World Rally News

Malcolm Wilson: "The Ford Fiesta S200 is the first global rally car for Ford and M-Sport, I really believe that we have produced a fantastic rally car and this launch is a big step to seeing it out competing in rallies."

Alister McRae gets set to chase success for Proton in both Asia and closer to home on the Rally of Scotland

Francois Duval crashes out of the lead of the Condroz Rally on his outing in the MML Sports Mitsubishi Lancer WRC05

Ex-Citroen and Ford WRC star Francois Duval will drive a MML Sports Lancer WRC car on the Condroz Rally next weekend.

Mikko Hirvonen will finalise his preparations for the World Rally Championship title decider in Great Britain later this month by driving in the Cambrian Rally in north Wales next weekend.

Pentti Airikkala, one of the stars of British and World rallying in the 1970s and 1980s, has died at the age of 64 after a year-long battle with illness.

The FIA has revealed that the calendar for the 2010 World Rally Championship season has now been finalised, with 13 events making up the schedule.

The battle between Mikko Hirvonen and Sebastien Loeb - as well as between Citroen and Ford - for the World Rally Championship titles has taken a new twist after Citroen announced the signing of Petter Solberg to its Junior team for the season-ending Rally GB.

The Richard Burns Tribute Bike has been causing a stir at the Goodwood Revival this weekend drawing huge crowds of motorsport fans to the Richard Burns Foundation area at the annual historic motor race meeting.

WRC event winner Francois Duval will return to the Intercontinental Rally Challenge on Rallye Sanremo in Italy next week - and he now wants to continue in the series next season too.

Luca Cantamessa has been selected to pilot the BFGoodrich Drivers' Team entry on Rallye Sanremo, the penultimate round of the 2009 Intercontinental Rally Challenge on September 24-26.

Dave Weston Junior has received the perfect 19th birthday present - confirmation of his entry into the Spanish round on the 2009 World Rally Championship calendar.

Toni Gardemeister will drive the Hankook Opel Corsa OPC Super 2000 later this month, when he takes in the next round in the 2009 Intercontinental Rally Challenge, the Rally Principe de Asturias in Spain.

The Federal Court in Sydney today dismissed a last-minute attempt to stop next week's Repco Rally Australia, the tenth round in the 2009 World Rally Championship. The court held an urgent hearing to hear an application for an injunction by Ms Katie Milne, a Tweed Shire Councillor.

Andreas Mikkelsen has completed his preparations for the Barum Czech Rally Zlin this weekend following a successful test with the Hankook motorsport team.

Toni Gardemeister has told Crash.net that he is 'working hard' to try and put together a programme that will see him back in action in 2010.

Conrad Rautenbach has admitted he and co-driver Daniel Barritt were lucky to escaped unhurt after their off in the penultimate stage of the Neste Oil Rally Finland, the ninth round in the 2009 World Rally Championship.

SS23 - Ruuhim?ki (6.50km): Latvala fastest in SS23; Ogier second - 0.5 seconds slower; Rantanen third and just holds on to P5 overall; Loeb fourth followed by Henning Solberg and Hirvonen; Prokop wins the JWRC category and takes the 2009 Junior title; Hirvonen secures the overall victory

Conrad Rautenbach has retired from the Neste Oil Rally Finland after crashing out in the penultimate stage. The Zimbabwean, who had been running ninth overall in his Citroen Junior Team-run C4 WRC, went off the road around halfway through the 15.06 kilometre Myhinpaa 2 test.

Giandomenico Basso leads the 50th Rali Vinho Madeira, round seven of the 2009 Intercontinental Rally Challenge, heading into the second and final leg today after an engrossing 13 special stages so far.

The five best contestants from the northern European Pirelli Star Driver Shoot-out qualifier in Finland have been confirmed.

Andreas Mikkelsen will compete on the Barum Rally Zlin later this month in an Opel Corsa OPC Super 2000, as MSD and Hankook step up their programme in preparation for a full assault on the Intercontinental Rally Challenge in 2010.

Khalid Al Qassimi will be back behind the wheel of the 'third' BP Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team Focus RS WRC car this week in Finland and having finished a career best sixth on the Acropolis last month, he will be going all out to replicate that achievement.

Kimi Raikkonen will make his debut in the World Rally Championship this week, when he takes in the Neste Oil Rally Finland, one of the fastest and oldest events on the WRC schedule.