Round-3Australia
26-27 MAY 2012
| 1. | 31-01 | MAR/APR | New Zealand |
| 2. | 28-29 | APR | New Caledonia |
| 3. | 26-27 | MAY | Australia |
| 4. | 14-15 | JUL | Malaysia |
| 5. | 15-16 | SEP | Japan |
| 6. | 26-28 | OCT | China |
Record 100 Cars and 13 Internationals Line up for International Rally of Queensland
13 May 2012 - Event Release
A RECORD 100 vehicles, including 13 from overseas, have been entered for the Brakes Direct International Rally of Queensland on the Sunshine Coast on 25-27 May. The entry list includes drivers from as far afield as Britain, Sweden, India and Japan, who will pilot some of the world’s fastest rally cars in round three of the FIA Asia Pacific Rally Championship.
29 Apr 2012 - Brian Young - APSMtv
The island of New Caledonia may be known as a pacific holiday destination, but for the drivers and teams in the Asia Pacific Rally Championship’s round 2 held on the island over the weekend this was no picnic. Rally of New Caledonia proved to be one of the toughest and roughest in the six event series and only eight competitors made the finish-line.
28 Apr 2012 - Brian Young - APSMtv
The Rally of New Caledonia as always is an event of extremes and today was no exception. Weather played its part with hot sunny skies turning to tropical down-pours in the afternoon, while punctures and mechanical issues delayed or forced retirement.MRF’s Chris Atkinson is the driver in front but even he had problems
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27 Apr 2012 - Brian
Day one of Rally New Caledonia has seen plenty of action already and there is still one stage to go - the super-special tonight. After three stages and 37 kilometres of competition Proton’s PG Andersson leads Chris Atkinson by 4.3 seconds, but both of their team-mates have had problems.
26 Apr 2012 - Brian Young
Rallye New Caledonia ceremonial start photos. The real action begins tomorrow (Friday) with Stage 1 at 12.08 local time.
26 Apr 2012 - Team Release
Team MRF drivers Chris Atkinson and Gaurav Gill will be hoping to continue their brilliant start to the 2012 Asia Pacific Rally Championship at this weekend’s Rally of New Caledonia.
22 Apr 2012 - Team Release
After a blistering start to the FIA Asia-Pacific Rally Championship in New Zealand, the PROTON Motorsports team will be looking to repeat its superior pace and performance on this weekend’s second round, Rallye de Nouvelle Caledonie.
1 Apr 2012 - Event Release
Chris Atkinson has taken back-to-back victories at Brother International Rally of Whangarei with a 28.1 second winning margin over fellow Asia Pacific Rally Championship contender Per-Gunnar Andersson as the two-day event wrapped up.
1 Apr 2012 - Brian Young
Australian Chris Atkinson driving for MRF Skoda has won the opening round of the 2012 Asia Pacific Rally Championship the Brother Rally of Whanga
rei New Zealand, by 28.1 seconds from Sweden's Per Gunnar Andersson. More news in soon.
New Caledonia REVIEW
The Asia Pacific Rally Championship is an official F.I.A. championship that covers a diverse range of countries, climates, cultures and a population base of over 2.5 billion people.
In 2012 six events make-up the championship starting on 31 March with the New Zealand round, Rally Whangarei, a real driver's favorite featuring high-speed cambered corners. Next is the tropical island of New Caledonia on the rough red roads south of the beautiful French city of Noumea. The Sunshine Coast of Australia follows in May with Rally of Queensland, an event that has a great mix of surfaces and speeds. In July is the Malaysian Rally, the first of the Asian events where extreme heat and humidity are added to the challenge of the slippery Palm Oil plantation tracks. Japan follows two months later in September with the high-speed narrow roads of Rally Hokkaido. The championship finale is the China Rally in October, based in Longyou 400 kilometres south west of Shanghai where the drivers face extremes of surface, the fast and narrow concrete lanes through the villages and the muddy gravel tracks over the near-by mountains.
From beautiful south-sea island sunsets to the rugged mountains in northern China this rally championship has it all. Drivers from Japan, Indonesia, India, Malaysia, China, Japan, New Caledonia, Australia and New Zealand compete in the latest rally cars from Mitsubishi, Subaru and Proton.
APRC.TV Ltd has been the official television producer for the championship since 1999 and in 2011, 418 million TV viewers in 196 countries watched coverage of the APRC.