Sport newsKennards Hire Rally Australia (16-19 November) marks the climax to the 2017 FIA World Rally Championship season and, while the main WRC titles were provisionally wrapped up on the previous round in Great Britain, the battle for second position between Thierry Neuville and Ott Tänak is sure to be...

Volkswagen team principal Sven Smeets has told his drivers to win Rally Australia and end the firm's time in the World Rally Championship on a high.After four utterly dominant years, VW will depart the WRC at the end of this week's Coffs Harbour event. Team principal Sven Smeets said the...

Sport newsThe final round of the 2016 FIA World Rally Championship takes the crews to Australia’s New South Wales coast and the gravel shire roads around Coffs Harbour, midway between Sydney and Brisbane. Celebrating its 25th running this year, and the fifth time on the Coffs Coast, Rally Australia presents...

A funding dispute that could have cost the World Rally Championship season finale in Australia its Coffs Harbour base has been averted.The local city council had decided last week to withdraw its backing of the event. But in a council debate that lasted a little over an hour on Thursday,...

World Rally Championship leader Sebastien Ogier set fastest time of Rally Australia's shakedown, despite coming within inches of rolling his Volkswagen Polo R WRC at the first corner.The Frenchman topped the times for the final practice ahead of the Coffs Harbour-based event. Ogier was 1.1 seconds ahead of his teammate...

Sport newsThe FIA World Rally Championship contenders head ‘down under’ for the 10th round of the series, Coates Hire Rally Australia, which is based in the coastal resort of Coffs Harbour in New South Wales. Fast and technical gravel stages run in picturesque forests and open countryside lay in wait...

Wales Rally GB is set to lose its traditional slot as the World Rally Championship's season finale in 2016. The event is being lined up for a move to October next year, with Rally Australia likely to shift from September to November and close out the calendar.Rally Australia hosted the...

Rally Australia is looking to oust Rally GB from the World Rally Championship's season finale slot within the next two years.Although the FIA has announced another September slot for the Australia round in 2015, the last year of the rally's current contract, organisers are pushing for a change after that....