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FAST ERC JUNIOR TIMES PLEASE MUNNINGS, IMPRESS TEAM

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KAJETANOWICZ TO USE ERC EXPERIENCE FOR NEXT BIG CHALLENGE Kajetan Kajetanowicz will use all the experience he gained winning the FIA European Rally Championship for a record three seasons running when he steps up to the world championship on Rally Italia Sardegna next month. The ERC provides the ultimate platform for

FORD FIESTA R5 QUOTES FOR RALLY PORTUGAL

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M-Sport will run three EcoBoost-powered Ford Fiesta R5s at this week's Vodafone Rally de Portugal – Gus Greensmith, Pedro Heller and Nil Solans all contesting the FIA World Rally Championship's premier support series, WRC 2. Here's what some of our Fiesta R5 crews had to say in the lead-up to

ŠKODA’S PONTUS TIDEMAND AIMING FOR HAT-TRICK VICTORY IN WRC2

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Reigning WRC 2 Champions Pontus Tidemand/Jonas Andersson (SWE/SWE) are entering the competition at Rally Portugal (17/05/-20/05/2018) leading the WRC 2 championship standings. Second placed ŠKODA teammates Jan Kopecký/Pavel Dresler (CZE/CZE) will compete at Rallye Český Krumlov at the same weekend instead of travelling to Portugal. Meanwhile promising Finnish juniors Juuso

JUNIORS READY FOR PORTUGAL

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Having tackled snow and asphalt, the FIA Junior World Rally Championship crews will have another new experience next week as they take on the gravel stages of Vodafone Rally de Portugal. Equipped with identical one-litre EcoBoost Ford Fiesta R2s prepared by M-Sport Poland and fitted with Pirelli's SCORPION tyres, the rival

GUNDERSEN LANDS FIRST BLOW IN DRAMATIC BELGIAN CURTAIN-RAISER

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Ben-Philip Gundersen spearheaded a JC Raceteknik top four sweep in a spectacular 2018 RX2 International Series presented by Cooper Tires curtain-raiser in Belgium this weekend (11-13 May), as Norwegian drivers monopolised the podium. Making his full-time series debut following a one-off appearance at Höljes last season, Gundersen was one of the

THE LOUDON-CLEAR GUIDE TO… VODAFONE RALLY DE PORTUGAL

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European gravel. At last. We've done the Alps, the deep-freeze, the thin air, the twists, the turns and the Andes (sort of). Now, as the World Rally Championship powers into the mid-section of the season, it's time to get on the loose in Europe. It's time for Rally of Portugal. One

DOUBLE PODIUM FOR TEAM PEUGEOT TOTAL IN WRX

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Team PEUGEOT Total driver Sébastien Loeb went flat-out in the PEUGEOT 208 WRX to take victory in Belgium! The 9-time World Rally Champion demonstrated his skill and talent by racing to victory in both his semi-final and a nail-biting final. Loeb was joined on the podium by his Team PEUGEOT

LOEB WINS IN BELGIUM AS PEUGEOT TAKES DOUBLE PODIUM

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Sebastien Loeb scores second World RX career win to move to second in Drivers' Championship Petter Solberg and Timmy Hansen complete Belgian podium Reigning Champion Johan Kristoffersson maintains points lead France's Sebastien Loeb scored an emphatic victory at the wheel of Team Peugeot Total's Peugeot 208 WRX in the Coyote

TOSFED AND WRC PROMOTER LAUNCH NEW-LOOK RALLY TURKEY IN ISTANBUL

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ISTANBUL (TURKEY): Osman Aşkin Bak, Turkey’s Minister of Youth and Sports, joined WRC Promoter’s Oliver Ciesla and senior officials at the Turkish Automobile Sports Federation (TOSFED) at a press conference in Istanbul on Saturday morning to officially announce Turkey’s round of the FIA World Rally Championship. The 10th round of

HOW TO PREPARE THE PEUGEOT 208 WRX FOR METTET

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Tight turns and a big jump are the main technical challenges of the Mettet rallycross track, which Team PEUGEOT Total is preparing for this weekend. Mettet in Belgium is a track like no other! It's got some tight and technical turns as well as an extremely fast section at the

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