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Craig Breen Irish rally driver World Champion.
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Craig Breen Irish rally driver World Champion.
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Some achievement by Waterford's Craig Breen young Irish rally driver.
Craig Breen World Champion.
Irish rally driver Craig Breen has won the World Rally Championship Academy title and a prize of €500,000 as the series went down to the very last stage on Rally GB.
The 21-year-old from Waterford won five of the six stages on day three of the event as championship leader Egon Kaur won the opening stage in his Fiesta.
With one stage to go Kaur lead Breen 111 points to 110, but Breen won the last stage to take a bonus point and as a result not only won the Academy Class on Rally GB but the series as well on countback of fastest stages.
Yesterday Sebastien Loeb claimed an unprecedented eighth successive world rally championship fter closest rival Mikko Hirvonen's title hopes were dashed at the Wales Rally GB.
Hirvonen damaged the radiator on his Ford Fiesta after striking a submerged branch on the seventh stage.
With Hirvonen forced to pull out Loeb was assured of the 2011 title.
Craig Breen Irish rally driver
Craig Breen (born 2 February 1990) is an Irish rally driver. He currently competes in the World Rally Championship (WRC) Academy, winning his first event at the 2011 Rallye Deutschland.
Craig Breen Irish rally driver World Champion Career
Craig is the son of Ray Breen, a national champion in Irish rallying. He began karting in 1999 in Ireland. He began rallying in 2007, combining it with karting commitments in Europe in 2008. In 2009 he made the full-time switch to rallying, competing in the Irish, British and International Fiesta Sporting Trophys, winning all three championships, as well as the Irish Junior Championship.
In 2010 he competed in the British Rally Championship in an M-Sport-prepared Ford Fiesta S2000. He took his first BRC victory on the 2010 Ulster Rally. He also finished 19th overall in the car on 2010 Rally Finland.
2011, Breen is competing in the WRC Academy driving an Ford Fiesta R2. He won his first WRC event at the 2011 Rallye Deutschland.
Craig Breen has been Crowned Champion with a spare stage to go Kaur lead Breen 111 points to 110, but Breen won the last stage to take a bonus point and as a result not only won the Academy Class on Rally GB but the series as well on countback of fastest stages.
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