`It`s just fantastic - a dream come true`
Today`s shakedown stage, based in the heart of the French Alps, provided Stobart VK M-Sport Ford Rally Team drivers Matthew Wilson and Pieter Tsjoen with a taste of what`s

Kopecky looking to gain experience
Before the first race in the 2006 World Rally Championship, the new Czech Rally Team Skoda-Kopecky introduced itself to the rallying public in Bela pod Bezdezem. The team hopes

Mixed feelings at the OMV Peugeot Norway WRT
The 74th edition of the Rallye Automobile Monte Carlo already had been a test of toughness for drivers during the training.
Snow and ice turned the special stages

Snow surface on 80% of special stages
Today the two days of training by the teams for the `74th Rallye Automobile Monte Carlo` were completed under a bright blue sky and sunshine. Two days that were also quite exhausting

Monte-Carlo : Stobart M-Sport Ford - Preview
Cumbria`s Matthew Wilson will make history when he arrives in Monte Carlo for the start of this year`s World Rally Championship on Thursday the 19th of January. The 18-year-old

Yassen Popov focussing on tyre-tests
Current Bulgarian National Rally Champion Yassen Popov completed tests for his WRC-debut in Monte Carlo this weekend in the Aspang/Lower Austria area. In his home country the

Monte-Carlo : BFGoodrich - Preview
5, 4, 3, 2, 1… At 8.33am on Friday January 20th 2006, BFGoodrich tyres will officially take the start of a World Rally Championship qualifying round for the very first time. And

2006 Monte-Carlo Rally: Ford - Preview
The opening of the FIA World Rally Championship season on the Rallye Monte Carlo (19 - 22 January) heralds a new era for Ford. An exciting new Focus RS World Rally Car is complemented

Discussing the Irish WRC bid
A Rally Ireland delegation travelled to Paris last week, to meet with the FIA Rallies Commission President, Jacques Regis, to discuss the Irish World Rally Championship bid.
The

Stohl and Solberg pleased with results
Last weekend the OMV Peugeot Norway World Rally Team successfully completed the first tests with the Peugeot 307 WRC. Due to snow and ice these initial tests had to be relocated

Monte-Carlo 2006: Subaru World Rally Team - Preview
The Subaru World Rally Team launches its 2006 World Rally Championship campaign in style next week in the glamorous principality of Monaco. Commencing on Friday

Ford`s new signings, double world rally champions Marcus Gronholm and Timo Rautiainen today made their first public appearance alongside the all-new Focus RS World Rally Car 06.
The Finnish duo broke off from their final

Rally Monte-Carlo 2006: Kronos Racing - Preview
The Rally of Monte Carlo, the championship`s longest running event - almost three quarter of a century - usually kicks off the new season but also stands out as the

`Our aim is to keep the Mitsubishi brand alive`
Following the withdrawal of the MMSP Ltd works team from the World Rally Championship, Mitsubishi Motors Motor Sports and MMSP Ltd will continue to operate through

The WRC is Ford`s flagship activity
Ford`s new signings, double world rally champions Marcus Grönholm and Timo Rautiainen and team-mates Mikko Hirvonen and Jarmo Lehtinen, today made their first public appearance

Bulgarian Champion Popov in for Monte Carlo
OMV is setting new standards in the group N by having drivers from all over Central Europe compete for the first time in the World Championship for series. Thanks to the

In the FIA 2006 World Rally Championship
After two seasons crowned by two world championship titles in MotoGP, Gauloises will participate in the FIA 2006 World Rally Championship besides the Kronos team and his

Rally Monte-Carlo 2006: Eddie Stobart Motorsport - Preview
Eddie Stobart Motorsport embarks on a new era in two weeks time when the Rally Team competes on the first round of this year`s FIA World Rally Championship

The return of the Amateurs
The 74th Rallye Automobile Monte Carlo – the opening round of the FIA World Rally Championship - will be held from the 19th to the 22nd of January, 2006. This one will be open to

‘Right now WRC is all about money`
Markko Martin has effectively retired from active competition in the World Rally Championship. The Estonian has not competed since the tragic death of his co-driver Michael Park