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Kubica to race Monte Carlo rally in Renault Clio

PARIS, Jan 8, 2010 (AFP) -

Renault's Formula One driver Robert Kubica will compete in the Monte Carlo Rally later this month behind the wheel of a Renault Clio R3, the Automobile Club de Monaco (ACM) confirmed on Friday.

"We received his commitment today," ACM spokesman Patrick Mannoury told AFP ahead of the race from January 19-23.

The Polish driver has already contested two rallies with Renault since he left the BMW Formula One team at the end of last season.

However, the opening round of this year’s Intercontinental Rally Challenge could prove to be his biggest challenge yet. Kubica, who finished 14th in the Formula One standings last season, placed 29th in the Rally du Var, the last round of the French Championship in November which covers similar terrain to the Monte, but crashed his Clio on the Taormina-Messina Rally in Sicily earlier in the year.

Kubica is not the only Formula One driver competing in rallies this season, with Finland's former world champion Kimi Raikkonen competing with Citroen.

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