The second day of Rally New Zealand included the three longest stages of the event. Once again, the story was about finding grip through the deep gravel, which coated the fast, but technical North Island roads. Despite those tricky conditions, P-G Andersson drove consistently and quickly through the day's six stages to maintain his grip on eighth place. Toni Gardemeister ... [ more ]

Day 1 of Repco Rally New Zealand -- round 11 of the FIA World Rally Championship -- has seen Francois Duval/Patrick Pivato close the day in fifth position. Stobart VK M-Sport Ford rally team-mates Matthew Wilson/Scott Martin unfortunately retired from the leg after showing some encouragingly strong times which saw them run as high as eighth until a transmission problem ... [ more ]

After a tough first day of Repco Rally New Zealand, the Subaru World Rally Team duo of Chris Atkinson and Stephane Prevot were sidelined after a roll on stage four, whilst team-mates Petter Solberg and Phil Mills finished in seventh position overall.

In the morning's stages, both Solberg and Atkinson were able to deliver more competitive times in the faster sections ... [ more ]

Both Suzuki SX4 WRCs held top-10 positions at the end of an impressive opening day of Rally New Zealand for drivers P-G Andersson and Toni Gardemeister. Swede Andersson was never out of the top-10 fastest times on the long stages out west of the rally's base in Hamilton. In SS2.2, Andersson was fifth fastest, just 4.2 seconds off the fastest time - a feat he repeated on ... [ more ]

BP Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team stamped its authority on Rally New Zealand from the beginning of the opening leg this morning to take a lead it was never to lose. Jari-Matti Latvala and Miikka Anttila led initially before team-mates Mikko Hirvonen and Jarmo Lehtinen moved to the front, ending the first of three days of competition with a 27.8sec advantage in their Ford ... [ more ]

The opening day of this year's Rally New Zealand ended with Citroen Total's two C4 WRCs in second and third places overall. Sebastien Loeb/Daniel Elena completed Friday's action just 27.8s behind the leader, while Dani Sordo/Marc Marti are 30s back and the event is shaping up to be yet another thriller.

The first day of the 11th round of the 2008 World Rally Championship ... [ more ]

Just one week after competition in Germany, the Subaru World Rally Team heads for the gravel roads of Repco Rally New Zealand, the eleventh round of the World Rally Championship, for an event marked by milestones both past and present.

The rally marks the 15th anniversary of Subaru’s first World Rally win, on the 1993 New Zealand Rally, at the hands of Colin McRae ... [ more ]

One point for Suzuki
The final day of Rallye Deutschland - arguably the toughest asphalt round of the entire World Rally Championship - saw both Suzuki SX4 WRCs make it safely to the finish in Trier, having enjoyed a reliable run throughout the 352 competitive kilometres which made up the event.

Day three consisted of five stages, concluding with a spectator ... [ more ]

Stobart team filing request with the FIA
François Duval has been chosen to replace the injured Gigi Galli for Rally New Zealand as the second Stobart M-Sport Ford rally team entrant. He will join Matthew Wilson as the second nominated points-scoring driver.

Galli was injured during Rallye Deutschland when his car violently struck trees, resulting in a ... [ more ]

A pivotal podium in Finland
The Subaru World Rally Team entry of Chris Atkinson and Stéphane Prévot clinched a crucial third place on Rally Finland with a resolute fight-back after they slipped to ninth position on the opening day.

The result marks the first points-score for the duo in the new Impreza WRC2008, and moves them back up into third position ... [ more ]