksandr Saliuk and Pavel Cherepin
had technical problems yesterday and despite this fact they could finish the race at the 6th place, even with a penalty.
Aleksey Kikireshko and Vadim Chernega reached the finish of this incredible difficult race at the 11th position. Oleksandr Saliuk stopped the race on Saturday and on Sunday Valeriy Gorban became "responsible" for the best team result. The 1st Sunday SS was not very successful - Gorban and Larens became only the 12th. It was quite dangerous: the nearest pursuer of Gorban was Nikolas Fuchs - the fast driver from Peru. Trough the battle between Ukraine and Peru didn't take place: Fuchs stopped the race at SS14. So Gorban could enjoy his 5th place! Soon Valeriy Gorban even moved to the 4th position, but he couldn't keep this high result till the finish - at the last SS Valeriy lost four seconds and got the 5th place again. Oleksandr Saliuk and Pavel Cherepin started the day in good pace and won two SS on Sunday! Unfortunately he got the 10 min penalty on Saturday and Oleksandr Saliuk got just the 6th place. Rally de Portugal was quite unstable for the Ukrainian champion, but he demonstrated the good potential and turned Mentos Ascania Racing to the possible competitor for the top-five of the P-WRC. Aleksey Kikireshko and Vadim Chernega reached the finish at the 11th position. "It was incredible, - says Aleksey . - The race was very interesting and difficult, but I learned much from it". Mentos Ascania Racing had good result in Rally de Portugal and completed the team's program - to get into the top-five. Now Valeriy Gorban takes the 3rd position in the total ranking of the P-WRC 2011 with 22 points Official site Rally de Portugal Stage results | ||||
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26.03.11 - Rally de Portugal makes hard time for Mentos Ascania Racing
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Saturday stage of Rally de Portugal seemed to be less hospitable for Mentos Ascania Racing than Friday was.
Valeriy Gorban and Sergey Larens got the best result - they took the 5th line in today's P-WRC report. Aleksey
Kikireshko and Vadim Chernega improved their result and moved to the 13th place. Unfortunately Oleksandr Saliuk and
Pavel Cherepin left the race because of the broken suspension and had to use SupeRally for tomorrow. It's very pity
for the team - they started the day with the high 3rd result! Rainy Saturday made the road very slippery and more dangerous. But the very beginning of the day brought the present for Ukrainian rally fans - Oleksandr Saliuk and Pavel Cherepin took the 3rd position! It was impossible to come close to Hayden Paddon and Anders Grondal - the leaders were very fast. Saliuk managed to be 15,3 sec ahead Richardo Moura. He kept his position till SS10 - unfortunately Saluik had a problem with transmission of his Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX. Thereby the driver lost his priority and moved to the 5th place. It was jus a beginning of real troubles - the crew stopped on SS12 because of the broken suspension and is going to start tomorrow under SupeRally rules. Valetiy Gorban and Sergey Larens seemed to choose the best Portuguese tactics - the crew was quite stable during the first Saturday section and could avoid unpleasant accident. Only one SS was difficult for our crew: Gorban made a mistake at the first Saturday SS, but the crew could manage it and continued the race. Gorban had a competition with the Russian driver Dmitry Tagirov and could improve his yesterday result up to the 8th place (he was the 9th on Friday). At the second section Tagirov was faster than Gorban, but Ukrainian driver had a priority - time which was reserved during Friday's race. So Valeriy got to the finish the 5th. He became the fastest Ukrainian driver at Saturday section. Aleksey Kikireshko and Vadim Chernega had a very ragged race today - they had some repair during the service and could take only the 13th position. Saturday was very hard day for all P-WRC participants: Anders Grondal had a crash, Richardo Moura has an engine problem. So they stopped the race and the tot-thee positions were taken by Hayden Paddon, Benito Guerra (+6:35,8), Jukka Ketomaki (+9:23,5). Official site Rally de Portugal Shakedown results | ||||
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25.03.11 - Mentos Ascania Racing - doing our best
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Mentos Ascania Racing started Friday stage of Rally de Portugal at the optimistic note: Ukrainian drivers got quite
stable results from the beginning and kept good pace till the end of the day. Three Mentos Ascania Racing crews fulfilled
