sanremo

Thierry Neuville: I was flat out on that last stage, it was incredible and I can't believe the result. I pushed really hard, it was such a nice battle over the weekend, so intensive because the IRC is such a competitive championship. The car felt good, I am so happy. I hope this win won't be the last for me.

Paolo Andreucci secures his first IRC victory in Sanremo, while Juho Hanninen closes on the IRC drivers' title with second place.

Luca Cantamessa has been selected to pilot the BFGoodrich Drivers' Team entry on Rallye Sanremo, the penultimate round of the 2009 Intercontinental Rally Challenge on September 24-26.

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.

Frenchman Sebastien Loeb continues to lead the Rallye Sanremo, round eleven of this year's FIA World Rally Championship.

The 45th Rallye Sanremo takes place this weekend, the eleventh round in the 2003 FIA World Rally Championship. Italy will also play host to the fifth round in the 2003 FIA Junior WRC.

With four events to go between now and the end of the 2003 FIA World Rally championship, four latest-specification Citroen Xsara WRCs have been entered for the 2003 Sanremo Rally.

The Hyundai World Rally Team will not be represented this weekend on the Rallye Sanremo following a dispute between Motor Sport Developments [MSD] - the outfit that looks after the WRC programme for the Korean firm, and the Hyundai Motor Company itself. A statement from MSD explained:

Complete event timetable for the Rallye Sanremo / Rallye d'Italia - the eleventh round in the 2003 FIA World Rally Championship. Wednesday 1 October: Scruteenering 16.00 / 21.00 - Autocarrozzeria Servicar - Sanremo