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Henning vows to push in Scandinavia

Posted by on Thursday, 09 February 2012 01:06PM

Henning Solberg has promised to do his sponsor proud and 'Go Fast' on Rally Sweden, which includes a full day of action in his native Norway on Friday. Solberg, who drives for the newly created Go Fast Energy World Rally Team, will be a contender for a podium finish on round two of the 2012 FIA World Rally Championship powered by Nokia in the Ford Fiesta RS WRC he shares with Austrian co-driver... read more

Loeb hoping for a fair fight in Sweden

Posted by on Thursday, 09 February 2012 01:04PM

Sebastien Loeb says he wants a fair fight on Rally Sweden this week as the Citroen ace aims to extend his lead of the FIA World Rally Championship powered by Nokia. Despite his dominance of the sport for the best part of a decade, the French hero has only registered one victory in Sweden when he triumphed in 2004, the year of his first world title success. “It’s perhaps not a... read more

PROTON comes into the cold

Posted by on Tuesday, 07 February 2012 05:03PM

PROTON Motorsports' team principal Chris Mellors has praised the team for the cold-weather performance of the Satria-Neo Super 2000 ahead of this week's Rally Sweden. PROTON driver PG Andersson (pictured) contested Saturday’s Rally Finnskog in Norway and finished fourth overall, first Super 2000 and five seconds ahead of Skoda Fabia S2000 driver Andreas Mikkelsen, who was delayed by a... read more

BMW reshuffles Mini rally assault

Posted by on Tuesday, 07 February 2012 08:11AM

Prodrive will no longer run Mini’s works World Rally Championship effort after parent company BMW reshuffled its rallying assault on Monday. Although the Prodrive-led Mini World Rally Team will continue to operate in the WRC, the reorganisation means that a different squad, WRC Team Mini Portugal, will now be the main focus of BMW’s efforts. Prodrive has prepared and run the Mini... read more

BRC - Two wheel drive is back!

Posted by on Monday, 06 February 2012 01:37PM

The 2012 MSA British Rally Championship held its media day at Curborough Sprint Circuit in Staffordshire on Thursday (2nd February), where some of the registered drivers and teams taking part turned out in the dry, bright and freezing conditions to celebrate the start of a new era for the UK’s premier rally championship. The day began with interviews with the TV, radio and press, followed... read more

Andersson ready to go home

Posted by on Friday, 03 February 2012 01:33PM

Two-time Junior World Rally Champion P-G Andersson is looking to continue the speed he and the PROTON team showed on last month's Super 2000 WRC opener when the series arrives in his native Sweden next week. Andersson dominated the SWRC category of Rallye Monte-Carlo, but was forced out of his seven-minute lead after an under-bonnet fire halted his Satria-Neo S2000. The PROTON driver led Rally... read more

Neighbours rally to Brynildsen aid

Posted by on Friday, 03 February 2012 01:31PM

Eyvind Brynildsen will be handed the controls of a new-generation World Rally Car for the first time when he contests Rally Sweden next week in a Ford Fiesta RS WRC run by Adapta Motorsport. A frontrunner in the Super 2000 World Rally Championship for the past two seasons, Brynildsen will link up with new team-mate and neighbour Mads Ostberg in the Norwegian squad. Brynildsen and Ostberg both... read more

Exciting entry for Rally Sweden

Posted by on Friday, 03 February 2012 01:27PM

Twenty-one World Rally Cars will contest Rally Sweden next month with eight drivers set to chase points in the Super 2000 World Rally Championship section of the high-speed snow contest. Sebastien Loeb, the defending world champion and current title leader, heads the entry in his Citroen Total World Rally Team DS3 WRC. Joining him in the all-conquering French squad is last year’s Rally... read more

WOODPECKER CONFIRMED AS BEST EVENT IN 2011

Posted by on Friday, 03 February 2012 01:16PM

The organisers of the MSA Welsh National Rally Championship announced the winner of the Speedsports Shield for 2011 at their annual awards presentation in Llandrindod Wells on Saturday 28th January. The Speedsports Shield is presented to the Best Event in the championship. The award was presented to the organising club Sixty and Worcester Motor Club, for the well received Woodpecker... read more

Renault UK signs up for 2012 MSA British Manufacturers Rally Champ

Posted by on Wednesday, 01 February 2012 12:08PM

1998 and 1999 British Rally Champions, Renault UK has become the first manufacturer to sign up for the new two wheel drive 2012 MSA British Rally Championship. With most manufacturers having homologated two wheel drive cars, the British Manufacturer’s Rally Championship has been reinstated and allows registered manufacturers and UK importers to vie for the title of becoming British... read more

