World Rally News

Carlos Sainz held his nerve through the final leg of the Rally of Turkey, the third round of the FIA World Rally Championship, to clinch his first victory of the year - and his first win for the Citroen team.

SS14 - Simena 2 (2.73 kms): McRae fastest through SS14; Martin second; Burns third; Sainz fourth; Gronholm fifth; Panizzi sixth; Katajamaki leads the JWRC category; Sainz leads the overall rally by 1min 19.4 secs. Stage times and overall standings after SS14.

Citroen Xsara WRC driver Carlos Sainz has taken his debut win in the Rally of Turkey, the first ever victory on gravel for the championship-leading manufacturer.

Volkswagen Polo driver Kosti Katajamaki has seized the lead today [Saturday] in the Junior WRC on the Rally of Turkey.

Another difficult day in the mountains of Antalya has seen the FIA Junior World Rally Championship thrown wide open.

Peugeot endured mixed fortunes on the opening leg of the third round of the FIA World Rally Championship.

From the ice and snow of Monte Carlo, through more of the white stuff in Sweden, the World Rally Championship embarks on a relative unknown at this weekend's inaugural Turkish Rally.

Colin McRae has promised that his Citroen Xsara will be quick on its first gravel WRC event of the season, but the Scotsman is not making any predictions on the outcome of the inaugural Rally of Turkey.

Looking after the logistics of a World Rally Championship team can be likened to having to cater for the needs of an army with the swiftness and flexibility of a commando operation. Pascal Dimitri, who is in charge of this vitally important department at Peugeot Sport, tells us more...

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

Ford Rallye Sport's Fran?ois Duval will be partnered by fellow Belgian St?phane Pr?vot from the Turkish Rally onwards, having cited 'personal reasons' for the early season split with regular co-driver Jean-Marc Fortin.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.