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Sordo: Crash a huge shame.
Citroen's Dani Sordo is hoping to be able to re-start the Rallye de France-Tour de Corse under the SupeRally on Saturday following his accident today [Friday] in stage three.

Colin McRae charity auction now live.
Prodrive has announced that it will host an auction of rare and unusual rally memorabilia to raise money for the McRae Vision charities.

FIA clarifies commercial rights situation.
After the news this week that the World Motor Sport Council has opened the tender process for the commercial rights to the World Rally Championship, the FIA has released an additional statement in a bid to explain what is happening. The statement read:

New home confirmed for Acropolis.
The organisers of the Acropolis Rally of Greece have announced that next year's event will be based in Loutraki. A statement to the media read:

Ford: Duval did great job.
Ford boss Malcolm Wilson has said that Francois Duval's form on the Rally RACC Catalunya-Costa Daurda last weekend is proof they made the right decision in drafting him in for the twelfth round in the World Rally Championship.

Hirvoen thanks 'true team player' Duval.
Mikko Hirvonen has paid homage to Francois Duval after the Belgian obeyed team orders and eased off in the penultimate stage of the Rally RACC Catalunya-Costa Daurada, something that handed the Finn third place.

JWRC: Q&A: Martin Prokop and Jan Tomanek.
Driver / co-driver: Martin Prokop and Jan Tomanek (Citroen C2 S1600). Press conference. Q: Martin, yesterday you didn't think a win was possible, but here you are!

JWRC: Ogier left to rue rare error.
Citroen's Sebastien Ogier was left bitterly disappointed at the end of the second day of the Rally RACC Catalunya-Costa Daurada after a mistake in the final stage forced him out.

Loeb starts with clean sweep in Catalunya.
Sebastien Loeb has taken the early initiative on the Rally RACC Catalunya-Costa Daurada following the opening loop of three stages this morning [Friday].

Russell Brookes: Q&A - EXCLUSIVE.
by Rob Wilkins TO HEAR THE INTERVIEW IN FULL WITH RUSSELL BROOKES: CLICK HERE

Rautenbach 'excited' ahead of Spain.
Conrad Rautenbach has said that while he will be after a 'good result' this weekend in Spain, he will be competing with half on eye on the event that immediately follows it in Corsica.

Russian WRC candidate event runs smoothly.
Russia will meet all the requirements and expectations necessary to gain a place in the World Rally Championship in 2010, organisers have said, following the successful running of their first candidate event last weekend.

Suzuki: Catalunya will be difficult.
Despite notching up its best-ever result in the World Rally Championship last time out in New Zealand, Suzuki is expecting things to be a lot tougher this week as the series heads to Spain and back to asphalt.

Phil Mills - Subaru: Q&A - EXCLUSIVE.
by Rob Wilkins TO HEAR THE INTERVIEW IN FULL WITH PHIL MILLS: CLICK HERE

Rally GB concludes wind-up battery deal.
The Wales Rally GB will save over 36,000 batteries from going to landfill thanks to an 'innovative' new sponsorship deal with leading batteries manufacturer Varta, organisers announced on Monday.

IRC: Peugeot wins manufacturers' title.
Peugeot has mathematically won the 2008 IRC manufacturers' title, after finishing second and third on the Sanremo Rally in Italy at the weekend with Nicolas Vouilloz and Luca Rossetti.

Pirelli Star European Shoot Out drivers' named.
The FIA has named the eighteen young drivers that have been nominated by their national sporting authorities to contest the 'European Pirelli Star Driver Shoot-Out' next month.

Rob Arthur dies aged 58.
One of Britain's best ever co-drivers, Rob Arthur has died at the age of 58 after suffering a heart attack last night.
Colin McRae's Radical SR3 - FOR SALE.
The Radical SR3 owned by the late Colin McRae has gone up for sale for ?75,000.

Wilks in fresh appeal for support.
2007 Tesco 99 Octane MSA British Rally champion Guy Wilks has launched a fresh appeal for support as he looks to secure himself a drive with the works Subaru World Rally Team next year.

Martin and Reid triumph on Burns Memorial Rally.
Markko Martin and Robert Reid took the victory in the inaugural Richard Burns Memorial Rally at RAF Marham at the weekend.
Australia confirms new host.
The World Rally Championship has a new home in Australia after Events NSW and the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport [CAMS] confirmed that the now biennial event will be staged in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales.

Dakar: Mitsubishi enters four cars again.
Mitsubishi Motors Corporation and its motor sport unit, the Repsol Mitsubishi Ralliart team has confirmed that it will once again field a four-car line-up on the 31st Dakar Rally.

McRae convoy sets new world records.
More than 1000 Subaru owners and thousands more fans celebrated the life of Colin McRae last weekend [August 30-31], smashing two world records on the way.