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(Access to news reports from the last 30 days is free) http://www.autosport.com en-us (c) 2012 AUTOSPORT.com 60 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:32:32 GMT http://cdn.images.autosport.com/autosportdotcom.gif http://www.autosport.com World Rally Championship Commission president Jarmo Mahonen has told individual event organisers they will have to finalise their own television deals, AUTOSPORT has learned, a situation labeled totally impractical by one senior team chief. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/97314 97314 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:29:57 GMT Negotiations between the FIA and Eurosport for the promotion of the World Rally Championship have broken down and international television coverage of next week's Rally Sweden appears unlikely http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/97313 97313 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:45:10 GMT A resolution to the ongoing situation between the BMW Group and Prodrive is expected early next week, when the Banbury firm is reportedly going to be told that its contract to build Mini John Cooper Works WRCs is terminated http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/97312 97312 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:17:25 GMT Ford driver Petter Solberg will be hoping to make his home advantage count on next week's Rally Sweden - which crosses the border into Norway and goes right past his front door http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/97296 97296 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:23:17 GMT Citroen driver Mikko Hirvonen says the French firm's DS3 WRC is strong enough to end his former team Ford's stronghold on next week's Rally Sweden http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/97290 97290 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:23:00 GMT Eight-time World Rally Champion Sebastien Loeb has praised Mikko Hirvonen's input into Citroen's pre-Rally Sweden testing, with the Frenchman feeling a new confidence aboard his DS3 WRC http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/97282 97282 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:29:34 GMT The BMW Group is expected to terminate its contract with Prodrive tomorrow, ending the Banbury firm's involvement in the Mini World Rally Team - and casting doubt over the future of the programme. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/97275 97275 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:13:14 GMT Former Swedish and European Touring Car Champion Richard Goransson will make his World Rally Car debut on next week's Rally Sweden. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/97260 97260 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:55:08 GMT Prodrive chief Richard Taylor has laughed off suggestions that the alliance between the Banbury firm and Mini will be terminated. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/97259 97259 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:52:32 GMT The FIA has confirmed the World Rally Championship Academy Cup will go ahead as planned this season - with M-Sport offering a full 2013 WRC season as a prize to the winner http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/97241 97241 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:20:23 GMT The World Rally Championship will take another step back towards normal service on next month's Rally Sweden, when the vital timing and tracking services return for round two. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/97189 97189 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:47:46 GMT Q and A with Mini WRC team principal Dave Wilcock http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/97188 97188 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:34:58 GMT Leading Norwegian driver Eyvind Brynildsen will make his debut in a World Rally Car on Rally Sweden, when he joins Mads Ostberg's Adapta Motorsport team. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/97171 97171 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 09:22:04 GMT Ford driver Jari-Matti Latvala says he has put his Monte Carlo Rally shunt behind already, with his focus now firmly fixed on next month's Rally Sweden. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/97157 97157 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:40:26 GMT Ford team principal Malcolm Wilson has praised his driver Petter Solberg's efforts in delivering a Monte Carlo Rally podium on the Norwegian's debut in a Fiesta RS WRC http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/97150 97150 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:10:41 GMT The organisers of the Monte Carlo Rally are under pressure to implement significant changes to the route for next year's event, including a wholesale move back to Monaco http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/97146 97146 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:51:17 GMT Petter Solberg has been given a suspended one-rally ban after being caught speeding on a road section during the Monte Carlo Rally last night http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/97135 97135 Sun, 22 Jan 2012 12:52:28 GMT Sebastien Loeb started 2012 in the perfect fashion by clinching a dominant victory in the World Rally Championship's Monte Carlo opener http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/97134 97134 Sun, 22 Jan 2012 09:55:15 GMT Sebastien Loeb looks assured of a sixth Monte Carlo Rally victory and a perfect start to the 2012 World Rally Championship after retaining his lead through the Saturday night stages http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/97132 97132 Sat, 21 Jan 2012 19:44:05 GMT Sebastien Loeb continues to lead the Monte Carlo Rally, while Petter Solberg has begun catching Dani Sordo for second http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/97128 97128 Sat, 21 Jan 2012 15:34:40 GMT Sebastien Loeb continues to lead the Monte Carlo Rally after the penultimate full day, while a second straight stage win for his new Citroen team-mate Mikko Hirvonen brought the Finn closer to Petter Solberg's third place http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/97121 97121 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:52:30 GMT Sebastien Ogier's co-driver Julien Ingrassia will be fit for Rally Sweden despite injuring his arm in a high-speed crash on the Monte Carlo Rally http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/97117 97117 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:21:45 GMT The World Rally Championship promoter saga is very likely to be resolved before the next round in Sweden, according to FIA president Jean Todt http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/97116 97116 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:08:57 GMT FIA president Jean Todt says the possibility of Eurosport becoming the World Rally Championship promoter will not lead to a merger between the series and the Eurosport-owned Intercontinental Rally Challenge http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/97115 97115 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:05:31 GMT The future for the World Rally Championship's controversial superally regulation has been called into question by FIA president Jean Todt http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/97113 97113 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 10:58:06 GMT Next year's Monte Carlo Rally is expected to return to a shorter format after a disappointing level of entries for this week's World Rally Championship opener http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/97112 97112 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 10:50:59 GMT FIA president Jean Todt on the World Rally Championship's crisis and future http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/97111 97111 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 10:34:39 GMT Sebastien Loeb continues to extend his Monte Carlo Rally lead, having judged the conditions perfectly as the weather changed on Friday morning http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/97109 97109 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 10:17:50 GMT Ford team principal Malcolm Wilson says Petter Solberg will be allowed to fight for second place on the Monte Carlo Rally, rather than having to drive for points on the World Rally Championship opener http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/97103 97103 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:47:27 GMT Sebastien Ogier's co-driver Julien Ingrassia is receiving treatment for what are believed to be minor injuries to his right arm following the stage-10 accident which put the Volkswagen crew out of the Monte Carlo Rally http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/97102 97102 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:44:51 GMT