IRC: Cronin to begin 'steady' in Scotland

2009 and 2010 BRC champion Keith Cronin looking forward to Rally of Scotland and his first competitive run in the Proton Satria Neo S2000 on gravel.
Keith Cronin - Pirelli/TEG Sport Subaru Impreza N15
Keith Cronin - Pirelli/TEG Sport Subaru Impreza N15
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Keith Cronin will rejoin the Proton team in a second Satღria Neo S2000 for the RACMSA Rally of Scotland next weekend, the penultimate round in the 2010 Intercontinental Rally Challenge.

Cronin, who recently captured his second MSA British Rally Championship title, took in the Baru🧔m Czech Rally Zlin in late August and he recorded a succession of top ten stage times, before he crashed out.

This will be his first outing with the Satria Neo S2000 on gravel and h෴e has s💙aid he will take it easy to begin with.

"Having driven this car on the asไphalt in the Czech Republic, I absolutely can't wait to get into it on the gravel," he said. "I did this event last year, but beyond the pace notes I made, I didn't really get far enough into the event to get much experience.

"It's good to have a team-mate like Alister [McRae], I think he'll probably have a good idea of what's going ꧑on up here.

"In one way I'm starting again driving this car for the first ti♋me on gravel, but in another way I'm a step ahead from Barum Rally already, I'm more familiar with the car and with what's going on inside the cockpit, just a bit more familia✱r with the workings of the machine.

"My approach will be the same as Barum, I'll start out quite steady and see how we go. At the end of the event, I'd like to thinkᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱♈ᩚᩚᩚ we're going to be aiming for a top-five result."

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