Sebastien Ogier got it a little bit wrong during shakedown for the Monte Carlo Rally, round one of the 2013 FIA World Rally Championship. Braking a little bit late for this left-hander, he tried to throw his VW Polo R WRC sideways to get around the corner…but to no avail. The crew slid helplessly into the snowbank, but luckily bounced [...]

Stage rallying returned to Brands Hatch and once again opened the 2013 Brands Hatch season with the MGJ Engineering Brands Hatch Winter Stage Rally on 12th January 2013. Paul King and Alicia Miles led the event after the first five of eight stages, having won both the first two stages outright. With conditions dry but the stages slippery and rain, [...]

The Motor Sports Association, the governing body of UK motor sport, launched its ‘Year of the Volunteer’ at the Autosport International show (10-13 January). Introducing the initiative on the event’s high profile Central Stage, the MSA’s Chief Executive Colin Hilton was joined by reigning Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Champion Gordon Shedden and Richard Egger, Go Motorsport’s Regional Development Officer [...]

A truly sensational entry has been assembled for the opening round of the West Wales Rally Spares R.A.C Rally Championship, the Red Kite Stages (Sunday 20 January), with the field headed by Julian Reynolds, Mark Higgins and Nick Elliott. More than 50 registered crews will line up in Llandovery for the first of seven rallies and the quality of historic [...]

Having won the event for the past four years, Penrith driver Paul Bird heads an impressive entry list for next Sunday’s annual Autogas 2000 Jack Frost Stages Rally supported by Cartersport which takes place at Croft Circuit. Along with Scottish co-driver Kirsty Riddick, the British Superbike Championship and MotoGP team boss has been unbeaten at the Yorkshire track in recent [...]

To mark the first anniversary of their entry into the Australian Rally Championship, Junior World Rally Champion, Elfyn Evans will drive a second Ford Fiesta R2 for Innate Motorsport in the opening round of the Australian Rally Championship (ARC), the National Capital Rally to be held in Canberra from 1 – 3 March. The deal was been put together by [...]

  Kirkistown race circuit will echo to the sound of rally cars on Saturday 19 January, 2013 as the 500 Motor Racing Club of Ireland host the popular New Year Stages Rally. The high speed action will be held over 6 stages, all within the confines of the circuit and the first car starts at 9am. The New Year Stages [...]

Island rally fans who have been thrilled by the flamboyant antics of Scotland’s Allan Mackay and his Ford Anglia WRC for the past three years will have twice the fun at Sol Rally Barbados 2013 (June 1/2), as his son Euan is entered to drive for the first time in what is dubbed the ‘Anglia JWRC’. Despite a combined age [...]

Competitors in the West Wales Rally Spares RAC Rally Championship will have a chance of winning a share of a new award fund worth more than £2000 as part of the WWRS title sponsorship package for the championship. The championship will present three £100 vouchers per rally, meaning that 21 championship registered crews will win a voucher during the seven-event [...]

Five cars representing both the Roger Albert Clark Rally and the West Wales Rally Spares RAC Rally Championship will be on show at Autosport International at the Birmingham NEC (10-13 January). Pride of place will go to the Ford Escort Mk2 that Marty McCormack and Phil Clarke took to a famous victory on the ninth Roger Albert Clark Rally. Joining [...]