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Wilson catches up with Hamilton and Hynes.
Matthew Wilson took time out of his busy schedule, during the World Rally Championship's summer break, to catch up with old mates Lewis Hamilton and Marc Hynes at the Goodwood Festival of Speed last weekend.
Wilks appeals for support, eyes Subaru drive.
2007 Tesco 99 Octane MSA British Rally champion Guy Wilks launched the 'Wilks 500 Club' this week in a bid to try and secure himself a drive with the works Subaru World Rally Team next year.
Stars join Subaru at Goodwood.
The Subaru World Rally Team will be joined by both world land speed record holder Andy Green OBE and TV star Alan Davies at the Goodwood Festival of Speed this weekend.
Petter Solberg - Subaru: Q&A - EXCLUSIVE.
by Rob Wilkins TO HEAR THE INTERVIEW IN FULL WITH PETTER SOLBERG: CLICK HERE
Prodrive to host McRae tribute.
A world record 1000 Subaru Imprezas are expected to descend on Prodrive's Banbury headquarters at the end of next month, as the marque community gathers to pay a fitting tribute to the late Colin McRae.
Q&A: Paul Wilding - Suzuki: EXCLUSIVE.
by Rob Wilkins TO HEAR THE INTERVIEW IN FULL WITH PAUL WILDING: CLICK HERE
Full Rally Finland entry list published.
The organisers of the Neste Oil Rally Finland released the official entry list for their event on Friday, the ninth round in the 2008 FIA World Rally Championship.
Martin: New Subaru will be good on tarmac.
Subaru test driver Markko Martin has said that the new Impreza WRC2008 should be very competitive on the asphalt events in Germany, Spain and France in the second half of the season.
Suzuki to run third car in New Zealand?
The organisers of the Rally New Zealand have revealed that the Suzuki World Rally Team is considering entering a third SX4 WRC car on the Hamilton-based event.
Wilson Jr completes charity bike ride.
Britain's Matthew Wilson and co-driver Scott Martin raised over ?25,000 for charity, following their mammoth 960 mile cycle ride from Land's End to John o'Groats - aptly named 'End 2 End 2008'.
IRC: Betti to use Peugeot.
Intercontinental Rally Challenge regular Luca Betti will drive a Peugeot 207 S2000 for the rest of the season. The car will be run by a new Italian team, F.R. Special Cars, and will use Pirelli rubber.
Wilson Jr takes Ronan Keating for a ride.
Britain's Matthew Wilson teamed up with Boyzone front-man Ronan Keating this week as he and the rest of the band took time out of their hectic UK tour to attend a drive day as guests of Stobart Motorsport.
Ford boss: Hirvonen put in drive of his life.
BP Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally team director Malcolm Wilson has paid tribute to his number one driver Mikko Hirvonen following the Finn's win at the weekend on the Rally of Turkey.
Lapworth: Subaru in good position now.
Subaru's technical director David Lapworth has said that the team is feeling confident about their prospects for the second half of the season following the second competitive outing with the all-new Impreza WRC2008 on the Rally of Turkey last weekend.
STOP PRESS: Sousa 'victim` in stable condition.
The organisers of the Rally of Turkey have confirmed that the spectator injured in the Bernardo Sousa incident this morning is now in a 'stable condition'. A brief statement on the events official website read:
IRC: Sainz joins Fabia S2000 test programme.
Double World Rally champion Carlos Sainz tested the new Skoda Fabia Super 2000 car recently in Austria.
Rally of Turkey: SS9 - Henning takes final test.
SS9 - Phaselis 1 (22.40 km): Henning Solberg fastest through SS9; Sordo second; Wilson third; Loeb fourth; Gardemeister fifth; Petter Solberg sixth; Hirvonen, Latvala and Galli eased off to ensure a better road position on day 2; Andersson lost over 4 minutes with a steering problem; Aigne
Rally of Turkey: SS8 - Stage win #3 for Galli.
SS8 - Chimera 1 (16.94 km): Galli fastest through SS8; Henning Solberg second; Latvala third; Andersson fourth; Hirvonen fifth; Petter Solberg sixth; Loeb seventh; Aigner heads the PWRC category; Hirvonen leads the overall event by 2 seconds.
Q&A: Richard Taylor - Subaru: EXCLUSIVE.
by Rob Wilkins TO HEAR THE INTERVIEW IN FULL WITH RICHARD TAYLOR: CLICK HERE
Henning: It`s good to return to Turkey.
Stobart Ford's Henning Solberg is looking forward to the Rally of Turkey this weekend, an event that is special for him as it was the scene of his first podium finish in WRC back in 2006.
Q&A: Andrew Coe - Rally GB: EXCLUSIVE.
by Rob Wilkins TO HEAR THE INTERVIEW IN FULL WITH ANDREW COE: CLICK HERE
Acropolis set to move to Lamia?
The Acropolis Rally could be set to move back to central Greece and be based in Lamia next season, according to the rumours circulating at last weekend's 55th running of the event.
Wales Rally GB tickets go on sale.
Tickets for this year's Wales Rally GB have gone on sale today [Thursday] to coincide with the official media launch, which took place in Cardiff - the home of what is the final round in this year's World Rally Championship. A statement to the media read: