WRC: Duval tops German shakedown.

Francois Duval enjoyed a solid start to his return to the World Rally Championship with the quickest time in shakedown for Rallye Deutschland. The Belgian ace, who comes into the Stobart VK M-Sport team for the tarmac event, posted a quickest time of 3min 35.5secs on his third run through the 5.8km stage near the Trier service park which saw him end up six-tenths of a second clear of Citroen's Dani Sordo. That was despite the fact that Duval hasn't been seen in action in the WRC since Monte Carlo, a factor he admits may make it difficult to repeat the runner-up results enjoyed on the German stages in the past. “I have been out for seven months, which is quite a long time,” he said. “I only had one day of testing on Saturday and that was quite okay. The car is doing well but it is difficult to get back into the car and be... [read full story]