the team's program - they passed the whole distance and reached finish line without crashes and troubles. The stage started with the fair stewards' decision: yesterday Oleksandr Saluik and Pavel Cherepin got wrong result with an "additional" minute. Finally Friday morning rally fans could see the correct score - the "additional" time was cancelled and Saliuk moved to the 9th line in P-WRC. During first Friday section Saliuk improved his position and was the 3rd at the SS4 ( in 0,3 sec ahead Richardo Моurа and in 22,5 sec behind Hayden Paddon). Thereby our driver could show his competitiveness, but stayed very concentrated and careful - he became 4th after the first section and kept this position till the finish. It's quite a high result for Ukrainian driver because of the tough competition at Rally de Portugal. Valeriy Gorban and Sergey Larens kept calm and self-restrained tactics: the crew spent first section in the top-ten in P-WRC. Gorban made his driving style progressive and took 9th line before the first service brake. Than he moved forward for several positions till the second section: Gorban was 7th at SS6, and it was his best Friday result. Finally he reached the finish and became 9th. The last Mentos Ascania Racing crew, Aleksey Kikireshko and Vadim Chernega, overcame this day at 15-17th lines of the table. "The roads have varied configuration, - said Vadim Chernega, - and it is quite difficult to take record during the recce. Thereby we keep not so fast pace as it could be. We have to get to the finish!". Today Hayden Paddon became the fastest driver in the total ranking of P-WRC, Anders Grondal finished the day at the 2nd place, Richardo Моurа got to the finish at 3rd line. One of the P-WRC top-drivers, Patrik Flodin, crashed at the beginning of the day, he could continue the race but couldn't take place in the leaders' competition. All Mentos Ascania Racing cars came through Friday challenge without technical problems. Ukrainian crews are ready to face the next task of Rally de Portugal - 148 km of the SS distance. Official site Rally de Portugal Stage results | ||||
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24.03.11 - Mentos Ascania Racing - first surprises
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The first official racing day of the 2nd P-WRC stage, Rally de Portugal, ended in favor of spectators: thousands
of rally-fans came to Lisbon to see sport cars racing by the capital streets at the SSS. All three crews of Mentos
Ascania Racing finished today. This season event has quite long distances between SS's - is takes almost 300 km to get from Faro, the place of the shakedown, to Lisbon with SSS. Today Mentos Ascania Racing crews started their journey early morning and had the photo session with all participants of the race before the official start of the rally. Usually the SSS results are not important for the total race ranking - the SS distance of Rally de Portugal is very long and consists of three days, and Lisbon SSS is only about 3 km. Unfortunately Mentos Ascania Racing faced an unpleasant situation: Oleksandr Saliuk and Pavel Cherepin finished this day: on the last position in the P-WRC ranking (4:09.0)! The crew themselves said it was an on-line results mistake. So Ukrainian driver didn't care too much about its Thursday position and completely concentrated at the major part of the rally. Valeriy Gorban and Sergey Larens got the 12th position in P-WRC (3:16,3). Aleksey Kikireshko -Vadim Cehrnega got the 14th line. There were no surprises in the leaders group's results: Anders Grondal became the best (3:02,8), Nikolas Fuchs got the second line (3:03,6), and Patrik Flodin came third with 3:05,7. Rally de Portugal will bring hard time for Ukrainian drivers on Friday! "We are ready to make regular changes of the suspension's and protection's parts, - says the Mentos Ascania Racing chief mechanic Aleksandr Ptashnik . - It's all because of the very abrasive road surface and sharp stones". On Friday Ukrainian crews are going to pass 132 km of SS and 514 km of total distance. Official site Rally de Portugal Stage results | ||||
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23.03.11 - Mentos Ascania Racing - shakedown is passed
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Today participants of the 2nd stage of the P-WRC championship, Rally Vodafone de Portugal, tested theirs cars at
the official shakedown. Two Mentos Ascania Racing crews also took part in these tests: Oleksandr Saliuk - Pavel
Cherepin and Valeriy Gorban - Sergey Larens. Top-drivers P-WRC showed very tight shakedown results: Patrik Flodin was the fastest - and had only one lap (3:28,8), Russian pilot Dmitry Tagirov had four laps and the best was wit 3:29,6 time, finally, 3rd position won Hayden Paddon (3:30.0). All of them had Subaru Impreza STi. Ukrainian pilots finished shakedown with good results: Oleksandr Saliuk became the best and reached time 3:39.0, Yuri Protasov become a bit slower (3:44,4), and Valeriy Gorban got next result - 3:46,6. Before first official results brought optimistic feeling for Ukrainian rally-fans, our team passed technical inspection and recce. All three Mentos Ascania Racing Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX passed Official site Rally de Portugal Shakedown results | ||||
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20.03.11 - Mentos Ascania Racing on Rally de Portugal
