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Fri 09 Sep 2007WRC trio to set pace in CorkMOTOR SPORT:Triple world champion Sebastien Loeb (France) and his Citroen team-mate Dani Sordo (Spain), and Mikko Hirvonen (Finland) in a Ford Focus WRC head up the star-studded entry for the weekend's Murphy Construction-sponsored International Cork 20 Rally.All three world rally championship drivers are using the Cork event as a serious test for the WRC Rally Ireland on November 15th-18th. Ford's Marcus Gronholm gave a works Focus WRC a successful Irish tarmac test by winning the Galway International in February.