World Rally News

by Rob Wilkins Jon Desborough reckons that Kris Meeke would have done just as well as Dani Sordo this season had Citroen put the Brit in one of Kronos-run Xsara WRC's alongside Sebastien Loeb and Xavier Pons.

BP Ford team leader, Marcus Gronholm reckons that he should be able to win the Rallye Deutschland this coming weekend, the ninth round in the 2006 FIA World Rally Championship and the first following the long summer break.

Subaru's Travis Pastrana edged out 1995 World Rally champion and team-mate Colin McRae to win gold at the first X Games Rally on Saturday in his BF Goodrich-shod Impreza WRX STI rally car.

by Rob Wilkins David Sutton has slammed the decision to get rid of run-flat mousse in tyres in the FIA World Rally Championship from 2008.

The organisers of the Rally Japan have confirmed the full entry list for their event, the eleventh in the 2006 FIA World Rally Championship, which runs from September 1-3.

by Rob Wilkins

1995 World Rally champion, Colin McRae is ready to kick off the first ever X Games Rally today [Wednesday], following two-days of testing with his open class Subaru Impreza WRX STI.

by Rob Wilkins

2006 Rising Italian rally star Giandomenico Basso could take the outright lead in the new SRW Events-promoted International Rally Challenge [IRC] when he contests the third round of the series, the Rali Vinho da Madeira, on August 3-5.

by Rob Wilkins Robert Reid has that he definitely had a lump in his throat at the recent 2006 Rallyday, when everyone gathered to remember Richard Burns and Michael Park at mid-day and observe a one minutes silence.

The organisers of the Propecia Rally New Zealand have been forced to make a change to this year's route, after a massive mudslide, estimated to cost in the region of $1 million to repair, closed one of the special stage roads.

by Rob Wilkins 1981 World Rally champion, Ari Vatanen has said that Citroen star, Sebastien Loeb would still be top dog in the WRC even if there were ten other drivers' capable of taking the title.

by Rob Wilkins Prodrive boss, David Richards has confirmed that he will be more hands-on at the Subaru World Rally Team next year.

by Rob Wilkins

by Rob Wilkins The organisers of the 2006 Rallyday have confirmed that there will be a special tribute to 2001 World Rally champion, Richard Burns and Michael 'Beef' Park this weekend at the event, which takes place on Saturday, July 22, at the Castle Combe circuit in Wiltshire.

The organisers of the Neste Oil Rally Finland, the tenth round in the 2006 FIA World Rally Championship, which will take place from August 18-20, confirmed the entry list for their event on Wednesday.

BF Goodrich have confirmed their commitment to the FIA World Rally Championship in 2007, when they look set to be the sole tyre supplier, following confirmation that Pirelli will quit the sport at the end of this season.

Subaru World Rally team operations director Paul Howarth has said that he is 'hopeful' they will be able to benefit from all their testing over the summer break to be able to challenge Kronos Citroen and BP Ford during the second half of the year.

Peugeot Sport project manager, Bertrand Vallat has said that their new rally car, the 207 Super 2000, has shown good reliability since they began testing with it in mid-May.

The Richard Burns Foundation, a charity set-up in memory of the 2001 World Rally Champion, has been officially launched at the Goodwood Festival of Speed.

by Rob Wilkins Subaru's tarmac ace, Stephane Sarrazin has revealed that he is hoping to do at least one-gravel round with the Subaru World Rally team this season, despite the fact his programme is only scheduled to include the four asphalt events.

Former Citroen works driver, Francois Duval will be at the Goodwood Festival of Speed this weekend, to give the Skoda Fabia WRC car its debut at the event.

The controversial 'Super Rally' system is to be ditched as part of an overhaul of the World Rally Championship.

by Rob Wilkins Subaru's Phil Mills has said that he will be surprised if the 'new' Citroen C4 isn't capable of winning straight away, when it replaces the Xsara WRC.