Sebastien Ogier held off a charging Ott Tanak to claim his fourth successive victory on Rally GB, joining Hannu Mikkola and Petter Solberg as the equal-most successful driver in event history.Ogier led the rally from the opening stage and was able to protect his lead on the final day to...

Volkswagen's Sebastien Ogier strengthened his Wales Rally GB lead on Friday afternoon, despite a late driveshaft scare, as all three Vokswagen Polos were hit by transmission problems.World champion Ogier had voiced concerns about his transmission at the end of the morning loop and during the regroup lunch break – with...

World Rally champion Sebastien Ogier leads Wales Rally GB after Friday morning's opening loop, despite concerns about his Volkswagen's transmission.In somewhat unexpected damp and foggy conditions, Ogier immediately set the pace on the first stage of the event in his Polo R, going 7.6 seconds faster than anyone else on...

Thierry Neuville leads WRC Rally Italy after Friday's opening loop, jumping Volkswagen's Jari-Matti Latvala on the morning's final stage. The Belgian ended the morning 1.5 seconds clear in his Hyundai i20 WRC having set the fastest times through SS4 and SS5, as he and Latvala leaped ahead of the rest...

Robert Kubica will miss next month's Rally Australia, preferring to test his Ford Fiesta RS for the following World Rally Championship events on asphalt instead.An engine problem spoiled the Polish star's first outing in an asphalt-specification 2015 Fiesta in Germany earlier last weekend. Changing the engine on the eve of...

Robert Kubica has moved to lower expectations of a star performance in this week's Rally Germany – his first World Rally Championship asphalt outing in a top-class car.All seven of the 2008 Canadian Grand Prix winner's outright rally victories have come on asphalt, and his best ever WRC result was...

Jari-Matti Latvala holds a narrow lead over Mads Ostberg at the end of an action-packed first morning of Rally Italy, after disaster for Hyundai when it was heading the field.Thierry Neuville and Juho Hanninen had taken full advantage of the lead cars sweeping the loose gravel off the line during...

Sebastien Ogier has claimed Volkswagen's eighth consecutive World Rally Championship victory after dominant performance through the second half of the Rally of Portugal.The reigning champion posted the quickest time on the rally-opener on the streets of Lisbon before the event properly kicked off in the Algarve. He initially struggled during...