By RSL Staff –
August 23, 2012Posted in: News, WRC
I had an excellent weekend in Greece. To win three special stages and pick up a point on the Power Stage is a very good result – fourth place is my best finish so far in the WRC. I just want to continue as I…
Jan Kopecký & Pavel Dresler to make their first appearance on Czech tracks this year on the Hustopeče Rally. They wish to repeat victory from last year. ŠKODA yearns to succeed at its first home rally this year. The Hustopeče Rally will see the brand´s…
Sébastien Loeb and the 208 T16 Pikes Peak are ready to take on one of motorsport’s biggest challenges, after three days of testing in Colorado. For the first time, the nine-time world champion and the wild animal got the chance to drive the famous Pikes…
The last month since Rally Whangarei has been very busy as we make final preparations to depart for Europe today. The most exciting news is a new partnership that we have formed with New Zealand company – VINZ, which has also enabled us to add…
Seeking success on the seventh round of the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC), the Qatar M-Sport Ford Fiesta RS WRCs will be looking for a strong result on the challenging stages of Rally Italia Sardegna this week. Returning to its summer-time slot, this season’s event…
Having had to forfeit his entry for next week’s Rally Italia Sardegna, Nasser Al-Attiyah has offered his Qatar World Rally Team Ford Fiesta RS WRC to M-Sport’s latest talent – 2012 FIA WRC Academy Cup winner, Elfyn Evans. Forced to miss the seventh round of…
The British Rally Championship (BRC), continues to support Wales Rally GB’s Road to Wales campaign at this weekend’s Cholmondeley Pageant of Power. Fans will be able to get up close and personal with some of the biggest names from both the British and World Rally…
Ari Vatanen won the World Rally Championship drivers’ title in 1981 and the Paris Dakar Rally four times. Vatanen was born and grew up in Tuupovaara in Eastern Finland. His started professional rallying in1970 and he debuted in the World Rally Championship in 1974. He…
M-Sport’s long-awaited Ford Fiesta R5 was given its first public outing at a drive day at the firm’s Northern England base this week. Given the opportunity to test drive M-Sport’s latest rally car, a handful of Europe’s motorsport journalists took to the wheel of the…
Tanner Foust earned another European Rallyross Championship win this weekend in Finland, to make it two victories in two championship starts this year. It was a come-from-behind performance for Foust, who started the Rockstar Energy Drink Ford Fiesta ST on the back row in the…
Markethill’s Darren Gass secured victory at Saturday’s Modern Tyre Service Mourne Rally, round five of the Carryduff Forklift MSA Northern Ireland Stage Rally Championship. The 24-year-old driver is the reigning Irish Tarmac Champion and also lists the British Junior title amongst his many rally accomplishments….
James Ford is the second finalist for the BRC LIVE Media Trophy in association with Prodrive. He was selected after a week of debate by the judges of the new trophy, following the second round of this year’s championship – the Jim Clark Rally. The…
Vaclav Pech has go this mojo back. After a brief winless streak, the Czech Republic’s most successful rally driver is back to winning ways at the wheel of his MINI. Vaclav Pech’s rally CV is a unique success story. You have to go way back…
The beastlike 208 T16 Pikes Peak got a chance at last to stretch its legs for the first time outside the confines of Peugeot Sport’s factory or a closely guarded circuit thanks to a recent test in the south of France. For Sébastien Loeb and…
Andreas Mikkelsen/Mikko Markkula (N/FIN) contributed towards Volkswagen’s success at the Rally Greece. Fourth place overall is not just Mikkelsen’s biggest success in his career to date, it is also indicative of a new level of maturity. The “Acropolis” was only Mikkelsen’s third rally behind the…
Spanish driver José Suárez, flanked by his co-driver Candido Carrera (ESP), successfully navigated their Hankook-shod Ford Fiesta R2 to victory at Acropolis Rally this weekend. The Spaniard brings home a total of 26 points, 25 for the win at the second round of the 2013 FIA Junior…
As the abrasive stages of the Acropolis Rally of Greece came to a close today, Qatar World Rally Team’s Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul delivered their second podium of the year. Following a faultless drive, their Qatar World Rally Team comrades – Nasser Al-Attiyah and…
The first round of the Malaysian Rally Championship MRC 2013 kicks off with round one hosted by the Perak government and Risda held over in Manjung,after losing the 2012 championship title to veteran Brian Green of New Zealand,Karamjit kick started the 2013 season with a…
Hayden Paddon and John Kennard are heading to Europe earlier than planned with New Zealand’s top rally pairing now scheduled to contest the Ypres Rally in Belgium at the end of June before August’s two World Rally Championship events in Finland and Germany. For the…
Coverage from the round two of the 2013 MSA British Rally Championship, the Jim Clark Rally, will air on Sky Sports 3 & 3HD on Monday 10th June at 6.00pm. The one hour programme will once again be produced by the vastly experienced Greenlight Television….
