World Rally News

Yoann Bonato made the most of his debut outing in a Citroen C2 S1600 on the Rallye de France-Tour de Corse last weekend, putting many of his rivals in the FIA Junior Rally Championship in the shade.

The organisers of the Rally Ireland have announced that 90 crews will start their event next month, the 15th round in the 2007 FIA World Rally Championship. All the manufacturer teams will attend the event - with the exception of the Munchi's Ford World Rally Team.

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Cyprus' bid to re-gain its place on the FIA World Rally Championship calendar in 2008 was severely dented last weekend when the running of its candidate event was disrupted by protests.

Citroen Sport revealed its latest car that will be eligible for the FIA Junior Rally Championship - and the Intercontinental Rally Challenge last weekend in Corsica.

Suzuki has confirmed that Nicolas Bernardi will re-join the action on day 3 in Corsica in a bid to finish the Rallye de France - the outfit's debut outing with the all-new SX4 WRC car.

SS10 - Carbuccia-Scalella 2 (21.88 km): Sordo fastest through SS10; Loeb second; Gronholm third; Duval fourth; Latvala fifth; Atkinson sixth; Petter Solberg complained of under-steer; Prokop heads the JRC category; Loeb leads the overall event by 17 seconds.

The organisers of the Rallye de France-Tour de Corse have had to cancel SS1 of the event - the 18.10 kilometre-run through Monti Rossu-Pila Canale 1. According to early reports the decision was taken due to the position of spectator cars.

Suzuki's new SX4 WRC car will finally make its first appearance in the FIA World Rally Championship this weekend, when Nicolas Bernardi drives the car on the Rallye de France-Tour de Corse.

Mitsubishi has announced that its 'new-generation high-performance' 4WD sedan, the Lancer Evolution X is to be used as the course car on the Rally Japan later this month.

OMV Kronos Citroen's Manfred Stohl has crashed out of the Rally Catalunya Costa Daurada, the twelfth round in the 2007 FIA World Rally Championship.

North One Television has announced the acquisition of International Sportsworld Communicators - the media and commercial rights holders of the FIA World Rally Championship.

1995 World Rally champion, Colin McRae will be remembered at the RACC Rally Catalunya Costa Daurada on Thursday prior to the official ceremonial start.

Triple World Rally champion, Sebastien Loeb dominated the Cork International Rally last weekend, winning virtually all the stages en-route to a convincing victory in his Citroen C4 WRC.

Over 20,000 people are estimated to have taken to the streets of Lanark yesterday to attend the memorial service for 1995 World Rally Champion Colin McRae.

Hannu Mikkola may be known for his exploits in rallying but the Finn let slip at the Rallyday 2007 that he also drove a Formula 1 car during the mid-1980s.

JAS Motorsport has announced that its new Honda Civic Type R rally car, which will be unveiled at the Sanremo Rally this weekend, will benefit from Mugen engine power.

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Colin McRae's father, five time British champion Jimmy McRae, has spoken publicly for the first time about the accident that saw the 1995 WRC champion lose his life on Saturday afternoon.

1995 World Rally champion, Colin McRae was tragically killed on Saturday when his helicopter crashed. McRae was one of four that perished, along with his five-year-old son, Johnny, as well as the youngster's friend Ben Porcelli and family friend Graeme Duncan, who was 37.

Former World Rally Champion Colin McRae was killed at the weekend in a helicopter accident close to his Scottish home.

Prodrive, the team that carried Colin McRae to the 1995 World Rally Championship title, has announced it is opening a book of condolence for the Scot following his death at the age of 39. Once the book has been completed, it will be forwarded on to the McRae family.

Citroen Sport director Guy Frequelin says he is devastated by the death of Colin McRae following a helicopter accident close to his Scottish home.

Subaru star Petter Solberg has paid tribute to former team-mate Colin McRae after the Scot was killed in a helicopter accident at the weekend.