M-Sport team principal Malcolm Wilson was impressed with World Rally champion Sebastien Ogier's performance as he tested the 2017 Ford Fiesta RS WRC for the first time for the first time on Friday.Having been freed from his Volkswagen contract in order to test alternative World Rally Cars for next season,...

Sebastien Ogier tested a Ford Fiesta RS WRC for the first time in Wales on Friday.The four-time world champion, who was left without a 2017 seat following Volkswagen's departure from the World Rally Championship, was behind the wheel of his third World Rally Car in five days; having finished Rally...

Volkswagen refugee Sebastien Ogier tested the Toyota Yaris WRC on Wednesday. The Frenchman joined the Toyota test in Spain, where he drove the car on wet asphalt and on gravel."Yes, it's true. Sebastien did come and test the car but I can't tell you anything more than that at the...

Sebastien Ogier is expected to test a Ford Fiesta RS WRC for the first time later this week as he narrows down his 2017 World Rally Championship options.Autosport understands the test will be in Wales or at the team's own facility in Greystoke forest, Cumbria.M-Sport team principal Malcolm Wilson is...

Pirelli will not contest the 2017 World Rally Championship, leaving just Michelin and DMACK to supply rubber for the new generation of World Rally Cars.The Formula 1 tire supplier has had a long association with the WRC, including a three-year spell when it was the only control tire supplier in...

Malcolm Wilson is targeting Sebastien Ogier as M-Sport's number one driver in the 2017 World Rally Championship.Four-time WRC champion Ogier is the highest-profile victim of Volkswagen's decision to quit the World Rally Championship and Wilson is now working to convince the Frenchman his future lies in a Ford."I'm convinced we...

Sport newsJust six stages and 52 competitive kilometres now separate Sébastien Ogier from claiming his first win on a gravel rally this season, the Frenchman with a 33.8 second lead after the second day of competition in Wales Rally GB. Ogier has controlled the pace at the front of the...

Sport newsWales Rally GB delivered its usual tricky and unpredictable conditions and saw the three Volkswagens hit by transmission problemsSébastien Ogier leads at the end of the opening day of Wales Rally GB but the Frenchman has been lucky to manage a transmission problem that has unusually hit all three...

Ott Tanak said the pace of M-Sport's design for the 2017 World Rally Championship has taken him by surprise.The Estonian drove the latest specification of the prototype 2017 Ford Fiesta RS WRC – based on the all-new road-going chassis – complete with its more comprehensive aerodynamic package in Spain earlier...

Elfyn Evans's hopes of a full-time return to the World Rally Championship in 2017 appear to be fading, and he is set to miss Rally GB, too.Formal confirmation that Evans will not take up the GB entry he earned for winning the British Rally Championship is yet to be received,...