Kimi giving autographs in Porto

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Loeb, Hirvonen, Räikkönen and others to drive on streets of Porto

This year's Vodafone Rallye de Portugal will see the inclusion of The Porto Roadshow, with the most important cars and drivers entered in the rally participating in the event.

After being appointed the official promoter for the FIA World Rally Championship, North One Sport pledged to support organisers, teams and drivers running events promoting the WRC rallies. And this was an opportunity that the organisers of the Portuguese round of the 2010 championship did not miss.

The Porto Roadshow will be held on the Sunday prior to the rally - May 23rd – amid the stunning scenery of Aliados Avenue. The area surrounding City Hall will be transformed for the day, into a superspecial stage; 950 meters long and with jumps, chicanes, donut areas and drifting, it will set the scene for the following week’s rally perfectly.

The show will start with an autograph session at 2.30pm, then at 3.30pm, practice will start. From 5.00pm and with just one driver on the track, the event itself will begin, with a one-hour live transmission on Portugual’s RTP Channel 1.

Almost twenty drivers and cars will attend the event.

The confirmed names are:
- Sébastien Loeb (Citroen C4 WRC)
- Dani Sordo (Citroen C4 WRC)
- Kimi Räikkönen (Citroen C4 WRC)
- Petter Solberg (Citroen C4 WRC)
- Mikko Hirvonen (Ford Focus WRC)
- Jari-Matti Latvala (Ford Focus WRC)
- Nasser Al-Attiyah (Skoda Fabia S2000)
- Bernardo Sousa (Ford Fiesta S2000)
- Xavi Pons (Ford Fiesta S2000)
- Vitor Pascoal (Peugeot 207 S2000)
- Armindo Araújo (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X)
- Nick Georgiou (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X - Pirelli Star Driver)
- Peter Horsey (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X - Pirelli Star Driver)
- Hayden Paddon (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X - Pirelli Star Driver)
- Alex Raschi (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X - Pirelli Star Driver)
- Ott Tänak (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X - Pirelli Star Driver)

Source: RallyBuzz