Ford driver Mikko Hirvonen crashed out of Rally Finland today in fairly dramatic fashion. The Finn was leading the event when he lost control of his Focus RS and somersaulted over a hill. Crazy in-car and spectator footage below.
Ford driver Mikko Hirvonen crashed out of Rally Finland today in fairly dramatic fashion. The Finn was leading the event when he lost control of his Focus RS and somersaulted over a hill. Crazy in-car and spectator footage below.
Take a rallying Ford Focus RS
It was a sweep for Ford Foci in the Norway rally, as Finn Mikko Hirvonen prevailed at the end of Leg 3 earlier today. In second was BP-Ford teammate Marcus Gr nholm. Some rally folk had speculated Ford would pressure Hirvonen to throw the race for Gr nholm, to give his fellow Finn the extra Championship points. But…
With Frenchman Sebasti n Loeb down eight minutes after ditching into a snowbank early in Leg 2 of the Norway Rally, the racing day became a Finn-to-Finn shootout. In the end, Marcus Gr nholm and co-driver Timo Rautiainen were short 19.3 seconds to countrymen Mikko Hirvonen and Jarmo Lehtinen. Apparently it's been…