To qualify for the World Rally Championship
Ireland`s best known racing driver, Eddie Irvine, has backed Ireland`s bid to qualify for a round of the prestigious World Rally Championship (WRC) from 2007. Rally Ireland

Rally Norway : Shakedown
Daniel Carlsson is proving to be quick once again, setting the fastest time in the shakedown of Rally Norway at the wheel of his Mitsubishi Lancer.
”I think it will be a tough battle,

Rally Norway : OMV Peugeot Norway - Preview
The OMV Peugeot Norway World Rally Team (Peugeot 307 WRC) is facing its next assignment just five days after the WRC round in Sweden: Henning Solberg/Cato Menkerud will

Petter Solberg talks about his national event
Petter Solberg is thoroughly impressed with the Special Stages in Rally Norway. The 2003 World Champion took part in the recce on Tuesday and Wednesday, driving every

Adapting to BF Goodrich rubber
Kris Meeke and Glenn Patterson continued their testing duties on a recent three day tarmac test in the South of France, with the Citroen C2 Super 1600.

The team covered over

Remaining happy with his fourth position
Galli says thanks. In Sweden he gave his fans an amazing weekend, but he`s the one who says thanks. He says thanks to those who helped him to compete there and what`s more:

At the wheel of a Ford Fiesta Super 1600
Estonian Jaan Mölder and Germany`s Katrin Becker finished Uddeholm Swedish Rally 10th in in JWRC and 42nd overall.

The Atolye Kazaz Ford Fiesta Super 1600 crew encountered

A Steward for Rally New York 2006
Nicky Grist, a renowned FIA World Rally Championship co-driver, will advise Rally New York USA and has agreed to serve as one of the Stewards for the event that will take place

First Swedish victory since 1978
With Marcus Grönholm and co-driver Timo Rautiainen taking the Swedish Rally victory, Ford completed its 100 percent success rate in 2006 while Gronholm extended his lead over rival

First WRC podium since 2002
Daniel Carlsson got the chance - and he delivered. At the end of the final stage of the Uddeholm Swedish Rally 2006 yesterday afternoon he had to think a few seconds before he realized

`I was expecting Sebastien will be closer`
Despite leading throughout, Marcus Gronholm admits that it was a surprise that he took the Swedish Rally victory from Sebastien Loeb yesterday in his new Ford Focus.
"I

Sweden Rally 2006: Finish / JWRC - Summary
2004 J-WRC champion P-G Andersson (S) and co-driver Jonas Andersson (S) fought hard with fellow nationals for victory on home snow, on the opening round of the FIA Junior

Sweden Rally 2006: Kronos Citroën WRT - Finish
If speed-skating in a World Rally Car were an Olympic sport, Sébastien Loeb and Daniel Elena would have been deserving recipients of a silver medal. And thanks to an

Uddeholm Swedish Rallye 2006 : Ford World Rally Team - Finish
Marcus Grönholm and Timo Rautiainen scored Ford`s 50th world rally victory today when they won the Swedish Rally in a Ford Focus RS World Rally Car.

The leaders and winners
55th Swedish Rally

3-5 February 2006
2nd round of the World Rally Championship
1st round of the Junior World Rally Championship (JWRC)
1447,76 km including 348,88 km of timed

Sweden : Subaru World Rally Team - Finish
After problems earlier in the event, the team`s focus for Leg three of Rally Sweden was on testing and learning for the future.
Chris Atkinson worked on evaluating new

Sweden Rally: BFGoodrich - Finish
The thrilling clash between Marcus Grönholm (Ford/BFGoodrich) and Sébastien Loeb (Citroën/BFGoodrich) that marked the 2006 Swedish Rally continued all the way to the final stage,

Sweden Rallye 2006: OMV Peugeot Norway - Finish
All`s well that ends well – that is how the drivers of the OMV Peugeot Norway World Rally Team view their Swedish assignment. Despite rollovers on leg two both OMV

Sweden Rallye 2006: Atolye Kazaz - Finish
Uddeholm Swedish Rally has been a promising start to the season for Team Red Devil Atolye Kazaz, with Kristian Sohlberg at the wheel of Subaru Impreza S10 WRC. Leg 1 of

Sweden 2006: Stobart M-Sport Ford - Finish
The World Rally Championship`s youngest official driver Matthew Wilson brought his Ford Focus RS WRC 05 back to Karlstad to an untroubled 13th position in Sweden this evening.