World Rally News

Citroen's Sebastien Loeb will make his debut on the famous 1.16-mile Goodwood Hill Climb in his Citroen C4 WRC car this Saturday.

Sebastien Ogier was robbed of a podium on Rally Poland on Sunday, when he was forced to retire from the event with just two 'proper' stages left to go.

BP Ford Abu Dhabi team director Malcolm Wilson has confirmed that Jari-Matti Latvala will definitely do the Rally Finland at the end of next month, despite another gaff at the weekend in Poland.

BP Ford Abu Dhabi's Jari-Matti Latvala has crashed out of Rally Poland in the final stage of the event, the repeat run through the short 2.5 kilometre Mikolajki super special.

SS14 - Milki 1 (27.07km): Ogier quickest through a narrow and muddy SS14; Loeb second - 2.5 seconds slower; Latvala third followed by Hirvonen and Henning Solberg; Holowczyc completes top six; Sordo made a mistake in a hairpin; Petter Solberg had an oil leak; Ostberg lost over 25 minutes;

'We will need more power to push as hard as we want', that's was Petter Solberg's frank assessment following his pre-event test with his Citroen Xsara WRC for Rally Poland.

The Richard Burns Foundation has made a final call for volunteers to assist with fundraising at the Goodwood Festival of Speed 2009.

Multiple WRC champion, Sebastien Loeb has conceded that the title race is now wide open following his crash on the Acropolis Rally and his failure to score.

Henning Solberg was 'frustrated' and 'really cross' following his retirement from day two of the Acropolis Rally. The Stobart Ford man had begun the second leg in fifth place, something that gave him an excellent start position for the rough, dusty stages.

BP Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team boss and M-Sport founder Malcolm Wilson has been awarded an OBE in The Queen's Birthday Honours List. The 53-year-old has been honoured for his services to British motorsport which span a 30-year career.

Citroen number two driver Dani Sordo has retired from day two of the Acropolis Rally of Greece. Sordo's Citroen C4 WRC car suffered a broken suspension arm in the final test this morning, the 24.15 kilometre run through Kefalari 1.

Current WRC points leader Sebastien Loeb has admitted that preserving tyres could play a key part in deciding who comes out on top in the Acropolis Rally this weekend.

Andreas Mikkelsen is to make his return to the World Rally Championship after confirming he will contest Rally Poland at the wheel of a Skoda Fabia WRC.

Tyre giant Hankook is to step up its rally activities following the release of a planned five-round assault on the Intercontinental Rally Challenge this year.

Ford of Europe has announced that Mark Deans is to retire from his role as senior manager of motorsport at the end of the month, ending an 18-month long stint in the role.

Multiple World Rally Championship title winner Marcus Gronholm will take part in the annual Pike's Peaks International Hill Climb in July after the Olsberg Motor Sport Evolution team confirmed it will give the new Ford Fiesta its US racing debut in the event.

Having initially been classified in third place at the end of the final stage in Sardinia, Sebastien Loeb has been demoted to fourth after being hit with a two-minute time penalty by event stewards.

Guy Wilks has revealed that it was a 'no-brainer' to sign up to compete on this weekend's BTA Rally Talsi in Latvia with new-for-2009 outfit MML Sports - and in the Mitsubishi Lancer EvoX that he will be driving, the 2005 Junior World Rally Championship runner-up and 2007 and 2008 British Rally C

Organisers of the Rally of Scotland have unveiled the route for the event that will play host to the final round of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge in November,

Peugeot UK driver Kris Meeke has charged to a commanding lead at the end of the first full day's running in the Sata Rallye Acores, round four of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge.

SS16 - El Condor - Copina 2 (16.29km): Latvala quickest from Loeb and Petter Solberg on SS16 and now third overall after Hirvonen retires on road section. Ogier suffers broken damper and drops time. Loeb leads by just under a minute, Al-Attiyah takes PWRC lead

Conrad Rautenbach will hope to repeat his heroics of 2008 as the World Rally Championship heads to Argentina this weekend for the fifth round of the year.

David Lapworth has hinted that both Prodrive and Marcus Gronholm could reappear in the World Rally Championship in the 'not too distant future' after an encouraging run on the Rally Portugal.

Marcus Gronholm was disappointed to see his hopes of a fairytale podium finish on his return to the World Rally Championship come to an abrupt halt when he rolled into retirement on the first stage of the day.