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Your 2012 World Rally Driver of the Year: 4th
You voted Craig Breen into fourth place in Crash.net's 2012 World Rally Driver of the Year poll

Citroen Top Driver series created
New six-round series created by Citroen Racing in partnership with Abu Dhabi, Total and Pirelli

Novikov, Neuville join Qatar M-Sport WRT for 2013
Qatar M-Sport World Rally Team adds Evgeny Novikov and Thierry Neuville to roster

Mikkelsen confirmed with Volkswagen
Andreas Mikkelsen to join Sebastien Ogier and Jari-Matti Latvala and compete in a third Polo R WRC starting in Portugal

Wilson pays tribute to departing Solberg
Malcolm Wilson praises Petter Solberg after his announcement that he won't feature in the 2013 WRC season

Tanak run ends in disappointment
Ott Tanak was enjoying a promising run through Rallye de Espana, but ultimately saw his event end in frustration after a difficult final day.

Final 2012 WRC championship standings
2012 FIA World Rally Championship standings after the 13th and final event in Spain

Prodrive to work on MINI engine
Prodrive to help development of the engine used in the MINI John Cooper Works WRC

Novikov, Prokop to fly flag for DMACK in Spain
Evgeny Novikov and Martin Prokop join forces with DMACK for WRC finale

Ogier a sensational fifth in Italy
Sebastien Ogier excels in Sardinia in his VW Motorsport-run Skoda Fabia S2000

I failed in Sardina, says Solberg
Petter Solberg: It was possible to win this rally but I made a mistake on Friday and that was disappointing for me and the team

Solberg forced out
Petter Solberg goes out in Sardinia, joins Sebastien Loeb, Jari-Matti Latvala and Thierry Neuville on the sidelines

Loeb: Pace note error to blame
Sebastien Loeb explains what happened in SS3 and what caused his exit from day two in Sardinia

Ford pulls plug on WRC programme
Malcolm Wilson: We understand that tough decisions have had to be made and look forward to continuing our strong technical partnership into the future

Solberg given reprimand
Stewards concerned after Solberg and Patterson display 'a lack of safety awareness' in SS9

Solberg: Nothing broke on the car...
Petter Solberg: I'm disappointed because I had a clean rally up to that point and I was confident of getting third.

Solberg crashes out
Petter Solberg becomes the first high profile retirement in France

IRC: Co-driver Durant to make full recovery
"The most important thing is that Robbie's injury was not more serious..." - team manager Iwan Evans

IRC: Iliev set for Sliven glory
Dimitar Iliev: We can go faster but I don't want to make any mistakes because I also need to think about the Bulgarian championship

Red Bull secures promoter role
The FIA confirms Red Bull as promoter of the World Rally Championship

Chardonnet to make WRC debut
Sebastien Chardonnet to drive a Citroen DS3 WRC on Rally France

Petter Solberg to appear at CarFest North
Ford rally star to top the action-packed bill