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24-27 march 2011 Mentos Ascania Racing is starting new experience - three crews are going to take a part in the 2nd stage
of P-WRC 2011, Vodafon Rally de Portugal. For our team Portugal race is the first gravel rally in this year season. Just a week before the rally Mentos Ascania Racing find out bad news. Evgeniy Leonov skips Rally de Portugal because of health reasons - Sergey Larens will be the co-driver of Valeriy Gorban. "We very appreciate Sergey's professional skills, - says Gorban. - And thereby we proposed him to be a co-driver at this race. We wish Evgeniy Leonov all the very best and are waiting for his return". Two other crews - Oleksandr Saliuk-Pavel Cherepin and Aleksey Kikireshko-Vadim Chernega - are looking forward Vodafon Rally de Portugal without any changes. This year's event will include an all-new superspecial stage in the country's capital, Lisbon. Besides pre-event shakedown moving forward to Wednesday - thereby rally's schedule going to be long and eventful. Major battle is planned for three days - from Friday till Sunday. Portugal's stages, which include a mixture of open roads and technical and narrow sections, has abrasive surface. This puts the onus on tyre wear although the earlier March date (Vodafone Rally de Portugal ran in late May in 2010) means this might not be as apparent as in recent years. Mentos Ascania Racing has the same goal for Vodafon Rally de Portugal as for previous Rally Sweden - we are going to do our best, came through all four days without technical problems, reach the finish and gain more experience of world rallying. Official site Rally de Portugal SS timetable Rally Gide | ||||
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13.02.11 - Mentos Ascania Racing finished Rally Sweden
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Two crews of the Mentos Ascania Racing finished Rally Sweden - Valeriy Gorban and Evgeniy Leonov had the 4th result,
Oleksandr Saliuk and Pavel Cherepin won four stages on Sunday and showed stable and self-reliant drive, but despite
of this success they could reach only the 7th place in P-WRC ranking. Unfortunately, Aleksey Kikireshko and Vadim
Chernega lost their chance to finish the race - snow traps were big problems of the crew. Till Saturday fans of Oleksandr Saliuk had one question: "What's going on with Saliuk?". He was very unstable and not as fast as he used to be. Saliuk even said he could win a special prize in this race - "Golden shovel", because he spent too much time with it till the day releasing his car. And on Sunday he finally became much faster and won four SS. Mentos Ascania Racing crew found attention of the spectators and fans and appreciation of the colleagues. But it could not give them the additional time: Oleksandr Saliuk called Sweden very difficult for his crew - before the start our guys were talking about only one goal: to reach the finish. But as fast driver as Oleksandr Saliuk is was longing to find "middle way" between extremely fast speed and stability. Oleksandr Saliuk and Pavel Cherepin finished on the 7th position of the P-WRC ranking. That was not the dream of the fourfold champion of Ukraine, but Sunday part of the rally confirmed that Saliuk was going to find his "middle way". The crew of Valeriy Gorban and Evgeniy Leonov was the example of stable and self-controlled drive on Saturday. Nicolas Fuchs was his nearest competitor yesterday and Valeriy won only 1,7 sec on the SSS! But today the crew made a mistake which became a critical for the race result. Thereby Gorban lost the chance to change the balance of the duel on his behalf. Gorban and Leonov were faster than Protasov at the SS19, they were 3rd at the SS21, and even 2nd at the final stage... But this time he couldn't reach the podium. Despite of this Valery Gorban and Evgeniy Leonov was the luckiest crew of the Mentos Ascania Racing team - they were the most stable from the beginning till the end of Rally Sweden. Unfortunately Aleksey Kikireshko and Vadim Chernega had one more retirement on Sunday - they crashed the car in a snowdrift. The final podium of Rally Sweden became glorious for Ukraine: Martin Semerad from Czech Republic became the winner, Ukrainian driver Yuriy Protasov took the 2nd place, and the 3rd winner was Nicolas Fuchs from Peru. It's a pity, but Russian driver Dmirtiy Tagirov couldn't get higher than 6th place - he lost too much yesterday. Of course this year Rally Sweden lost two fast P-WRC driver and the battle for the podium couldn't be really tight. But Mentos Ascania Racing did very important investment to the international image of the Ukrainian rally drivers. We built three sport cars by our own mechanics' team, passed the technical control and spent three days in competition with the best drivers in the world. We are going to take the Swedish experience with us to the rest of the P-WRC championship - it's just a start, see you in Portugal! | ||||
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12.02.11 - Mentos Ascania Racing Mentos Ascania Racing - exciting Saturday
