World Rally Race Reports

BP Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team number one driver Mikko Hirvonen has taken the win on Repco Rally Australia, after a stewards' decision demoted Sebastien Loeb to second place.

Juho Hanninen dominated Rally Russia this weekend to give Skoda its first win in the Intercontinental Rally Challenge - and on only the Czech manufacturers' fourth appearance.

Peugeot UK driver Kris Meeke delivered a string of fastest stage times on the closing day of the Sata Rallye Azores, round four of the 2009 Intercontinental Rally Challenge, to take victory and the overall championship points lead.

Sebastien Loeb has secured his fifth win of the 2009 World Rally Championship season, and his fifth successive victory on Rally Argentina, to extend his advantage at the head of the championship standings.

Mikko Hirvonen has defied his early running order to emerge from the opening leg of the Rally Portugal with a comfortable 15 second lead over Dani Sordo having managed to stay error free throughout the day.

Mikko Hirvonen led the Rally Japan from start-to-finish this weekend, but while he took the maximum haul it wasn't sufficient to keep his title dream alive and with Sebastien Loeb finishing third, the Frenchman becomes the first ever driver to win the WRC crown five times.

Citroen's Sebastien Loeb re-took the advantage in the battle for the 2007 drivers' title this weekend, when he came through to win the inaugural Rally Ireland, the penultimate round in the 2007 FIA World Rally Championship.

BP Ford's Mikko Hirvonen leads the Rally Argentina at the end of leg 1 although proceedings were badly marred by logistical problems, which meant only the two short stadium-based speed tests were run.

BP Ford number one driver, Marcus Gronholm won the Rally of Turkey on Sunday, the thirteenth round in the 2006 FIA World Rally Championship - the first time he has stood on the top step on this event.

Reigning world champion, Sebastien Loeb took another step closer to retaining his title today in Greece, when he chalked up a record fifth win in succession.

Ford's second driver, Francois Duval shone today [Friday] on the Rallye de France-Tour de Corse, the Belgian ending the opening leg 15.1 seconds up on team-mate, Markko Martin.

By Rob Wilkins. Championship leader, Sebastien Loeb has won the Rally of Turkey, 'cruising' to a relatively easy victory today [Sunday] during the third and final leg.

2003 World Rally champion, Petter Solberg has won the Acropolis Rally today [Sunday], taking victory by a comfortable 18.4 seconds.

Peugeot number one Marcus Gronholm has lost his Cyprus Rally victory after stewards ruled the water pumps fitted to the 307 WRCs did not conform to the technical regulations. As a result, Citroen's Sebastien Loeb has been declared the new winner.

Frenchman Sebastien Loeb continues to lead the Rallye Sanremo, round eleven of this year's FIA World Rally Championship.

Ford driver Markko Martin has taken his second victory of the year on the ninth round of this year's FIA World Rally Championship - the Neste Rally Finland.

Subaru driver Petter Solberg leads the Cyprus Rally, round seven of the FIA World Rally Championship, after an astonishing day's action on the Limassol-based event.

Carlos Sainz is the overnight leader of the fifth round of the 2003 FIA World Rally Championship in Argentina. Sainz's Citroen is 22.4 seconds ahead of Ford's Markko Martin, after a largely trouble-free day for the double world champion, who posted three fastest times through the day.

Marcus Gronholm took his second consecutive win on the Propecia Rally New Zealand today. The reigning world champion took a comfortable lead into the final day of the fourth round of the FIA World Rally Championship and was untroubled through Sunday's six stages south of Auckland.

Marcus Gronholm continued to dominate the Propecia Rally New Zealand from the front of the field today. However, it was slightly more exciting for the Finn than yesterday, as he dropped his Peugeot 206 WRC onto its side for 30 seconds on the Parahi stage.

Peugeot driver and reigning world champion Marcus Gronholm emerged from the final leg of the Uddeholm Swedish Rally to win the event by 50.8 seconds from Subaru driver Tommi Makinen.

Frenchman Gilles Panizzi has strengthened his grip on the 11th round of the FIA World Rally Championship, the Sanremo Rally, which continued in northern Italy today.

Ford driver Colin McRae has taken over the lead of the Safari Rally, as he and navigator Nicky Grist grabbed top spot from Tommi M?kinen when the Finn hit problems in this morning's opening stage, and consolidated their advantage ever since.

Ford driver Colin McRae has scored his first victory for a year on the seventh round of the FIA World Rally Championship, the Acropolis Rally, which finished in Greece today [Sunday].