Citroen Sport at the Monza Rally Show
On the initiative of Citroen Sport Technologies and the Italian company Vieffecorse, a Citroen C4 WRC has been entered to contest the Monza Rally Show which will take place on the weekend of November 14-16.

The car will be driven by Felice Re, winner of the Italian Rally Championship's Tropheo Asphalto and will be ... [ more ]

Baja 1000 in Mexico
If the Dakar Rally is the world's toughest rally, the Baja 1000 in Mexico must be the most unusual rally, covering more than 1,000 kilometres non-stop against the clock, on the toughest of surfaces and with no time check, and therefore with no “visible” opponents. Volkswagen is celebrating a first at this year's Baja 1000 starting on 21 November ... [ more ]

Stobart driver ready to take the wheel
François Duval has confirmed he will contest next month's final round of the FIA World Rally Championship – Wales Rally GB – with WRC expert Denis Giraudet on the notes.

Duval's entry now confirms a six-strong Stobart M-Sport Ford rally team contingent as he is joined by Matthew Wilson (second nominated point scorer), ... [ more ]

A car of the highest quality standards
24 rallies, 29 podium results, including nine victories: the tally of the Volkswagen Race Touareg since its debut in 2004 reflects numerous exploits. Almost half of the wins clinched on stages contested by a Race Touareg went to Wolfsburg. These results are backed by complex technical development. Here's a brief interview ... [ more ]

De Marco named judge
Guido de Marco, the former President of Malta, is one of four new judges to be elected to the International Court of Appeal (ICA) by the FIA General Assembly.

De Marco, who has a doctorate in law, has been a central figure in Maltese politics for most of his career. He was first elected to the House of Representatives of Malta in April ... [ more ]

The long-term deal continues into '09
The Williams team today confirmed that its long-standing sponsorship engagement with Allianz has been extended, which will take the partnership into its second decade.

Allianz is part of a wider quorum of Williams sponsors who have, or will have partnered the team for more than ten years, with other decade-long sponsorships ... [ more ]

Wilson gives thanks to medical team and WRC community
Patrick Pivato, co-driver to François Duval, has undergone a series of successful operations in Sapporo, Japan to stem internal bleeding caused by an accident on stage 6 of Rally Japan last Friday. Last night he was brought out of his medically-induced coma.

The Frenchman awoke with a smile of recognition ... [ more ]

The 2009 WRC calendar and more
The FIA's World Motor Sport Council met in Paris on Wednesday to discuss several matters pertaining to the different series it governs.

Apart from naming a single fuel supplier for the next three seasons of the World Rally Championship, the WMSC decided upon the following, taken from the FIA statement released today:

From ... [ more ]

And Sarrazin to try out Citroen's WRC car
Peugeot Sport, Citroen Sport and Total, which partners both operations, have taken the joint initiative of organising a special event that will see star drivers Sébastien Loeb and Stéphane Sarrazin share their respective experience and cars for a day.

On November 27, Groupe PSA Peugeot Citroen's two sporting departments ... [ more ]

100 % Dakar
Etienne Lavigne, director of the Dakar, officially presented to the press this morning the detailed route of the Dakar Argentina Chile 2009. After more than a hundred days of reconnaissance, the sporting team invites participants to evaluate their skills on over 9500km 100% Dakar including 5650 km of special.

Dunes, fesh fesh sand, limitless ... [ more ]

Chengdu - A1GP - Feature Race
Filipe Albuquerque claimed A1 Team Portugal's maiden win in the A1GP Chengdu, China Feature race to become the 17th different nation to take an A1GP victory.

Portugal took the lead thanks to a slick first pit stop and held off the charge from A1 Team Ireland's Adam Carroll in the closing stages. Great Britain's Danny Watts ... [ more ]

Chengdu - A1GP - Sprint Race
Adam Carroll drove a faultless race to take A1 Team Ireland’s second series victory in Chengdu, China today. A1 Team Netherlands , Robert Doornbos came home a comfortable second, while Danny Watts held off a fierce challenge from Switzerland’s Neel Jani to claim the final podium position for A1 Team Great Britain.

As the cars ... [ more ]

Japan - Subaru World Rally Team - Day Three
The final day of Rally Japan was by far the most treacherous as torrential rain hit the stages, creating rivers that flooded the roads, huge ruts in the thick mud that bounced rally cars left and right, and very little traction.

Through this, Chris Atkinson and Stéphane Prévot performed solidly to clinch fourth ... [ more ]

Japan - Suzuki World Rally Team - Day Three
Rally Japan has been a resounding success for Suzuki, with the cars claiming their best-ever results on home territory. At the end of this challenging event, up-and-coming Swede P-G Andersson finished in fifth place while his Finnish teammate Toni Gardemeister was sixth.

As well as scoring driver and manufacturer ... [ more ]

Japan - Citroen Sport - Day Three
Sunday November 2, 2008, will be remembered in rallying's record books as the day Sébastien Loeb and Daniel Elena claimed their fifth consecutive world title, a unique feat in the history of the sport.

Indeed, the pair has reigned supreme since 2004, initially with the Citroen Xsara and, more recently, with the Citroen ... [ more ]

Prost, Andretti to race in A1GP
Two famous names will join the A1GP series this coming weekend in China as Team USA and Team France have confirmed that Marco Andretti and Nicolas Prost will be in action for the first time.

Marco, grandson of race legend Mario, currently races for Andretti Green Racing in the IndyCar Series alongside Tony Kanaan and Danica ... [ more ]

Testing with the regulars at Circuit de Catalunya
Fresh from getting out of his Citroen C4 WRC at the end of Rally Japan, newly-crowned five-time World Rally Champion Sebastien Loeb has been handed a fantastic prize for his title by Citroen Sport’s sponsor Red Bull.

Red Bull Racing will give the Frenchman a chance to test one of its RB4s at the official ... [ more ]

Domenicali proud of Ferrari's achievements
Ferrari's Team Principal Stefano Domenicali showed the true soul of Ferrari when he spoke after Felipe Massa won the Brazilian Grand Prix and clinched the constructors' championship, but 18 seconds later lost the drivers' series to Lewis Hamilton.

Like the racer that he is, Domenicali appreciated the extraordinary ... [ more ]

Brazilian GP - McLaren Mercedes - Race
In only his second year in the sport, McLaren Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton became today the 2008 FIA Formula 1 World Champion at the season finale in Brazil.

In one of the most dramatic finishes to a World Championship ever, Hamilton took the title by a single point after securing fifth position on the final corner ... [ more ]

Brazilian GP - Ferrari - Race
Felipe Massa won his home Grand Prix at Interlagos and Ferrari won the constructors' championship. And the other big winner on the day was the sport of motor racing, as this final round of the season was thrilling from start to finish largely thanks to a sudden shower at the start and another one in the closing laps.

In fact ... [ more ]