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        "id": 1063032,
        "msgid": "makinen-ready-for-hat-trick-at-medan-fally-1447893297",
        "date": "1996-04-17 00:00:00",
        "title": "Makinen ready for hat trick at Medan fally",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Makinen ready for hat trick at Medan fally JAKARTA (JP): A hat trick of wins is very much on the cards for Finland's Tommi Makinen in the Bank Utama world rally championship, scheduled from May 10 to May 12 in Medan, North Sumatra. Makinen and his Mitsubishi have proved themselves unbeatable after winning both the Swedish and Safari rallies -- the championship's first two legs this year.",
        "content": "<p>Makinen ready for hat trick at Medan fally<\/p>\n<p>JAKARTA (JP): A hat trick of wins is very much on the cards<br>\nfor Finland's Tommi Makinen in the Bank Utama world rally<br>\nchampionship, scheduled from May 10 to May 12 in Medan, North<br>\nSumatra.<\/p>\n<p>Makinen and his Mitsubishi have proved themselves unbeatable<br>\nafter winning  both the Swedish and Safari rallies -- the<br>\nchampionship's first two legs this year.<\/p>\n<p>Thus, the man who has conquered the world's two natural<br>\nextremes -- the snow-floored Swedish roads and the scorching<br>\nwasteland of Kenya --, should find North Sumatra's labyrinthian<br>\nplantations and tropical heat child's play.<\/p>\n<p>And if he performs as expected, he will clinch his first<br>\nvictory on Asian soil.<\/p>\n<p>Makinen, third in last year's championship, will have<br>\ncompatriot Seppo Harjanne as his co-driver. Harjanne, according<br>\nto the rally's organizer, visited Medan last month to reconnoiter<br>\nthe 1,300-kilometer route which has 27 special stages of a total<br>\nlength of 460kms.<\/p>\n<p>Dark horses, however, always lurk. Four-time world champion<br>\nJuha Kankkunen of Finland has decided to bring his Toyota to<br>\nMedan after skipping last month's Safari rally in Kenya. Former<br>\nworld champion Carlos Sainz and his navigator Luis Moya also come<br>\nto Medan on behalf of Ford. Subaru will field Scottish veteran<br>\nand current world champion Colin McRae, who will have 1995 Asia-<br>\nPacific rally champion Kenneth Eriksson of Sweden as his partner.<\/p>\n<p>President Soeharto's son Hutomo Mandala Putra, Indonesia's top<br>\nrally driver, will lead a pack of home contenders. Hutomo will be<br>\nin his Subaru Imprezza with his new navigator, New Zealand's<br>\nTonny Sircombe. Other Asian competitors include top Japanese<br>\ndriver Toshiaki Endo in a Mitsubishi Lancer, 1995 Malaysian<br>\nchampion Karamjit Singh and seasoned Hong Kong competitor Michael<br>\nLiew.<\/p>\n<p>For Indonesia, this will be the second time it stages a world-<br>\nlevel motorsport event. The first was the Indonesia Grand Prix<br>\nMotorcycling Championships, held in Sentul earlier this month. (arf)<\/p>",
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