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On Saturday Rally Sweden turned in lottery named "snowdrift"- a lot of crews reached the finish with mistakes
and time wasting. Mentos Ascania Racing drivers had exiting day: Valeriy Gorban started the race on the 3rd place
in P-WRC and kept it till the end of the day, Oleksandr Saliuk became a strong competitor, and Aleksey Kikireshko
reached finish successfully without pit-stops on the roadside of the race. From the beginning Patrik Flodin made a loud sensation - he was retired because of breaking technical rules: wheels of his Subaru were not in accordance with this year FIA regulations. Flodin was 3rd yesterday, thereby Saturday's intrigue of the race concentrated at other drivers. Ukrainian Mentos Ascania Racing became an important participant of the Swedish battle: at SS8 there was only 2 sec between Saliuk and Protasov. Yesterday Saliuk complained about slippery road - there is no winter rally in Ukraine, so he did not have enough snow-driving skills. Russian driver Dmitriy Tagirov made the battle tough - he made a mistake at SS8 and lost the time in a snowdrift. Snow became a real evil for Russian crew: on the road section after SS12 Tagirov had an accident with a local private car. The spectator was not careful and didn't give an attention to the road situation - thereby Tagirov had to avoid the crush and direct his car out of the road. He couldn't release the car from the snow in time and was late at time control. Thereby Dmitry will start tomorrow - by the SupeRally system. The battle at the first section of Rally Sweden was similar to the one at the last year Rally Yalta: Valeriy Gorban drove before Yuri Protasov, who was faster at the stages but Gorban kept his position in total ranking. From the beginning the distance between them was 55 sec, than it reduced till half of the minute: That was the distance of the one mistake and the delicate balance could be broken anytime. And the Rally Sweden situation changed for Gorban exactly unluckily as Yalta Rally did: just before the 1st section's finish Valeriy made a visit to a snowdrift and Protasov came forward. Spectators could see remarkable battle between Ukrainian drivers - it continued after the service brake. On SS12 Valery Gorban was faster than Protasov for about 4 sec but Protasov took his priority back - win SS13. This "unlucky" stage become quite lucky for Saliuk - he was third there. But the total results after fourteen stages were the same: Valery Gorban became third, Protasov - second, and Saliuk could take only the eighth position. The last part of the race made certain changes in the results: Valery Gorban lost his third position in the duel with Nicolas Fusch. After the service brake Fusch got faster and faster and after SS15 Nikolas became 3rd. But at the last SSS of this day Gorban finally took his priority back. So Saturday's part of Rally Sweden finished - only 8 cars reached finish, and Martin Semerad became the leader of the PWRC ranking. All three cars of the Mentos Ascania Racing team came to the end of the day - Gorban was third, Saliuk become 8th and Kikireshko took the 9th place. Valery Gorban: "Now Martin Semerad is the leader of our production category. Today it was a very difficult and interesting race in which we were doing our best. But tomorrow it will be a crucial day for all the participants in general and for our team in particular. We need all the encouragement of our fans to finish the last kilometers of the rally tomorrow. As to me - I drove with great pleasure today. I used to like wide roads but here in Sweden I like narrow ones. It's a surprise for myself!" Oleksandr Saliuk: "I can say only one thing - the winter race is not habitual for me! So today's race was quite difficult for me, I'm always driving as fast as I can, but here, I think, I can't understand the local road yet" | ||||
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11.02.11 - Mentos Ascania Racing comes through the 2nd day of the Rally Sweden
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Snowy Sweden brought a lot of surprises for Ukrainian drivers - only two of three cars of the Mentos Ascania
Racing broke the tape today. Valeriy Gorban demonstrated stable and fast day and became the best of the all