Latvala vows to fight back in WRC title bid

Posted by on Saturday, 28 January 2012 06:53PM

Jari-Matti Latvala says his crash on Rallye Monte-Carlo won't affect his chances of becoming world rally champion for the first time this season, despite his failure to score a single point on the recent WRC season-opener. Latvala, from Finland, was leading when he crashed out on the event’s opening day at the wheel of his Ford Fiesta RS WRC. He said: “Everything was in place... read more

Monte-Carlo finish cheers Wilson

Posted by on Saturday, 28 January 2012 06:51PM

Matthew Wilson says his capture of 11th overall on Rallye Monte-Carlo last week was the best result he could have hoped for on the opening round of the FIA World Rally Championship powered by Nokia. Wilson’s deal with new backer Go Fast Energy was only concluded on the eve of the rally getting underway on 22 January. It meant the young Briton was unable to conduct any pre-rally testing... read more

Monte podium thrills MINI boss

Posted by on Saturday, 28 January 2012 06:49PM

MINI Motorsport chief Dirk Hollweg has revealed his delight after the marque returned to the Rallye Monte-Carlo podium for the first time since Rauno Aaltonen's victory on the legendary event in 1967 driving a Cooper S model. Dani Sordo, at the wheel of a MINI John Cooper Works WRC, finished in a comfortable second overall following the five-day contest, the opening round of the 2012 FIA... read more

Cornishman Matt Cotton returns to the British Rally Championship

Posted by on Saturday, 28 January 2012 06:36PM

After a break of over 3 years from international rallying, Cornish rally driver Matt Cotton will return to the British Rally Championship (BRC) in 2012. The purchase of an ex Elfyn Evans Ford Fiesta ST has enabled Matt to end his sabbatical from driving by entering both the BRC and the Fiesta Sporting Trophy. Britain’s premier series starts on the Rallye Sunseeker in... read more

Pirelli extends BRC contract

Posted by on Friday, 20 January 2012 09:14AM

Pirelli and the BRC have agreed a deal for a further two years as tyre provider to the MSA British Rally Championship. The premium tyre manufacturer has been control tyre to the series since 2007 with the previous agreement due for completion at the end of 2012. However, as part of its ongoing commitment to national-level motorsport, Pirelli has signed a deal with BRC organisers to ensure it... read more

Group B Mazda RX7 Evolution unveiling at Autosport Show 2012

Posted by on Monday, 09 January 2012 04:25PM

Silverstone Autosport now rebranded as Group B Motorsport will unveil the new, never seen before Group B “Evolution” Mazda RX7 Rally Car on the 12 th January 2012 at Autosports International. Having purchased the original MRE Group B 1985 Car in 2009, and realising the unique Rotary powered cars potential, the team decided to build the car that Mazda never did build, an... read more

Qatari to join forces with Loeb and Hirvonen in 2012

Posted by on Friday, 30 December 2011 10:14AM

Nasser Al-Attiyah says finally being able to conclude his deal to drive for Citroen in next years World Rally Championship is akin to achieving a dream. Al-Attiyah, Production Car world champion in 2006, first spoke publicly of plans to drive for the French firm in next year’s WRC back in August. Due to his participation on the Dakar Rally, which clashes with Rallye Monte-Carlo,... read more

Norwegian returns to former employer for 2012 campaign

Posted by on Friday, 30 December 2011 10:12AM

Petter Solberg says he is finding it hard to express in words his delight at signing a one-year contract to drive for Ford in next season’s World Rally Championship. Solberg, from Norway, will contest all 13 rounds of the 2012 title race in a Ford Fiesta RS WRC co-driven by Briton Chris Patterson. In an interview with Autosport magazine in the UK, the 37-year-old Solberg said:... read more

Alister McRae to contest SWRC with Malaysian make

Posted by on Friday, 30 December 2011 10:11AM

The legendary McRae name will return to the World Rally Championship in 2012 after Malaysian manufacturer PROTON confirmed it would be entering Alister McRae on selected rounds of the Super 2000 world championship. PROTON will field two Satria Neo S2000s in Monte Carlo, Sweden, New Zealand, Finland, Great Britain, France and Spain next season. Two-time Junior world champion PG Andersson and... read more

Production BRC regulations now online

Posted by on Friday, 16 December 2011 04:30PM

Organisers of the brand new Production BRC (PBRC) are pleased to announce that entries are now open and regulations can be downloaded from the series’ new website: www.rallybrcproduction.co.uk The PBRC has been created specifically for variants of production-based four wheel-drive cars and will provide teams and competitors with a high profile, televised, well structured and... read more

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