As we draw closer to Rally Mexico, round three of the World Rally Championship, Swedish winner Sebastien Ogier reveals his hopes for the season ahead…

Confirmation this week that Jamaica’s Jeffrey Panton has entered Sol Rally Barbados 2013 (June 1/2) in his ex-Marcus Gronholm Ford Focus WRC06 brings to four the entries confirmed for the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) new WRC-1 class in the Caribbean’s biggest annual motor sport international. Driving a Toyota Celica GT4 in 1998, Panton was the event’s first winner from the [...]

The Trinidad & Tobago Rally Club hosted its first event for 2013 this past Sunday February 24th. A large crowd gathered on the brand new “Jack & Jill” stage in Couva on a hot and dusty day. Team “Betts Motorsport” kicked off the season in the same style that they finished off 2012. Driver James Betts alongside Navigator Jason Costelloe [...]

As entries for Sol Rally Barbados 2013 (June 1/2) edged towards the starting list cap of 100 this week – the total hit 98 today (Friday) – father and son Eddie and Keith Power bring to four the number of first-time Irish crews entered for the Caribbean’s biggest annual motor sport International. Entries remain open on the official web site, [...]

Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia today claimed the first victory for the new Volkswagen Polo R WRC when they won Rally Sweden, the second round of the FIA World Rally Championship. The duo dominated this winter rally and finished 41.8 seconds ahead of Citroën’s reigning World Champions Sébastien Loeb and Daniel Elena. The fight for third went down to the [...]

Sébastien Ogier continues to dominate Rally Sweden and the Frenchman overnights with a comfortable 26.9 second lead after two days of competition. Behind him, however, the fight for the remaining podium positions has been intense and while Sébastien Loeb has pulled clear in second, Mads Østberg and Jari-Matti Latvala are fighting hard for third.

Sébastien Ogier, driving the new Volkswagen Polo R WRC, has taken the early lead of Rally Sweden, the second round of the FIA World Rally Championship. The Frenchman holds a 31.4 second advantage over Citroën’s reigning World Champion and arch rival Sébastien Loeb, who has been battling for position with Jari-Matti Latvala in the second Polo R WRC. Rally Sweden [...]

Britain’s Martin Stockdale has confirmed that he will once again compete in the Caribbean’s biggest annual motor sport International – Sol Rally Barbados – when he makes his 13th consecutive appearance in the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) premier event over the weekend of June 1/2 this year. Fresh from celebrating daughter Laura-Jo’s 21st birthday in the British Midlands last weekend, [...]

Craig Breen has been announced as Peugeot Sport’s factory driver for 2013. The Irishman will take part in eight European Rally Championship events as well as an intensive test programme for the 208 Type R5, which starts this week on gravel. “This is incredible and beyond my dreams,” Breen commented after the announcement was made. “I am really excited to [...]

Stage 14 of this year’s Monte Carlo Rally proved to be very eventful, and this particular corner caught out both Jari-Matti Latvala and Evgeny Novikov… Novikov’s accident…