Corsica - Citroen Sport - Day One
Following their success last weekend on the Rally Catalunya, Sebastien Loeb/Daniel Elena have emerged on top of this evening's leaderboard in Corsica where the 13th round of the 2008 World Rally Championship started this morning.

The four-time World Champions produced a perfect run at the wheel of their Citroen C4 WRC ... [ more ]

''He did a great job to support Mikko''
Francois Duval joined the Ford World Rally team at the weekend in place of Jari-Matti Latvala to help the team with his asphalt experience and to aid team-mate and title challenger Mikko Hirvonen.

BP Ford Abu Dhabi team director Malcolm Wilson said the team delivered a strong performance after a difficult first ... [ more ]

Extending advantage over Ford
There was never much doubting the result of Rally Spain as Sebastien Loeb took the victory by 25 seconds from Citroen team-mate Dani Sordo. For the French car-maker the result was especially important as they now enjoy a 27 point advantage over rivals Ford.

"This is our third consecutive one-two of 2008, which is immensely ... [ more ]

Catalunya - Suzuki World Rally Team - Day Three
The Rally de España has proved extremely useful for the Suzuki World Rally Team, as it has learned several valuable lessons about driving on asphalt for the Rallye de France-Tour de Corse that gets underway in less than a week's time.

The final leg of the Spanish event took in six demanding asphalt stages ... [ more ]

Catalunya - Subaru World Rally Team - Day Three
On the final day of Rally Catalunya, Petter Solberg and Chris Atkinson were locked in yesterday's tooth-and-nail battles for position, making for a tense finish to the Impreza WRC2008's second asphalt rally.

Frenchman Brice Tirabassi successfully completed his competitive debut with SWRT inside the top ten ... [ more ]

Catalunya - Stobart M-Sport Ford - Day Three
Jari-Matti Latvala/Miikka Anttila have stormed home on round 12 of the FIA World Rally Championship to finish sixth on this weekend's Rally Catalunya-Rally de España.

Teammates Matthew Wilson/Scott Martin also put in a solid performance to finish ninth and claim the final manufacturer points position for their ... [ more ]

Catalunya - Munchi's Ford World Rally Team - Day Three
A trouble-free RallyCatalunya-Rally de España has seen both crews in the Munchi's Ford World Rally Team finish inside the top 12 on this 12th round of the FIA World Rally Championship.

Henning Solberg/Cato Menkerud topped the team's time sheets finishing the event in 11th position while Federico Villagra/Jorge ... [ more ]

Catalunya - Ford World Rally Team - Day Three
The Ford World Rally Team finished third and fourth on Rally de España today after three days of tough competition in the hills above Spain's Costa Daurada coast.

Mikko Hirvonen and Jarmo Lehtinen claimed the final podium place, their ninth in 12 rallies this season, in a Ford Focus RS World Rally Car while ... [ more ]

Catalunya - Citroen Sport - Day Three
The end of the 44th edition of the Rally Catalunya, round 12 of the 2008 World Rally Championship, put the finishing touches to Citroen's emphatic domination which produced a superb one-two finish, the team's third in a row, and also its third on the Spanish round.

Sebastien Loeb/Daniel Elena led from flag to flag ... [ more ]

Catalunya - Citroen Sport - Day Two
The second day of the 2008 Rally Catalunya saw the Citroen team show the same sort of dominating form that was a hallmark of Friday's action. Sebastien Loeb/Daniel Elena profited from the speed and efficiency of their Citroen C4 to add four further fastest times to their score and extend their advantage at the top of the leaderboard.

Dani ... [ more ]

Catalunya - Subaru World Rally Team - Day Two
After the second day of intense mid-field competition in Spain, the Subaru World Rally Team entry of Petter Solberg and Phil Mills remains fifth overall, whilst teammates Chris Atkinson/Stéphane Prévot pushed hard to climb one position on the morning's opening test. Brice Tirabassi also retains his overnight position, ... [ more ]

Catalunya - Suzuki World Rally Team - Day Two
After an unlucky opening leg yesterday - in which P-G Andersson went off the road and Toni Gardemeister picked up a puncture - the Suzuki SX4 WRC drivers have had a trouble-free second day of the Rally de España.

Both drivers lost a lot of time with their respective misfortunes yesterday and so today they concentrated ... [ more ]

Catalunya - Stobart M-Sport Ford - Day Two
Day Two of the FIA World Rally Championship's 12th round has seen both crews of the Stobart M-Sport Ford rally team remain in Manufacturers' Championship points-scoring positions with one day of competition remaining.

Jari-Matti Latvala/Miikka Anttila head the charge in eighth place after a faultless day of driving ... [ more ]

Catalunya - Ford World Rally Team - Day Two
Ford World Rally Team drivers François Duval and Patrick Pivato and teammates Mikko Hirvonen and Jarmo Lehtinen preserved third and fourth positions respectively during today's second leg of Rally de España.

Each claimed a special stage victory in their Ford Focus RS World Rally Cars this afternoon. Duval's pace ... [ more ]

Catalunya - Pirelli - Preview
After some excellent performances on the Rallye Deutschland in mid-August, Pirelli's PZero tyres will once more be at the forefront of the action on the Catalunya Rally, the twelfth round of the FIA World Rally Championship.

Amongst the highlights of the event will be the battle between the factory Citroen C4 WRCs against ... [ more ]

With both racing Impreza WRC2008s
The Subaru World Rally Team recently confirmed that it will run a second manufacturer team for the 2009 WRC season.

The team will be run by the Adapta World Rally Team, run by Team Principal Morton Ostberg. Initially, the deal is for Adapta to run two Impreza WRC2008s at the ten European events, with an option on the long-hauls ... [ more ]

Catalunya - Shakedown
The Rally Catalunya Shakedown got underway this morning, providing the contenders with a last chance to evaluate their set-ups before the three-day event gets under way tomorrow.

Although the purpose of the Shakedown is to allow drivers to test their cars in race conditions, the times each team set is a significant indicator of the ... [ more ]

Catalunya - Munchi's Ford World Rally Team - Preview
The Munchi's Ford World Rally Team head to Spain this week for the penultimate round of their 10-event 2008 FIA World Rally Championship campaign: RallyRACC Catalunya - Rally de España.

The team are currently positioned two points ahead of Suzuki in the Manufacturers' Championship and will be looking ... [ more ]

Seven wins from the Peugeot 207 Super 2000
Peugeot has mathematically won the 2008 IRC manufacturers' title, after finishing second and third on the Sanremo Rally in Italy with Nicolas Vouilloz and Luca Rossetti.

In total, the Peugeot 207 Super 2000 has scored seven wins and 11 other podium places from the eight IRC events held so far in 2007. This achievement ... [ more ]

Solberg, Atkinson and Tirabassi are ready
The World Rally Championship took a four-week break between Rally New Zealand at the end of August and this week's upcoming event in Spain.

During that time, Subaru World Rally Team drivers Petter Solberg and Chris Atkinson have been keeping busy, and so has the team's third driver, Brice Tirabassi, as he prepares ... [ more ]