World Rally News

Having been given the chance to join the Uspenskiy Rally Tecnica outfit for the final round of the World Rally Championship, Patrik Flodin enjoyed a winning end to 2008 with the Production WRC win on Wales Rally GB.

The 2008 Intercontinental Rally Challenge drew to a close in China this weekend, with visting driver Jarkko Miettinen claiming victory in his Group N Mitsubishi.

Mikko Hirvonen recovered from his dramatic roll on the opening day of Wales Rally GB to secure a place in the points - taking a place in the WRC record books in the process.

Sebastien Loeb's winning margin on Wales Rally GB has grown to 12.7 seconds after his jump start penalty for SS18 was removed, organisers have confirmed. "Officials discovered a glitch in the timing system after reviewing all the times for the stage," read a statement to the press.

SS12 - Resolfen 2 (30.68 km): Hirvonen fastest through SS12; Loeb second; Petter Solberg third; Latvala fourth; Henning Solberg fifth; Sordo sixth; Andersson stalled; Flodin heads the PWRC category; Latvala leads the overall event by 8.4 secs.

Subaru team boss David Richards has hit out at the FIA and slammed the current tyre regulations after the shenanigans that severely disrupted day one of the Wales Rally GB.

Subaru number two driver Chris Atkinson will be discharged from hospital tonight, the Banbury-based outfit has confirmed, even though he banged his head in the penultimate stage of the Wales Rally GB on Friday.

SS6 - Myherin 2 (18.28 km): Latvala fastest through SS6; Loeb second; Andersson third; Sordo fourth; Atkinson fifth; Henning Solberg sixth; Duval spun near finish; Ogier lost time with a gearbox problem; Hanninen got stuck in a water splash; Wilks heads the PWRC category; Latvala leads the

Mikko Hirvonen's hopes of triumphing on this weekend's Wales Rally GB - the final round on the 2008 World Rally Championship calendar - have been dealt a hammer-blow after the Finn rolled his BP Ford World Rally Team Ford Focus WRC on Sweet Lamb 2.

Rallycourse is to become the official annual of the World Rally Championship, Crash Media Group has announced ahead of this weekend's Wales Rally GB, the final round on the 2008 calendar.

BP Ford Abu Dhabi's Mikko Hirvonen set the pace on Thursday morning in the shakedown for the Wales Rally GB, the final round in the 2008 World Rally Championship.

The Belgium Ypres Rally will take on a 'new look' next year, organisers confirmed today.

Crash.net would like to clarify that unconfirmed reports earlier today that Sebastien Loeb had gone off the road for the second time in as many days during the pre-event recce for this weekend's Rally GB are not in fact true. Crash.net apologises for the error.

Andreas Aigner has said that he will just go for it on the Rally GB this weekend as he bids to try and overhaul Juho Hanninen and win the 2008 P-WRC crown.

BFGoodrich has announced that it will re-run its popular Drivers Team programme in the Intercontinental Rally Challenge next year.

Citroen team leader Sebastien Loeb has gone off on the road during the reconnaissance for the Wales Rally GB today, the final round in the 2008 World Rally Championship.

Barry Clark will conclude his 2008 World Rally Championship campaign at his home Wales Rally GB event with an aim to secure a full-time berth in 2009.

Alex Burns, father of the late World Rally champion Richard Burns, stormed to victory in the maps-only GT1 class of the Hackett Beaujolais Run recently, beating a field of 45 teams.

Patrik Flodin is to take part in the final round of the World Rally Championship in Wales after inking a deal to join the Uspenskiy Rally Tecnica Team.

Eurosport Events, the promoter of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge, has confirmed the 2009 IRC calendar, which will be presented to the FIA World Motorsport Council on December 12.

Citroen team leader Sebastien Loeb put in an impressive performance on Monday when he joined the Red Bull Racing F1 team for the opening day of its winter test programme.

Ford/M-Sport boss Malcolm Wilson jumped back behind the wheel and took an emphatic victory on the 2008 Roger Albert Clark Rally on Monday.

Valentino Rossi and Stobart Motorsport will join forces next month for the Wales Rally GB in a bid to raise funds for Children in Need.

The VK-sponsored Rally Show at Chatsworth will celebrate 30 years of the World Rally Championship for drivers' next year, the organisers announced this week.