Ukrainian participants. He took the 5th place in the P-WRC results. For Alexey Kikireshko the day begun dramatically: on the SS2 he lost control at his car and got off the track. The car so deeply stuck in the snow that the crew couldn't release it by themselves. But now the mechanics repaired the car and Kikireshko is ready to continue the race tomorrow morning. Of course he can do it only in the SupeRally System. But Aleksey is not discouraged - his goal for Sweden is to finish all three days. But the difficult snowy road was hard even for experienced and well-qualified Oleksandr Saliuk. His times on the SS were fast when he was stable and didn't make mistakes, but otherwise he loose his advantage on other stages. Twice he was a prisoner of the snow and wasted the time thereby his total result for today was only 8th place in P-WRC. A bit higher position got Yuriy Protasov - 6th result, but Dmitry Tagirov was the best Slavic driver and took the third place! Valery Gorban the owner of Mentos Ascania Racing team brought the best result to the team's moneybox - he showed very stable day and was pleased with a road condition. Valery Gorban: "Yesterday was hard day for our team - we replaced the engine in the Saliuk's car, and hardly managed to do it right in time. But as for me the race is wonderful! All SS are interesting, but I wish the surface was a bit hard. Soft snow is not situable for wide wheels". Oleksandr Saliuk: "Today I made some off-road race - I can hardly belive, but sometimes I couldn't understand this ice and snow surface at all. I used to drive on the gravel roads and now can't change my practice quikly enought" Vadim Chernega: "Our mistake was made at the very high speed, but the car was not broken too much - I'd like to thank the snow! We slowed down and stopped in the deep snow. When I looked at the car, I thought we need the tank to move it out. But all the spectators came to help us, we digged the snow out and came back to the service park". | ||||
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10.02.11 - Mentos Ascania Racing - Rally Sweden started!
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Ukrainian rally team Mentos Ascania Racing keeps it's winter experience on Rally Sweden. On Wednesday our drivers
finished the second part of the recce, and on Thursday the rally program included the shakedown and the Super Special
Stage (SSS). Wednesday, 9.02, was quite taugh for Ukrainian team. The crews were concentrated at the recce and completed theirs stenogramms. This year Super Stages are not very long in general, but the total distance of the day looks like a big marathon. At this time the technical team has presented the cars for the technical inspection. This part of the official rally procedure was very important experience for Mentos Ascania Racing team. Ukrainian engineers prepared two total new-build sports cars made by own hands of Ukrainian specialists. One car was completely rebuilt before the race. This time high professional level of the team had successful result - after the FIA inspection all three cars were entered the P-WRC list on the Rally Sweden. On Thursday the weather was snowy and it was a perfect condition for shakedown tests. Unfortunately,Mentos Ascania Racing had to return two cars in the service park - Saliuk had some problems with the engine, Gorban - with transmission (differential). But thanks to the team's mechanics the cars were repaired and returned on the track for SSS in Karlstad. This part of the race consists of the unique competition - all the cars are coming to the short track (only 1900 m) by pairs. In the pair Saliuk-Kikireshko Kikireshko was faster for 0,4 sec, and in the pair Tagirov-Gorban Valery Gorban was slower for the same 0,4 sec! Now the team is keeping comfortable pace and preparing for tomorrow. Friday is going to be very important day for Mentos Ascania Racing - we wish all the best for our drivers. Pavel Cherepin: "The road is very difficult. We assumed Rally Sweden will be hard, and we really can see it - Sweden is a true stage of WRC! All of SS here are different and unpredictable". Evgeniy Leonov: "The shakedown was incredible! The road was perfect, my pilot was fast and self- confident. Only one thing made us sad - the differential broke too quickly and it was very pity to finish shakedown after just one lap. New wide tyres are a bit unfamiliar for us - they could keep the car well steered on the tight surface, but on the loose snow the tyres make driving very unstable". | ||||
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08.0.11 - Mentos Ascania Racing in Sweden - the first part of the recce
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Mentos Ascania Racing arrived to Sweden where our team is preparing to the start of the 1st stage of P-WRC championship,
Rally Sweden. Valery Gorban, Oleksandr Saliuk and Aleksey Kikireshko finalized all the necessary documental procedures
of the Administrative control on Monday. And three of our crews were on recce all the Tuesday. Despite of the weather forecast this racing week-end is going to be snowy and cold: the temperature reached minus 5 C point and the big snowfall was falling till the day. Thereby Rally Sweden is going to be true winter experience for Ukrainian drivers. Mentos Ascania Racing is waiting for the very important part of the rally - technical control and the rest part of the recce. We wish good luck to all the participants of the Rally Sweden and especially Ukrainian Mentos Ascania Racing team. Valery Gorban: After the first part of the recce I could say this road is very different: in some places it looks similar to Karelia, in others - to Vyuborg. The road is mostly located in forests, but today's SS are very fast. We can see more features of the SS's during the race