World Rally News

Kenjiro Shinozuka, Japan's most distinguished rally driver and the first to win the Paris-Dakar Rally, will resign from Mitsubishi Motors Corporation on July 10, at the age of 53.

Le Mans is not the only event being contested by MG this weekend - Gwyndaf Evans and Chris Patterson return to the Junior World Rally Championship to take on the Acropolis Rally in Greece.

The 49th Acropolis Rally is the seventh out of 14 in the 2002 FIA World Rally Championship. It is also the third round of of six in the 2002 Junior WRC.

The Skoda Motorsport World Rally team is the only competitor in the 2002 World Rally Championship which can boast of two women in its cars.

The Hyundai Castrol World Rally Team has announced that Graham Moore will take on the role as Chief Engineer with immediate effect. Moore will replace Nick Clipson who is leaving regretfully for personal reasons.

Peugeot's traumatic Rally of Argentina continued after the event had officially finished last night, when scrutineers determined that Richard Burns' first win for the French manufacturer could not stand.

Tommi Makinen (Subaru-Pirelli) escaped unhurt from a huge accident at the end of the penultimate stage but the roll ended his bid for victory in Argentina.

Ford Rallye Sport drivers Carlos Sainz and Luis Moya finished second on the Rally Argentina today as all three team cars claimed top five points-scoring positions.

There were two major dramas at the last day of round six of the World Rally Championship, the Rally of Argentina, which left the Skoda Motorsport World Rally Team celebrating its first points of the season.

Peugeot 206 WRC driver Richard Burns has secured victory for the French manufacturer on the sixth round of the FIA WRC series, the Rally Argentina after his team-mate Marcus Gronholm was excluded.

With the exception of the Safari Rally of Kenya, Argentina is the highest 'regular' round of the World Rally Championship.

The Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart crew of Alister McRae and David Senior hold 11th position at the end of the second leg of Rally Argentina.

Marcus Gronholm has signed a new contract with Peugeot Sport that will run until the end of 2006. The Finn, who won the World Championship in 2000 told BBC Sport Online: "I've got a deal until 2006, but maybe I will stop before then because that would make me 38."

Emilie Le Fur has carved out a place in the highly masculine world of motor sport as a qualified female engineer working with the Peugeot Sport WRC team. Here she talks about her profession and her life in world class rallying:

Rally Argentina, the sixth round of the 2002 FIA World Rally Championship gets underway on Thursday this week when 82 cars are expected to cross the start ramp in the town of Carlos Paz.

Round six of the 2002 FIA World Rally Championship in Argentina (May 16-19), will be special for the Skoda Motorsport World Rally Team, as 2001 Group N World Champion Gabriel Pozzo/Daniel Stillo will get their first ever factory team opportunity in Octavia WRC.

Total Team Peugeot drivers Harri Rovanpera and Risto Pietilainen romped to a convincing victory in the 2002 Corona Rally Mexico yesterday, the 206WRC crew finishing ahead of second-placed Carlos Izquierdo, the Mexican Mitsubishi driver upholding honours for his country following the retirement of

Malaysia's top rally driver Karamjit Singh, and co-driver Allen Oh have stormed to a magnificent Group N victory in their first ever Cyprus Rally.

Mitsubishi Motors drivers fill most of the leading positions in the Group N category on the Cyprus Rally, the third round of the 2002 FIA Production Car World Rally Championship.

Ford driver Colin McRae has lived up to his pre-event billing as one of the favourites by grabbing the lead of the fifth round of the FIA World Rally Championship, the Cyprus Rally, which started today.

After back-to-back successes on the asphalt of Corsica and Catalonia, the 206 WRC enters a new phase of its 2002 campaign with the rock-strewn Cyprus Rally, a terrain that wasn't particularly favourable to it last year.

A new year - a new rally program - and a new co-driver. Saladin Rallying has selected highly-experienced British co-driver Jerry Freeman to accompany Saladin Mazlan in this year's Asia Pacific Rally Championship (APRC).

Saladin Rallying today announced it's Asia Pacific Rally Championship (APRC) program, to be operated by the official Hyundai WRC factory team - Motor Sport Developments Ltd., of the United Kingdom.

Matthew Corby, Subaru World Rally Team Tyre Manager talks about what his job involves, the challenge of Rallye Catalyuna and a lot more: Q: What does your job involve?