Chris Atkinson born November 30, 1979 in the far South Coast town of Bega, New South Wales, Australia, is a professional rally driver. in the World Rally Championship. He has driven for the Subaru team since 2005. In Rally Japan in 2005 he finished third, his best finish thus far in the WRC. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 468 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2032 × 2604 pixel, file size: 2. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... November 30 is the 334th day of the year (335th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins. ... Location of Bega in New South Wales (red) Bega is a town in the south-east area of the state of New South Wales in Australia. ... Rallying (international) or rally racing (US) is a form of automobile racing that takes place on normal roads with modified production or specially built road cars. ... The World Rally Championship (WRC) is a rallying series organised by the FIA, culminating with a champion driver and manufacturer. ... For other uses, see Subaru (disambiguation). ... World Rally Championship - 2005 Rally Winners ↑  Sébastien Loeb secures the drivers championship title in Japan. ... The Rally Japan is the thirteenth rally on the World Rally Championship schedule for 2005. ...

After a 2006 season with plenty of speed, but no quality results, Subaru told Atkinson that his job was on the line, and if he couldn't balance his speed with safety and achieve quality results he would be replaced by another driver. The 2006 World Rally Championship season began on January 20 with the 74th Monte Carlo Rally. ... For other uses, see Subaru (disambiguation). ...

At the start of the 2007 season Atkinson silenced his critics with a terrific 4th place in the 2007 Rally Monte Carlo. Atkinson was even the fastest in the 10th stage of the rally, St Bonnett and again in stage 13, a re-run of St Bonnett. On the final day of the rally, Atkinson was 0.8 seconds behind 4th place man Mikko Hirvonen and had to beat him in the super special stage, a 2.4 km run through Monaco which uses part of the world famous Formula One course. Hirvonen set a time of 1:50.9 meaning the Atkinson had to at least set a time of 1:50.1 to beat him, but Atkinson did better. Atkinson then went out for his run and came back to the pits with a massive smile on his face after setting a time of 1:49.9 and also winning the stage. Hirvonen showed great sportsmanship by being the first person over to Atkinson to congratulate him. World Rally Championship - 2007 Rally Winners Categories: | | ... The 75ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo (75th Monte-Carlo Rally) , the first round of the 2007 World Rally Championship season took place between January 19th and 21th, 2007. ... Mikko Hirvonen is a World Rally Championship driver from Finland. ... Formula One - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ...

Championship debut

At the wheel of a privately-entered Group N Mitsubishi Lancer, Chris impressed in his first full season of competition in the ARC. He finished inside the top ten in Group N and well inside the overall top 20 on every round he contested. During the year, Chris set second-fastest stage times on two occasions which, considering his age and experience, gave an indication of his tremendous potential. In one of the most competitive Australian Rally Championships ever, the Atkinson boys finished ninth outright and were crowned Privateer Champions. This performance brought Chris to the attention of Suzuki, who offered him the opportunity to drive one of its Super 1600 Ignis models with the Suzuki Sport team in the 2003 Asia-Pacific Rally Championship. Suzuki Motor Corporation ) is a Japanese multinational corporation company producing a range of automobiles (especially Keicars and small SUVs), a full range of motorcycles, ATVs, outboard motors, wheelchairs, and a variety of other small combustion-powered engine products. ...

Chris rewarded the team with a class win in the opening round of the championship in Canberra. Next came a second place in New Zealand, a second in Japan and two remarkable wins in Thailand and India. Atkinson was duly crowned Asia-Pacific Super 1600 Champion, but perhaps of more significance was his position of fifth overall, across all classes, in the Asia-Pacific Championship ahead of many more powerful, four-wheel-drive, turbo-charged cars. For other uses, see Canberra (disambiguation). ...

Career Highlights

• 2005 - 12th, World Rally Championship
• 2004 - Second, Australian Rally Championship
• 2004 - Winner, Asia Pacific Super 1600 Championship
• 2003 - Winner, Asia Pacific Super 1600 Championship
• 2002 - Winner, Australian Privateers Cup

Complete World Rally Championship results

External links

• http://www.chrisatkinson.com.au/
• WRC.com - official World Rally Championship website
• SWRT Profile on Chris Atkinson

References

• Subaru World Rally Team Official Site