World Rally News

The Stobart VK M-Sport Ford Rally team has announced that Gigi Galli will join Henning Solberg and Matthew Wilson next season as the M-Sport run outfit competes in the WRC for the third full year in succession.

The FIA World Rally Championship will be screened on Dave next year, after the UKTV network channel agreed a deal with the ISC to secure the UK broadcast rights.

Francois Duval has confirmed that he will compete on the Rallye Monte Carlo with the Stobart Ford team.

The Subaru Legacy that took the late Colin McRae to the 1992 British Rally Championship is to go under the hammer in an auction at Cheltenham Racecourse in February.

The Scottish Motorsport Show '08 has been cancelled as a mark of respect for Scottish rallying legend Colin McRae, who died earlier this year.

Ford picked up the manufacturers' title for the second consecutive year on Friday night during the FIA's annual prize giving gala held in Monte Carlo.

Sebastien Loeb has said that it was a 'dream come true' for him to be able to drive a Formula 1 car on Wednesday, when he got behind the wheel of last year's championship-winning Renault R26.

Subaru Rally Team USA driver Travis Pastrana has said that the Wales Rally GB was the most difficult event he has ever done.

Former works driver and successful team manager Tony Fall died in his sleep while attending the weekend's East African Safari Classic Rally. He was 67.

Andreas Mikkelsen's first outing in his new Ford Focus RS WRC 06 came to a premature end on the Wales Rally GB at the weekend when he crashed out heavily on the second day.

Sebastien Loeb has won the 2007 FIA World Rally drivers' championship following the Wales Rally GB, the final round in the series.

Britain's Stuart Jones has crashed out of the Wales Rally GB in the penultimate stage of the day. The Welshman had been running sixth in his MSD-developed MG Super 2000 Sport and on course to score his first points ever in the FIA Production Car World Rally Championship category.

Mikko Hirvonen [BP Ford WRT]:

Two weeks after the inaugural Rally Ireland, the FIA World Rally Championship now heads to Wales for the final rally of the season.

Andreas Mikkelsen will get his hands on a 2006 spec Ford Focus RS WRC car this weekend when he takes in the Rally GB.

BF Goodrich's stint in the FIA World Rally Championship will come to an end on the Rally GB this weekend, with a score of four world titles and almost certainly 32 world class wins to its name.

Citroen team boss, Guy Frequelin has admitted that he is approaching the Wales Rally GB with 'mixed feelings'.

Colin McRae's 1995 World Rally Championship winning Subaru Impreza will be amongst the famous and emotive rally cars at the Ceremonial start of Wales Rally GB in Cardiff's Cathays Park on November 29.

Jost Capito will attend his final FIA World Rally Championship event as Ford Team RS Director next weekend in Wales.

Former Subaru World Rally Team driver Markko Martin will make a surprise one-off return to the fold when he contests next month's Bettega Memorial Rallysprint.

BP Ford team leader Marcus Gronholm has said that while it is going to be tough to take the drivers' championship now, he has by no means given up hope.

SS19 - Donegal Bay (12.46 km): Latvala fastest through SS19; Wilks second; Hirvonen third; Petter Solberg fourth; Loeb fifth; Sordo sixth; McShea heads the PWRC category; Loeb leads the overall event by 1 minute 04.5 seconds.

The Subaru World Rally Team has had to withdraw Chris Atkinson from the third leg of the Rally Ireland due to an internal engine problem. Atkinson, who lost over 20 minutes on day 1, when he went off the road in SS4, finished leg 2 in 29th place overall.

SS10 - Drumshanbo (8.66 km): Loeb fastest through SS10; Latvala second; Sordo third; Petter Solberg fourth; Hirvonen fifth; Higgins heads the PWRC category; Loeb leads the overall event by 11.2 seconds at the end of leg 1. Stage times and overall standings after SS10.