Staff at the fire station next door also showed a keen interest in the event, a taxi driver told BBC News Online.

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Blundell's co-driver for the event will be Daily Express F1 journalist Bob McKenzie.

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This system visually and audibly alerts the driver in the event of a sudden decrease in following distance and briefly tugs on the brakes.

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Not surprisingly, Harrington, who also topped the putting stats, was the longest driver in the event with an average of 320.6 yards a time.

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The Citroen driver, who won the event for the fourth time last year, dominated the four-day race from the start to eclipse the feats of four-time victors Sandro Munari, Walter Rohrl and Tommi Makinen.

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The fourth annual vintage-flavored on and off-road rally is scheduled to begin on Saturday, April 27 with a pre-event technical inspection, vehicle display and driver's meeting all taking place at the historic bullring in Mexicali, Baja, Mexico.

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Rossi will be driving a Peugeot 206 with Carlo Cassina as his co-driver in the rally, the last event in this year's world championship.

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But Williams driver Barrichello was still irritated after the event.

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When Dustin Johnson kicked off the 2013 PGA Tour season by winning its first event in Hawaii last month, he was using the hottest driver in the game.

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He will be the navigator for able-bodied driver Justin Birchall for the 8, 000-kilometer event.

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