Guy all set for Australian debut

GUY and co-driver Phil Pugh have completed final preparations for their debut drive Down Under.

The reigning British champions are contesting this weekend's Rally of Canberra (10/11 May) - round two of the Australian Rally Championship - in a Honda Civic Type R R3 for Honda Australia.

Guy tested the front-wheel-drive Civic, built by Italian team J.A.S Motorsport, on forest roads at Murrays Corner on Tuesday. He shared the session with Toyota Corolla S2000 drivers Neal Bates and Simon Evans - both Aussie champions.

The recconaisance was held today (Thursday) and the ceremonial start takes place in Garema Place in the centre of Canberra on Friday night.

The action starts on Saturday with nine stages in Kowen Forest, east of Canberra, and a further nine speed tests on Sunday. Check out Guy's blog from Australia now.

Rally of Canberra is also the second round of the FIA Asia Pacific Rally Championship.

LEADING RALLY OF CANBERRA ENTRIES
1 Cody Crocker/Ben Atkinson (AUS) Subaru Impreza WRX STi
2 Katsuhiko Taguchi (JPN)/Mark Stacey (AUS) Mitsubishi Evo IX
3 Scott Pedder/Glen Weston (AUS) Mitsubishi Evo IX
4 Hiroshi Yanagisawa/Yoshimasa Nakahara (JPN) Subaru Impreza WRX STi
5 Dean Herridge/Chris Murphy (AUS) Subaru Impreza WRX STi
6 Takuma Kamada/Naoki Kase (JPN) Subaru Impreza WRX STi
7 Jean-Louis Leyraud (FRA)/Ben Searcy (AUS) Subaru Impreza WRX STi
8 Rifat Sungkar (IDN)/Bill Hayes (AUS) Subaru Impreza WRX STi
9 Gaurav Gill (IND)/Glenn Macneall (NZ) Mitsubishi Evo IX
10 Patrick Christian/Gaetan Willemot (FRA) Mitsubishi Evo IX
11 Brian Green/Fleur Pedersen (NZ) Mitsubishi Evo IX
12 Patrick Yanai/Dominique Yanai (FRA) Mitsubishi Evo IX
13 Guy Wilks/Phil Pugh (GB) Honda Civic Type R
14 Michael Guest/David Green (AUS) Subaru Impreza WRX STi
15 Eli Evans/Jennifer Cole (AUS) Subaru Impreza WRX STi