itself, just wait and see. Evgeniy Leonov: Winter road is perfect! It's covered with snow and ice, there are lots of jumps, hard narrow turns. It's quite difficult and interesting for the crew - that's our first impression. Pavel Cherepin: Oleksandr Saliuk and I are very exited with today's SS - from the beginning to the end of the today's recce it was very interesting. We finalized 90 km of SS today and 600 km in total, and feel tired now. But the road is wonderful and it's really hard to leave this rally. Vadim Chernega: It's a comfortable classic winter here: the temperature is not very cold, and the snow covered the road for 40 sm. This rally has perfect and unique road - I can't compare it with Ukrainian rallies at all. I think here, in Northern Europe, the roads are the best rally roads in the world. |
31.01.11 - Mentos Ascania Racing going to Rally Sweden P-WRC 2011
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Ukrainian rally team Mentos Ascania Racing is going to participate in Rally Sweden, which will be held till 10-13
February 2011 near Karlstad. The team enters championship with three cars - Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX driven by Valery
Gorban, Oleksandr Saliuk and Alexey Kikireshko. Rally Sweden will be the first race in team's P-WRC program. Last year
Oleksandr Saliuk and Valery Gorban took part in three races of NEZ series and Rally of Turkey - that were first steps for
completed world championship of 2011. P-WRC is limited to production-based cars homologated under the Group N. It became popular in all around the world and now involves 7 races and teams from 14 countries. For the first time in the world rallying history P-WRC championship includes so many participants from the former Soviet Union: Yuriy Protasov and three Mentos Ascania Racing cars and one Russian crew of Dmitry Tagirov. Thereby 2011 P-WRC championship was even called "USSR Rally Cup" in fan audience. Oleksandr Saliuk and Yuriy Protasov were warring competitors for absolute title in Ukrainian native championship during several years so their meeting on P-WRC rallies could be one of the most exciting battle of Rally Sweden. The history of Rally Sweden started in 1950 and the rally kept on as a summer rally until 1965. It became one of the most popular race in all WRC championship since that. Rally Sweden is the only true winter rally of the year with snow and ice covered gravel and low temperature as low as -25 С. It has a unique cross-border stage which runs in Norway and Sweden both. Total distance of SS of the rally is 348 km for 2011, the longest one is 24,63 km and the shortest - 1,9 km (Karlstad SSS). The rally is going to be the hard test for Mentos Ascania Racing. All team's cars were built by own hands of Ukrainian specialists and Mentos Ascania Racing is native manufacturer of rally cars. Two of three cars are absolutely new and now the team is preparing to the most important procedure of Rally Sweden - technical inspection. Mentos Ascania Racing is going to take its own place in the common list of such sport cars manufacturers as Top Run Racing, Ralli Art, Prodrive, URT and so on. They all have strong reputation and clients: P-WRC championship itself is unofficial " competition" among sport cars manufacturers. Ukrainian cars have to be as fast, reliable and strong as possible to make trustworthy image for their builders. So Mentos Ascania Racing makes its own manufacturer's debut on Rally Sweden. Oleksandr Saliuk: "I have no idea about my plans and goals for this rally, the main purpose for me is just to finish the rally. We didn't have enough time to prepare for WRC so I planned to take maximum from official tests on February 7th. I'm not going to concentrate on Yuriy Protasov - my native competitor from Ukraine. I'm going to do my best." Evgeniy Leonov: "There is no surprise in snow-covered road for our crew - we have an experience of that kind of rallies and tests. According to the meteorological forecast it's going to be warm weather - temperatures can reach above 0 degrees and it may be raining. It's not winter weather at all! As for three days racing program I think it would be quite comfortable for us". Vadim Chernega: "During my career I already had long races .The most hardest thing in long races is the ability to keep yourself concentrated for a long time. During the official test program we are going to understand more about new type of studded tires with wide wheels and driving conditions". Officiall WRC web-site Official Rally Sweden web-site | ||||
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20.01.11 - Web-conference with Oleksandr Saliuk
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One of Ukrainian automotive weekly has invited Oleksandr Saliuk to the web press-conference.
Olexandr answered lot of question from his fans about future P-WRC program.
Our pilot was asced about his preferences in car brands, about competition with Yuriy Protasov, plans and goals and some
personal questions.
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