World Rally News

World Rally veteran Francois Delecour has terminated his contract with Mitsubishi, following their decision to sit out the 2003 World Rally campaign.

Reigning German Champion Matthias Kahle has signed a contract with Skoda Motorsport which will see him drive a factory car on his native Rallye Deutschland and take on increased testing duties.

2001 World Rally Champion Richard Burns has admitted that he just doesn't "feel at one" with the Peugeot 206.

Mitsubishi's all-conquering machinery has once again dominated the Group N category in the Swedish Rally, the opening round of the FIA Production Car World Rally Championship.

Organisers of the Uddeholm Swedish Rally have been forced to stop SS8 - Fredriksberg, after Peugeot privateer Juuso Pykalisto rolled his 206 WRC, which was then hit by the works entry of Harri Rovanpera.

Colin McRae reckons he still has a hope of grabbing a top three finish on the Swedish Rally, despite a character-building first day.

Huge crowds braved temperatures dipping below -15?C to watch the spectacular ceremonial start to this second round of the FIA World Rally Championship in Karlstad last night.

Organisers of the Uddeholm Swedish Rally have been forced nullify the results of special stage 5 of the event - Brunnberg 1, following Francois Duval's crash.

After the unpredictable conditions faced the crews on the recent Monte Carlo Rally, this weekend's event in northern Europe is likely to require less of a gamble on settings and tyre.

The Uddeholm Swedish Rally takes place this weekend, the second round out of 14 in the 2003 FIA World Rally Championship. Sweden will also play host to the first of seven rounds in the 2003 FIA Production Car Championship.

Only one week after a successful Rally Monte Carlo debut in the Bozian-prepared Peugeot 206 WRC, 26-year-old Roman Kresta is ready to tackle the Swedish Rally [February 6 - 9], his first ever appearance in the Scandinavian World Rally Championship competition.

Puma AG has signed a contract to become the official supplier of technical footwear of the Ford Rallye Sport WRC team. In addition to the footwear itself, the Puma logo will be featured on the Ford Service Trucks at all WRC rallies.

After a successful weekend at the Rally Monte Carlo, everyone involved agreed that the new Volkswagen Polo Super 1600 is not only reliable and good-looking, but has also proven to be competitive.

Renault driver Bruce Tirabassi holds a comfortable lead in the Junior World Rally Championship category, following leg two today [Saturday] of the Rallye Automobile Monte Carlo.

The World Rally Championship kicks off this weekend with the traditional opening round in Monte Carlo. Although all crews head to the Med with some idea that the weather will be playing tricks on them, here is the definitive guide to what lies in store.

Now that the worldwide Mitsubishi Ralliart business has been taken in-house by MMC in Japan and Mitsubishi Motors Europe, the only channels for the importation and sale of Ralliart models, parts and performance enhancing components is through official Mitsubishi Motors distributors.

Rejuvenated by an extended winter break, Marcus Gronholm will begin the defence of his FIA World Rally Championship driver's title on Rallye Monte Carlo tomorrow [Friday].

The FIA Junior World Rally Championship kicks off in Monte Carlo this weekend with the first of seven rallies that will share the World Rally Championship calendar.

Ford Rallye Sports' FIA World Rally Championship programme and the many M-Sport customers throughout Europe and the Middle East will benefit from a new collaboration between M-Sport Limited and German suspension spring specialist H&R.

Four Ford Puma Super 1600 cars will tackle the Rallye Monte Carlo this weekend, as the first of seven rounds of the Junior World Rally Championship gets underway.

Before the start of the 2003 WRC season, Petr Kohoutek - Director of Motorsport of Skoda Auto - talks about how the brand is preparing for the upcoming seasons, how the Octavia WRC will be developed and a lot more...

Following his success in a Group N MG ZR at the Network Q Rally of GB, Formula One panellist Tony Jardine will be teaming up again with MG Sport & Racing later this month to take on the challenge of the Arctic Rally in Lapland.

They may be just small, black and round but tyres make the biggest single difference to the performance of any World Rally Car.

Roman Kresta will test the Peugeot 206 WRC for two full days in France on Thursday and Friday [January 16 - 17] this week, in preparation for his debut in the Bozian Racing colours on Rallye Monte Carlo.