Sensational drive by Latvala for third stage win
Jari-Matti Latvala has set a sensational pace through the mixed-surface El Condor-Cuesta Blanca stage, going 9.3s faster than his closest rival Petter Solberg. It means the Finn’s lead is now up to 12.3s over the former world champion heading to the service halt in Villa Carlos Paz.
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Second stage win for Latvala on SS3
Jari-Matti Latvala has extended his lead of Rally Argentina by winning stage three, the 22.67-kilometre Mino Clavero-Giulio Cesare test.
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Latvala leads in Argentina
Jari-Matti has shot into the lead of Rally Argentina after topping the times on Friday’s opening test in his Ford Fiesta RS WRC. The Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team ace was 2.5s faster than Petter Solberg through the stage and now leads the Norwegian by 1.9s in the overall standings.
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Solberg and Latvala suffer shakedown delays
Jari-Matti Latvala and Petter Solberg have both suffered early setbacks in their bids to win Rally Argentina, round six of the World Rally Championship.
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Rossetti wins the Croatia Rally
Italians Luca Rossetti and Matteo Chiarcossi (Abarth Grande Punto) are the winners of the 38th Rally Croatia, second round of the FIA European Rally Championship.
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Renault celebrates Gordini heritage at Simola Hillclimb
A sell-out crowd, an 80-strong field of classic, exotic and performance cars, and a celebration of the Gordini performance brand marked the third running of the Renault-sponsored Simola Hillclimb, overlooking the scenic tourist town of Knysna.
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BRC Formula 2 flyers might fight for overall glory
The Jim Clark International Rally marks a change from gravel to asphalt for all the crews in the Dulux Trade MSA British Rally Championship, but it is especially relevant for the two wheel drive runners in Formula 2, as a dry event could easily see the front-runners vie for an overall podium.
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Who will win in Argentina this weekend?
Sebastien Loeb is a five-time winner in Argentina but faces the prospect of running first on the road on the mainly gravel stages as world championship leader in his factory Citroen DS3 WRC.
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Rally Argentina returns to World Rally Championship
Argentina, which returns to the World Rally Championship trail this weekend following a one-year absence, is ranked as one of the most taxing yet important events on the 13-round schedule.
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Zimbabwe’s Rautenbach extends lead in SA rally drivers’ championship
Following his second win in three events, Zimbabwean privateer Conrad Rautenbach (G-Fuel Ford Fiesta) has extended his overall and class S2000 lead in the South African rally drivers’ championship and now leads factory rival Johnny Gemmell (Castrol Toyota Auris) by a comfortable 18 points after the first three rounds of the eight-leg series.
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Mads Ostberg wins Rally Sorland
Mads Østberg and co-driver Jonas Andersson collected their second consecutive Norwegian National Rally win of the year when they won Rally Sørland with their Ford Fiesta S2000 and further strengthened Østberg's Championship lead.
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Hat-trick for regularity rallying husband and wife
Underlining their current superiority in the Firestone Legendary Drives regularity rally series, Schalk and Susan van Niekerk won the Alfa Romeo KZN Rally in KwaZulu-Natal last weekend to score a remarkable hat-trick of successes.
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Ford rally car leads the party at Rally Argentina's fiesta weekend
Ford's Fiesta RS World Rally Car has a VIP invitation to one of Argentina's biggest fiesta occasions next weekend. More than a million fanatical Latin Americans will flock into the pampas to watch Rally Argentina (26 - 29 May), and Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team's challenger for the 2011 FIA World Rally Championship will be one of the star guests at the party.
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Bertholdt and Vermeulen ready to do battle in Atlas Copco 400
The historic battlefields area of Dundee in KwaZulu-Natal will reverberate to the sounds of off road racing vehicles rather than the crash of cannons and rifle shots with the staging of the third round of the Absa South African Off Car Championship, the Atlas Copco 400, on May 20 and 21.
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CASTROL TEAM TOYOTA TACKLES NEW OFF ROAD EVENT IN KZN
A new event and a virgin route await Castrol Team Toyota’s Special Production class Toyota Hilux bakkies in round three of the Absa South African Off Road Car Championship in KwaZulu-Natal this weekend.
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