Gronholm wins in Sardegna
Marcus Gronholm won the Rally d'Italia Sardegna, having inherited the lead after Sebastien Loeb went out in Stage 13; Mikko Hirvonen finished second, 29.2secs adrift to give Ford a 1-2 … Read More
Category: World Rally Championship
Ford drivers penalized
Marcus Gronholm and fellow Ford runners, Mikko Hirvonen, Jari-Matti Latvala, Henning Solberg, Matthew Wilson and Gareth MacHale have all been handed 5 minute penalties after failing post-event inspection at the … Read More
Loeb wins in Portugal
Citroen's Sebastien Loeb has won the Rally de Portugal, the fifth round in the 2007 FIA World Rally Championship. Marcus Gronholm was runner-up in his BP Ford, after losing time … Read More
Loeb wins Rally Mexico
Sebastien Loeb drove his new Citroen C4 to a 55.8 second win over the Ford of runner-up Marcus Gronholm in the Rally Mexico. Pos Driver Make Time 1. Loeb Citroen … Read More
Mexican fans trash WRC cars
Rocks were purposely placed on the road in front of the competing cars and thrown at them while at speed in the Rally Mexico Friday. Speaking at the end of … Read More
Jordan appointed Rally Ireland chairman
(GMM) Former F1 team owner Eddie Jordan has returned to the world of motor racing. The Dublin-born 58-year-old, who at the end of 2004 sold his Silverstone based grand prix … Read More
Fords 1-2-3 in Norway
Mikko Hirvonen has led home the first Ford 1-2-3 in World Rally competition since 1979 ahead of teammates Marcus Gronholm and Henning Solberg in the Rally of Norway. Hirvonen led … Read More
Hirvonen poised to win Norway Rally
Seventy of the 74 original starters left Hamar Saturday morning for the second leg of this third round of the FIA World Rally Championship, with 15 of those competing under … Read More
Fords 1-2 in Norway
BP-Ford World Rally Team lie first and second after controlling today's opening leg of Rally Norway. Mikko Hirvonen and Jarmo Lehtinen led this third round of the FIA World Rally … Read More
Gronholm dominates in Sweden
Marcus Grönholm and Timo Rautiainen won their fifth Swedish Rally today as BP-Ford World Rally Team closed to within a point of the leaders in the FIA World Rally Championship. … Read More
Gronholm leads Swedish Rally
Finland's Marcus Gronholm has the lead after the first full day of the Swedish Rally. The Finn took his Ford Focus into an 11.3 seconds lead over Citroen's triple world … Read More
Loeb leads all the way in Monte Carlo
Sebastien Loeb (pictured right) sealed his fourth Rally Monte Carlo victory as he took a debut win for the Citroen C4 on Sunday morning 38.2 seconds ahead of his Citroen … Read More
Monte Carlo: Citroen team continues to dominate
Thanks to a score of six one-two stage times from Friday's six stages, the Citroën C4 WRCs of Sébastien Loeb/Daniel Elena and Dani Sordo/Marc Martàput themselves in a good … Read More
Loeb takes early lead in Monaco
Pos Driver Make Time 1. Loeb Citroen 23m29.9 2. Sordo Citroen + 23.9 3. Gronholm Ford + 29.1 4. Hirvonen Ford + 51.7 5. Solberg Subaru + 57.6 6. Atkinson … Read More
Monte Carlo a tough season opener
Reigning world rally champion BP-Ford will launch the defense of its 2006 title on the legendary Rallye Monte Carlo (18 – 21 January) in France next week with a proven … Read More
Mitsubishi not returning to World Rally
Mitsubishi will not return to the FIA World Rally Championship in any capacity this season. According to reports by www.rally.gr Mitsubishi Japan have refused to allow the 'wannabe outfit', which … Read More
WRC trying to steal Rossi
The WRC is trying to steal Valentino Rossi from MotoGP. WRC commercial boss, David Richards, is keen to get the Italian to defect to the FIA World Rally Championship in … Read More
Broken arm sidelines Loeb
UPDATE World rally champion Sebastien Loeb has had surgery after breaking his right arm in a fall off his mountain bike, his Kronos team said. "I underwent surgery on Wednesday … Read More
Pirelli to quit World Rally Championship
Rumor has it that Pirelli will pull out of the FIA World Rally Championship at the end of this season. Although the Italian tire manufacturer has not put out an … Read More