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…

The opening round of the McGrady Insurance Junior 1000 Rally Challenge Ireland took place on Saturday at the New Year Stages Rally at Kirkistown. Seven junior drivers, aged 14-16 lined up in their 1000cc machines for this series, which is also supported this season by the rally classified website www.rallysales.eu and Yokohama tyres. William Creighton, Philip White and Michael McGarrity [...]

Following a successive hat-trick of outright victories on his first three rallies in the TEG Sport -prepared Subaru Impreza last year, Carnforth teenager Arron Newby continued his great form with another superb drive to clinch a class win and sixth place overall on today’s Autogas 2000 Jack Frost Stages Rally held at Croft Circuit. The 18-year-old was competing on snow [...]

After class wins on the Cambrian Rally, Trackrod Rally, Wales Rally GB and Killarney Historic Rally last year, triple British champion Steve Perez was back in action where he endured an eventful week whilst out testing at the John Haugland Rally School in Norway but came away with another victory. Driving the iconic 1974 Amigos Tequila-flavoured beer branded Lancia Stratos, [...]

Cumbrian rally driver Paul Bird’s audacious bid to win the Autogas 2000 Jack Frost Stages Rally for a fifth successive time came to an unfortunate end when circumstances conspired against him on the Darlington and District Motor Club event at Croft Circuit. With hard-packed ice and snow greeting competitors, the former National Rally Champion was seeded at number one and [...]

Derek McGarrity and Neil Doherty claimed a start to finish victory at today’s New Year Stages Rally. Driving their S14 specification Subaru Impreza WRC, the crew powered to an emphatic win of almost one minute over Kieron Graffin and Paul McKenna, with Dominic McNeill and Tommy Speers third. Keith White and William Carol topped the two-wheel-drive category, claiming fourth overall [...]

Citroën’s Sébastien Loeb and Daniel Elena claimed their 77th world rally victory and seventh Rallye Monte-Carlo win this evening, the multiple World Rally Champions claiming the silverware by one minute 39.9 seconds. Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia finished a fine second in the debut competitive outing of the Volkswagen Polo R WRC and Dani Sordo and co-driver Carlos del Barrio [...]

Today’s route for the 81st Rallye Monte-Carlo was competitively the shortest of this year’s four-day rally but nevertheless included 92 kilometres of competitive action as the crews headed from Valence to the glamour of Monaco for the overnight halt. Sébastien Loeb continues to head the leaderboard, the Frenchman winning two of the day’s three stages to pull out a one [...]

After careful consideration, discussions within the organising team and a member of the safety crew attempting some of the route late this afternoon and the change in the weather not coming as predicted, we are sorry to have to announce that The RED KITE STAGES and RED KITE HISTORIC STAGES has been postponed. This decision has not been taken lightly, but we MUST consider [...]