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Duval faces baptism of ice
January 30, 2002
Ford team director Malcolm Wilson says that he expects no heroics from his newest driver Francois Duval on the Swedish Rally, the 21-year-old Belgian’s first outing in a World Rally Car.

Duval, the youngest ever works rally driver, is also driving a Puma this year and has rallied a Group N Lancer in the past, but this will be his first major event in a car as potent as a works Focus. Wilson is in no doubt that he is ready for it after an encouraging performance during a test in Cumbria and a couple of days in Sweden just before the recce.

“I just want him to get to the end of the rally, get the experience, do a similar job to what Markko Martin did in Monte Carlo. He has driven a Group A-type car before,” Wilson said.

Martin finished 12th on the Monte, but if anything, the opposition Duval will face in Sweden is even more formidable.

Bron: http://www.worldrallynews.com

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