He has been a successful rally driver for the Lancia team, but now it's time to get serious.
Since then, though, Makinen, arguably the finest rally driver in the world, has been there or thereabouts, but not really a feature in the thick of the championship battle.
Toyota is said to be testing three different designs for a Formula One car at its base in Cologne under the management of project leader Alain Decortanze and former rally driver Uwe Anderson.
We've also got interviews galore -- we'll be talking with Sony CEO Kaz Hirai, SMS Audio CEO (and rapper, we're told) 50 Cent, rally car driver Ken Block, Huffington Post founder Arianna Huffington, Stern Pinball CEO Gary Stern, MakerBot CEO Bre Pettis and CEA president Gary Shapiro among many, many others (including a very special appearance from Gallagher -- this is Vegas, after all).
Neither the driver nor the co-driver of the rally car were injured in the incident.
The Fed's efforts to keep interest rates extremely low are seen by many as a key driver of the rally.
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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"There is little chance of me taking part in the rally in Great Britain, " said the French Kronos Citroen driver.
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Polish driver Robert Kubica raced for the team in 2010, but missed all of last season following a rally crash in Italy in February.
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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