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Battling Glove Champs
MDS guts stars are provide

and glory Hon fire spark for
title tilts

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Hall refuses to tyre
MOTORSPORT

LIKE THE FOURTH OF JULY: Hall, right, finishes in Sweden, above, with team-mate Tom Williams PHOTOS: M SPORT/JWRC
Good tactics help Reservist to

career-best result in Sweden

BRITISH RALLY co-driver SAC(T) Phil with M-Sport and this truly was the perfect Despiteespite t thehe lo
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Hall enjoyed the best Junior World Rally way to kick-start the year.” temperatures,temperatures, thethe
Championship (JWRC) result of his career, The demanding snow-and-ice-covered conditions in the stages conditions in the stages
finishing fourth in the closely-fought series stages lived up to their reputation as being were such that the ice would were such that the ice would
turn to slush and gravel over the
at Rally Sweden. highly unpredictable as the JWRC got turn to slush and gravel over the
course of the event, making the going
Reservist Hall said: “This is a truly underway in temperatures as low as –15˚C, course of the event, making the going
fantastic result for Tom (Williams) and I on but Hall took it all in his stride, guiding treacherous for the crews.
treacherous for the crews.
what was a very demanding rally. Williams to the perfect start to their 2019 Equipped with studded Pirelli tyres
Equipped with studded Pirelli tyres
“Everything just clicked and we stuck to campaign in the single-make championship. to break into the ice, Hall’s powerful
to break into the ice, Hall’s powerful
our strategy. I was confident to push Tom A sixth place achieved in Turkey last year Fiesta worked well in the thick ice.
Fiesta worked well in the thick ice.
when we could. It’s great to be back in JWRC was Hall’s previous best finish. ■ Continued on page 34:Continued on page 34:

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