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Kopecky begins 12-event campaign with a point.
Jan Kopecky once again showed the potential of the Skoda Fabia WRC by finishing eighth on the Rallye Monte Carlo on Sunday and securing the final championship point.
Rallye Monte Carlo: SS11.
SS11 - Lamastre - St Barthelemy Grozon (18.76 km): Hirvonen fastest through SS11, which was very slippery towards the end; Loeb second; Gronholm third; Kopecky fourth; Latvala fifth; Stohl continues to have brake problems; Henning Solberg spun; Loeb's lead goes back up, from 18.4 to 29.6 s
Rallye Monte Carlo: SS12.
SS12 - Labatie d'Andaure - Lalouvesc (19.67 km): Hirvonen fastest through SS12 to take his second stage win of the event and to move up to 4th overall; Petter Solberg second, just 0.8secs slower; Gronholm third - despite hitting a bridge and finishing the stage with a broken left rear whee
Monte shakedown cancelled.
The organisers of the Rallye Automobile Monte Carlo have confirmed that they have had to cancel the shakedown due to an 'abundance of spectators'.
Galli links up with Aimont, will do eight events.
Gigi Galli has revealed that he will definitely take in eight events in the FIA World Rally Championship this season, having signed an agreement with the Aimont Racing Team.
Petter: Not a bad start...
Subaru's number one driver, Petter Solberg has said that he is 'pretty happy' following the opening leg of the Rallye Monte Carlo.
Tyre supplier ready as Monte returns to past.
After an inaugural campaign which harvested the WRC drivers' crown with Sebastien Loeb, the manufacturers' title with Ford and 16 wins from 16 events in 2006, BFGoodrich kicks off its second season hoping for a repeat on the 2007 Monte Carlo Rally.
Loeb`s injury still a concern?
Citroen number one driver, Sebastien Loeb will not be at 100 per cent this week, when the season begins with the Rallye Monte Carlo, the first event in the 2007 FIA World Rally Championship.
Loeb: Don`t get rid of run-flat mousse.
Three-time world rally champion, Sebastien Loeb has urged the powers that be in the WRC to reconsider getting rid of run-flat mousse.
Wilks secures WRC car for Norway.
Britain's Guy Wilks looks set to compete in a World Rally Car on the Rally Norway next month, having secured a deal to use a 2005-spec Ford Focus WRC.
Norway entry list published, 79 cars to start.
The organisers of the Rally Norway have released the provisional entry list for their event, the third round in the 2007 FIA World Rally Championship and it includes 79 crews in total - almost 30 in the WRC class.
Schie plans to do five WRC events in 07.
Three-time Norwegian Rally champion, Thomas Schie has confirmed that he will take in five events in the FIA World Rally Championship this season, using a 2003-spec Ford Focus WRC car.
Citroen salute Loeb with special edition cars.
Citroen Sport has announced that it will launch two special edition models in 2007, which will 'honour' its number one driver, Sebastien Loeb, who is the most successful in the history of WRC, in terms of event wins.
Official: No Mitsubishi WRC cars to run in 2007.
Mitsubishi will not return to the 'senior' level in the FIA World Rally Championship in any capacity what-so-ever this season.
Signed Mikkola prints on sale at Autosport show.
WRC fans will be able to get their hands on signed prints of 1983 World Rally champion, Hannu Mikkola and co-driver, Arne Hertz at the Autosport International show next weekend.
Gronholm: Focus is even better now.
by Rob Wilkins BP Ford number one driver, Marcus Gronholm is feeling bullish ahead of the new season - and he is confident the Ford Focus WRC car will allow him to take the fight to Citroen's Sebastien Loeb.
Q&A: Gigi Galli - EXCLUSIVE.
by Rob Wilkins Gigi Galli looks set to compete in the FIA World Rally Championship in 2007 using a privately entered Citroen Xsara WRC car supplied by PH Sport. Here he speaks exclusively to Crash.net Radio and confirms some of the details...
Q&A: John Millington - EXCLUSIVE.
by Rob Wilkins John Millington is the logistics manager at M-Sport and his job is to ensure the BP Ford World Rally team and the Stobart VK squad arrive at each event suitably equipped and stocked-up for each round in the FIA World Rally Championship.
Loix tries out possible Ireland super special.
Freddy Loix was in action on the Stormont Estate in Belfast on Thursday, running in a Peugeot 206 WRC car to assess its potential as a venue for the Rally Ireland's Super Special Stage.
Timo: I hope we can stop that French guy in 07!
by Rob Wilkins Marcus Gronholm's co-driver, Timo Rautiainen has said that they are looking forward to the new season and that they are hopeful they will be able to build on their successes from '06.
Galli takes Bettega Memorial.
He may have struggled to land a regular ride on this year's World Rally Championship, but Gigi Galli showed that he had lost none of his flair by winning the annual rallysprint at the Bologna Motor Show.
Stohl gets Kronos seat, thanks Bozian.
OMV's Manfred Stohl will again compete in the FIA World Rally Championship next season, having inked a deal with Kronos which will see him back behind the wheel of a Citroen Xsara WRC car.
Subaru confirm Moya exit.
The Subaru World Rally team has announced that sporting director Luis Moya will leave the Banbury-based outfit at the end of this season.