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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

World championship legend set to return in a Ford

Posted by on Thursday, 15 December 2011 04:29PM

Francois Delecour is planning a shock return to the World Rally Championship when he contests Rallye Monte-Carlo, the opening event of the 2012 season. Delecour, who won the legendary Tarmac rally in 1994, is set to drive a Ford Fiesta RS WRC run by M-Sport, with whom he tackled 13 rounds of the world championship during the 2001 season. “I’m very, very super happy to have this... read more

Volkswagen chief wants two-time world champion to sample Polo R WRC

Posted by on Thursday, 15 December 2011 04:27PM

Volkswagen Motorsport chief Kris Nissen has vowed to get Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel behind the wheel of the German make's new-for-2013 Polo R World Rally Car. Speaking at the Autosport Awards in London on Sunday evening, Nissen also revealed his desire for Carlos Sainz, the double world rally champion, to take part in a competitive rally for Volkswagen before he calls time on... read more

Rallye Sunseeker offers Festival places

Posted by on Thursday, 15 December 2011 04:20PM

The opening round of the 2012 MSA British Rally Championship season, Rallye Sunseeker International, has teamed up with the Goodwood Festival of Speed to offer some excellent incentives on next season’s event. Organisers of the Dorset & Hampshire based rally, new to the BRC in 2011, are offering invitations to the world renowned motoring celebration for class winners on Rallye... read more

Rossi “outstanding” at Monza

Posted by on Tuesday, 13 December 2011 08:52AM

Valentino Rossi's run to second place at the Monza Rally Show in Italy last weekend has received huge praise after it emerged it came on the back of a short pre-event test. The MotoGP legend, who has contested three rounds of the World Rally Championship in the past, is a regular at the end-of-season event located at the Italian Grand Prix venue near Milan. Driving a Ford Fiesta RS WRC,... read more

Villagra makes it title number 10

Posted by on Tuesday, 13 December 2011 08:51AM

Federico Villagra, 13th in this year's World Rally Championship standings, has done something not even WRC ace Sebastien Loeb has managed: win his domestic title for a 10th time. Villagra, who drove a Munchi’s Ford Fiesta RS WRC on seven rounds of this year’s world championship, clinched the Argentine crown in his Maxi Rally-specification Fiesta last weekend. Such was... read more

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