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Ford Performance Racing Driver Gets On His Bike
31/8/2010
Melbourne - V8 Supercar driver Mark Winterbottom will be swapping the steering wheel for bicycle wheels when he takes part in this year’s Ford Otway Cycling Classic in Geelong on Sunday 7, November.
This year celebrates 30 years of the iconic annual cycling race, with this year's theme aiming to raise awareness of how cyclists and motorists can safely share the road together to help minimise accidents.
On average, each year, more than 2,500 cyclists are injured on our roads, and this has prompted famous faces such as Mark Winterbottom to throw their weight behind Bike Safe’s “Share the Road” campaign and the Ford Otway Classic.
Latvala impresses in Germany
The Finns, for whom sealed surface rallies are their least favourite, battled for a podium place in their Focus RS World Rally Car throughout this ninth round of the FIA World Rally Championship. Afterwards Latvala, winner of two gravel rounds this season, admitted: "This weekend I've been more confident on asphalt than ever before. It's not my favourite surface but I had a really good feeling here and I don't feel so concerned about driving on the surface any more. This is my best result in Germany and it has given me a big boost for the two remaining asphalt rounds this season." German rally test for Ford teams
Rallye Deutschland (19 – 22 August) returns to the world stage after a year's absence. The changing nature of the characteristics and surface of the speed tests and the ever-present threat of rain can offer the type of conditions that make it a tricky event for competitors. The rally is based in Germany's oldest city, Trier, close to the border with Luxembourg. The speed tests cover three vastly different types of road. The bumpy, narrow roads in the Mosel vineyards on the first and last legs comprise fast sections linked by hairpin bends. |
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