80th anniversary of Rally GB to host world motorsport first… Britain’s round of the 2012 World Rally Championship, Wales Rally GB, will be held this year from the 13th – 16th September and will include an all new special stage at Celtic Manor Resort, venue…

Hi everyone, it’s Armindo here! This weekend WRC Team MINI Portugal was at MINI United in Le Castellet in the south of France. I’ve never been to an event quite like it before. It’s a huge festival full of fans and representatives from all over…

Matthew Wilson’s recovery may have taken longer than expected after the British star broke his ankle whilst training earlier this year, but thanks to an innovative new design from iWALKFree, the WRC star is making a speedy recovery. It was during one of Wilson’s regular…

Kiwi rally stars Hayden Paddon and John Kennard are the first competitors to submit their entry for Brother Rally New Zealand which runs from 21 to 24 June. Having won the FIA Production World Rally Championship last year, Paddon and Kennard have stepped up another…

Dani Sordo will drive the upgraded MINI John Cooper Works Super 2000 at Rally Corsica next week. Prodrive has applied the enhancements introduced on the World Rally Car at Rally Portugal on to the S2000 car. All the modifications are identical except for the revised…

Facing treacherous conditions on day two of Rally Portugal, Kiwi rally stars Hayden Paddon and John Kennard have had yesterday’s strong start hampered by an electrical fault. Just 1.5 kilometres in the first stage, Paddon’s Skoda stopped. However the New Zealanders will restart the rally…

DMACK Tyres has successfully completed the Rally de Espana after running its asphalt tyres for the first-ever time in the FIA Production Car World Rally Championship. DMACK had nominated its DMT-RC asphalt tyre in T5 hard and T7 medium compounds for priority drivers at this…

The 2012 FIA Production Car World Rally Championship (PWRC) calendar was approved on 23rdSeptember by the FIA World Motor Sport Council. The PWRC will return in 2012 to celebrate its quarter century. Dedicated to cars of near showroomspecification, the PWRC has in recent years been…

M-Sport is happy to announce a new award for the FIA WRC Academy’s second season. Applauding the camaraderie of the WRC Academy crews, the ‘Spirit of the FIA WRC Academy’ award will honour the most sportsman-like crew, driver or co-driver on each event. Supported by…

As the latest recruits to the FIA WRC Academy, South African Ashley Haigh-Smith and Welsh co-driver Craig Parry will be looking for a strong result as they join the one-make series from the Acropolis Rally onwards next month. Supported by Ford Racing in Europe, the…

MSA British Rally Championship manager Mark Taylor has been appointed to the judging panel of Silverstone MotorsportUK’s brand new RAVENOL supported Spirit of Motorsport Awards. The 2012 Sprit of Motorsport Awards will be open to competitors from the world of rallying, racing and karting, the…

Camillus Bradley became only the second two-wheel drive pilot in more than 10 years to win a round of the Carryduff Forklift MSA Northern Ireland Stage Rally Championship on Saturday! While John Waring secured 2010 Circuit of Ireland National Rally success in his Escort, it…

Prodrive WRC Team driver, Dani Sordo won this weekend’s Corsica Rally, securing victory in the latest round of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge (IRC) in a Prodrive-prepared MINI John Cooper Works S2000. This was Sordo’s debut in the IRC, who more usually competes in the World…

Dani Sordo has praised the strong level of competition he faced on his debut in the Intercontinental Rally Challenge on Giru di Corsica-Tour de Corse and says he can understand why the IRC appeals to fans and drivers alike. Sordo, a regular in the World…