Well what a great rally this is going to be. In the past I have done quite well here and a couple of years ago we were fighting for the top-three places in a private team so now with a professional team like Stobart this could be a really successful event. Last year also started off well after I won the third stage but then we fell in love with a tree and the result was ... [ more ]

The second round of the 2008 World Rally Championship got underway this morning with the pre-start shakedown which used a new 2.6km stage located near the main service park in Karlstad. Citroën C4 WRC crews Sébastien Loeb/Daniel Elena and Dani Sordo/Marc Martí were amongst the first to tackle the test with a view to profiting from the best possible conditions to make fine-tuning ... [ more ]

The Subaru World Rally Team heads to the long and winding forest routes of Rally Sweden ready to tackle the challenge of all-out sideways action as crews wrestle their machines across sheet ice. The only specialist snow rally of the year, it is one of the fastest and most competitive as WRC crews battle to prove their mettle on the only wholly ice-covered speed tests they ... [ more ]

Recognition for next-gen drivers
The next generation of British rally stars have been selected to join the MSA British Rally Elite scheme.

With huge successes such as Phillip Morrow, Scott Martin and Robbie Durant now having 'graduated' to pursue their careers in the highest echelons of the sport, a new intake has been inducted to follow in their footsteps.

Applications ... [ more ]

Next week sees the second round of this year’s FIA World Rally Championship as crews head north for the Uddeholm Swedish Rally. After a superb start to proceedings in Monte-Carlo last week the Stobart VK M-Sport Ford rally team will be looking to continue its current form on the only true winter event this season.

This event is certainly one not be taken lightly ... [ more ]

After racking up a World Championship point and proving itself capable of setting top six stage times on its full season debut in Monte Carlo, the Suzuki World Rally Team heads to Sweden with the aim of bringing both SX4 WRCs to a points finish.
The snowy stages around Karlstad are extremely specialised, but the team is hoping that its all-Scandinavian line-up of Toni ... [ more ]

Although ice and snow was once again absent from the stages of this year's Monte Carlo Rally, wintry conditions shouldn't escape the Swedish Rally, the second round of the 2008 World Rally Championship. For the calendar's only all-out winter fixture, Citroën Total has entered C4 WRCs for Sébastien Loeb/Daniel Elena and Dani Sordo/Marc Martí.

The line-up of Citroën ... [ more ]

Sakhir - Ferrari - Test day 3
Kimi Raikkonen continued to lead the way on the third day of testing today in Bahrain. The defending champion completed 74 laps of the 5.412km circuit, recording a best lap of 1:30.455s, a tenth up on his Tuesday pace.

To put the time into perspective, the fastest race lap during the 2007 Bahrain Grand Prix was 1:34.067, ... [ more ]

I think we can expect great things from him
Conquest Racing announced today that 2007 Atlantics ‘Rookie of the Year’ Franck Perera, who posted the fastest time among all drivers during the recent Champ Car World Series testing in Sebring, is to join the team for the 2008 season.

Perera completed his first test with Conquest two days ago, where he topped ... [ more ]

Sakhir -Toyota - Test day 3
Toyota brought the first part of its Bahrain test to a close today with Jarno Trulli and Kamui Kobayashi resuming work on set-up and development items on day three.

Both drivers looked at different mechanical set-up options, gathering important information for the team to study in order to get more out of the TF108.

Kobayashi ... [ more ]