World Rally News

Petter Solberg will lead into the second day of the Acropolis Rally, having extended his cushion by 51.6 seconds on the afternoon loop.

Michael Masi: In recent weeks, we have argued strongly for Rally Australia to have a permanent annual WRC round from 2012 and we'll continue to push our case until the countries on the provisional list of events and the dates, which have not been announced yet, are subject to a final vote of the FIA in Paris on 3 June.

Peter van Merksteijn happy with a 'positive' debut weekend with his new Citroen DS3 WRC

Francois Delecour: I've always been a big Porsche fan and I'm particularly excited about driving on the Welsh stages, some of which I know from doing Rally GB in the past, and which I consider to be among the best in the world.

The FIA's new WRC Academy completes a three-day induction in Cumbria

Pirelli's Paul Hembery has linked up with the Richard Burns Foundation ten years on from helping the Briton to his WRC title.

The 2012 FIA World Rally Championship calendar has been examined and will be officialised before the end of this month, the FIA has confirmed.

Vladimir Antonov: Convers Sports' acquisition of North One Sport starts a new page in the history of the WRC. Our company plans to invest substantial resources to improve the promotion of the WRC and bring the quality of competition to even higher levels. This will benefit both participants and spectators in the long run.

Two-time World Rally champion Walter Rohrl and the Porsche 911 SC he drove famously in the 1981 San Remo rally will re-unite for the first time in 30 years at this year's Targa Tasmania, it has been confirmed.

PG Andersson wins the Karlstad Super Special to lead Rally Sweden into the first day proper

No Chatsworth Rally Show in 2011, but Cornbury Park event remains on.

ESPN takes over from Dave after inking a deal to show the WRC in the UK.

Trio of Fiesta RS WRC cars to compete under Stobart banner in Sweden.

Get ready for more than seven hours of thrilling edge-of-the-seat action as Duke Video releases the 2010 World Rally Championship Official Review on DVD

Sponsor blow forces Franz Wittmann to withdraw his Rallye Monte Carlo entry.

Ben Rainsford to act as temporary chairman for Rally Australia after Graham Fountain quits.

Rally Show confirms first big name for Cornbury Park event.

Malcolm Wilson: This is a very exciting project. The location of Krakow at the heart of Europe is ideal to enable M-Sport to develop our business both with our existing partners and in order to create further strategic growth.

Franz Wittmann targets a return to the IRC for the 2011 season

F1 2007 world champion Kimi Raikkonen takes eighth place in Crash.net's 2010 top ten World Rally drivers.

Citroen's Sebastien Loeb is the man at the top of the times post-SS11 - but Petter Solberg is right in contention in second.

Harry Hunt: I've got a lot to learn, but it's great to finally have a title under my belt with the IRC 2WD Cup. We've had a really enjoyable season in the IRC and I'd like to thank Eurosport for putting on such a great show this year.

2009 and 2010 BRC champion Keith Cronin looking forward to Rally of Scotland and his first competitive run in the Proton Satria Neo S2000 on gravel.

Highly-rated young Irish rallying ace Craig Breen has put the official new WRC FIA World Rally Championship video game through its paces - and he told Crash.net he likes what he sees...