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Sunday, 15 March 2009 00:00

FxPro Cyprus Rally 2009 - Day Three

FxPro Cyprus Rally 2009: Car no. 1, a Citroen C4 WRC driven by Sebastien Loeb and Daniel Elena on Special Stage 13 near Anadiou. After the stage, Loeb commented,

Day three of the FxPro Cyprus Rally 2009 didn't start well. 

The previous evening we'd gone out for dinner.  And then to a club.  For just a couple of drinks, honest. 

When the alarm went off at 6.30am, somehow it got switched off, and I didn't wake again until 8.30am...

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Saturday, 14 March 2009 00:00

FxPro Cyprus Rally 2009 - Day Two

FxPro Cyprus Rally 2009: Car no. 7, a Citroen C4 WRC driven by Evgeny Noviko and Dale Moscatt on Special Stage 8 near Arminou. After the stage, Noviko commented,

Day two of the Cyprus Rally, and I was heading back up into the hills near Agios Nikolaos to see Special Stage 8 (Pano Panagia) of the FxPro Cyprus Rally 2009. 

As I hustled my lumbering Nissan Navara up the winding roads, the sun kept popping in and out.  But unfortunately, more in than out.

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Friday, 13 March 2009 00:00

FxPro Cyprus Rally 2009 - Day One

FxPro Cyprus Rally 2009: Car no. 133, a Subaru Impreza 2007 driven by Toshi Arai and Glen MacNeall on Special Stage 6 near Agios Nikolaos. 13 March 2009

I'd been looking forward to this one for ages.  I'm no motor sport fan in particular, but a round of the World Rally Championship being held in Cyprus was too good to miss.

We had a couple of outings up into the hills before the rally to suss out suitable locations.  Whilst the high Troodos would probably be the most exciting, the Special Stages in Paphos Forest and the lower Troodos are a whole lot more accessible.

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