Best ever RAC Rally finish for Perez

Kick Energy rally driver Steve Perez claimed a career best eighth place on the event following the conclusion of the 2011 Roger Albert Clark Rally in Carlisle today.

MINI WRC wins Rally Car of the Year Award

The MINI John Cooper Works World Rally Car has been named Rally Car of the Year  at the Autosport awards in London, the most prestigious event in the motorsport industry calendar.

The award follows an exceptional debut year for the new car, which has seen it exceed all expectations, taking podium positions in the World Rally Championship as well as numerous successes in international rallies around the globe.

Fifth Gear TV rallies to the cause

Friday evening’s Fifth Gear motoring programme on Channel 5 television (9 December) will put the spotlight on one of the UK’s most affordable and enjoyable forms of motor sport. Earlier this month one of the show’s well-known presenters, Vicki Butler-Henderson, teamed up with Škoda UK Motorsport’s newly crowned Intercontinental Rally Challenge champion Andreas Mikkelsen to contest a 12-car navigational rally.

 

Volkswagen rally star Ogier is champion of champions

Volkswagen celebrated this weekend, 3-4 December, with the Champion of Champions as Sébastien Ogier, Volkswagen factory driver since 23 November for the World Rally Championship (WRC), emerged victorious in his first outing in the Race of Champions. In the finale, the 27-year old Frenchman clearly beat eight-time Le Mans winner Tom Kristensen who had previously beaten Michael Schumacher in the semi-final.