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Araujo confirmed as P-WRC champion

October 09, 2009

Portuguese driver Armindo Araujo has had his Production Car World Rally Championship title confirmed after an appeal from the Barwa Rally Team against its Acropolis Rally disqualification resulted in Nasser Al-Attiyah being dropped to last place in the classification.

Vettel wants to try WRC too

August 03, 2009

Sebastian Vettel is the latest Formula 1 driver to express an interest in the World Rally Championship, following his visit to Rally Finland last weekend

Hirvonen secures Rally Finland win

August 02, 2009

Mikko Hirvonen has clinched his third consecutive victory and his first home win on the Rally Finland. The result stretches the Ford driver's lead over Citroen rival Sebastien Loeb in the World Rally Championship to three points with three rounds to go.

Hirvonen leads into Rally Finland day two

July 31, 2009

Mikko Hirvonen will start day two of the Rally Finland with a slender 3.3 second advantage over his championship rival Sebastien Loeb, while Kimi Raikkonen finished the day 17th

Meeke will not hurry WRC return

July 31, 2009

Kris Meeke says he expects to stay in the Intercontinental Rally Challenge in 2010 rather than trying to break into the World Rally Championship - even if he wins the IRC title

Basso extends Madeira advantage

July 31, 2009

A good day at the office for Giandomenico Basso has seen the Abarth man stretch his advantage over the Peugeot hordes at the halfway point of day two on the 50th Rally Madeira, round seven of this year's Intercontinental Rally Challenge. The Italian has performed flawlessly on the island's mountainous roads to claim four successive fastest stage times and build a 16.8-second advantage over Portuguese ace Bruno Magalhaes.

Massa will leave hospital on Monday

July 31, 2009

Felipe Massa will leave Hungary by a private plane on Monday, his personal doctor, Dino Altmann confirmed

Fauzy quickest in Portimao F-Renault practice

July 31, 2009

Fairuz Fauzy set the fastest time in practice for round seven of the Formula Renault 3.5 series at Portimao on Friday morning. The Malaysian's 1m32.166s today was 0.5s faster than Le Mans pole-winner Jon Lancaster, while Oliver Turvey was third for Carlin Motorsport after being forced to change an engine after Thursday's opening collective test. Team-mate Jaime Alguersuari also opted for a fresh engine today, and the ensuing restricted running left the Formula 1 racer in unfamiliar ground in 23rd.

Hirvonen maintains Rally Finland lead

July 31, 2009

Mikko Hirvonen continues to lead the Rally Finland, but is still unable to shake off Sebastien Loeb as the title rivals stage a very close battle for victory

Loeb tops Finland superspecial

July 30, 2009

Sebastien Loeb leads a Citroen 1-2 in the Rally Finland opener. Raikkonen competitive with teammate

Loeb: Raikkonen must trust notes

July 30, 2009

Five-time world champion Sebastien Loeb says a lack of confidence in his pace notes could hinder Ferrari Formula 1 star Kimi Raikkonen on his World Rally Championship debut in Finland this week. Rally Finland is a notoriously difficult event to make pace notes for, but Loeb pointed out that Raikkonen's choice of world-class co-driver Kaj Lindstrom will help him on his WRC debut.

Raikkonen open to WRC future

July 30, 2009

Formula 1 star Kimi Raikkonen has admitted he is considering a switch to the World Rally Championship when his Ferrari deal ends next season.

Hirvonen denies Finland is too fast

July 30, 2009

World Rally Championship leader Mikko Hirvonen has hit back at Sebastien Loeb's criticism of Rally Finland for being too fast

Latvala surprised to keep Ford seat

July 30, 2009

Ford driver Jari-Matti Latvala has admitted he was surprised when team principal Malcolm Wilson asked him to stay with the squad for next year's World Rally Championship

Rally Finland secures new WRC deal

July 30, 2009

Rally Finland's position in the World Rally Championship has been secured until the end of 2014 - after WRC promoter ISC signed a landmark agreement with the Jyvaskyla-based event. Rally Finland is one of the WRC's iconic events - and one of the biggest commercial success stories in the sport's recent history.

Citroen reaffirms WRC commitment

July 29, 2009

The World Rally Championship received a second shot in the arm when Citroen confirmed it would remain in the series

Ford commits to WRC future

July 29, 2009

Ford has confirmed it will continue its World Rally Championship program next season, ending months of speculation

Kubica eyes World Rally debut

July 28, 2009

In the week when Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen will make his World Rally Championship debut on Rally Finland, BMW Formula 1 driver Robert Kubica says he expects to follow the Finn into rallying

Loeb warns errors now too costly

July 27, 2009

Sebastien Loeb has admitted a mistake from him or his chief World Rally Championship rival Mikko Hirvonen will rule them out of the scrap for this year's crown

Button: crunch time at hand

July 27, 2009

Jenson Button fears that his World Championship lead will be wiped out in only a few races unless his Brawn GP team gets to the bottom of why it is struggling

Toro Rosso expects Alguersuari to shine

July 24, 2009

Scuderia Toro Rosso team principal Franz Tost has hit back at critics who say Jaime Alguersuari is too young to be in Formula 1. Alguersuari is set to become the youngest driver to start an F1 race this weekend, but his promotion into Toro Rosso has caused controversy, with Mark Webber and Felipe Massa saying he should not have been given the chance yet. However, Tost has jumped to Alguersuari's defence - and said he thinks the youngster will have a bright future in F1 as he is groomed for eventual promotion to Red Bull Racing.

Alen confirms Finland Rally entry

July 24, 2009

Abarth factory driver Anton Alen has confirmed that he will take part in next week's Rally Finland at the wheel of his usual Abarth Grande Punto S2000. Alen's participation in his home round of the World Rally Championship had been cast into doubt following a shortfall in the budget, but the cash needed for him to make the start in Jyvaskyla on Thursday next week has been found. The 26-year-old Finn has previously contested six WRC events in Group N, winning the category twice - on the Rally Finland and Rally Great Britain in 2006 - and finishing second once.

Buemi ready to lead Toro Rosso

July 24, 2009

Sebastien Buemi is confident that he can fill the role of Scuderia Toro Rosso team leader despite only having nine grand prix starts under his belt. The Swiss is now Toro Rosso's more experienced driver after Sebastien Bourdais was dropped in favour of reigning British Formula 3 champion Jaime Alguersuari. He faces a major challenge this weekend with the Faenza-based team running a comprehensive car upgrade, effectively taking the STR4 to equivalent specification to that the Red Bull RB5 ran at last month's British Grand Prix, for the first time.

Loeb downplays F1 switch chances

July 23, 2009

Sebastien Loeb has played down talk that he could move from rallying to F1

Bouffier gets second Proton seat

July 23, 2009

MEM team principal Chris Mellors has announced that the second Proton Satria Neo S2000 will be driven by Bryan Bouffier on the Barum Rally round of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge at the end of August

Wales Rally GB deal collapses again

July 22, 2009

The deal between Rally Great Britain and its principal backer the Welsh Assembly Government has broken down - leaving the event without a sponsor for this season

Monte Carlo Rally gets redesigned route

July 21, 2009

A radically redesigned route has been announced for next year's Monte Carlo Rally, boasting more stages, more miles and a new class to allow GT cars to compete

Force India: Germany not a one-off

July 21, 2009

"We're so close to points we can almost touch them. It has to be soon," team boss Vijay Mallya says

Cosworth promises competitive F1 engine

July 21, 2009

Formula 1's new teams have been assured by Cosworth that they will have a very competitive engine next year, despite the power units being reconfigured to run at 18,000rpm