Coates Hire Rally Australia 2014

Coates Hire Rally Australia 2014 is underway and we guess that someone driving a VW are keen on getting things sorted out? At least the VW's are off to a good start on Friday's stages, but there is a Northern Irishman who wants to play as well! Not much drama on day one, but Neuville managed to damage his suspension, then miraculously repair the car and notch up a 4th best time on the next stage! Hirvonen seems to have refound the vintage Finn we've witnessed before and Kubica has avoided both excursions and gremlins. "Home" favourite Paddon leads Østberg, guess Mad Mads will pick up the glove tomorrow and give the Kiwi a considerable fight for 6th overall. Atkinson need to step it up after a slow start - now he's feeling the pressure from the commanding Yazeed Al-Rajhi in a Fiesta RRC.

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