Ken Block (McKlein/LAT)"It takes a huge amount of effort and training to race in the WRC, but I'll be cramming that into a short period of testing beforehand," Block told WRC.com. "It's not really enough time in the car to properly prepare for a WRC attack, but I'll take what...

Sebastien Loeb will return to the FIA World Rally Championship for three races with Citroen in 2018.The nine-time champion will pilot a C3 car in Mexico (March 8-11), Corsica (April 5-8) and Catalunya (October 25-28), partnering with regular co-driver Daniel Elena. Kris Meeke will lead the Citroen Abu Dhabi World...

Andreas Mikkelsen has had a dream start to his debut competitive outing with Hyundai Motorsport and leads Rally Catalunya- Spain after the opening morning of competition.With limited seat time in the i20 Coupe WRC, the Norwegian has been easing himself into the car but fastest time in SS3 moved him...

Citroen's Stephane Lefebvre has been confirmed fit to make his World Rally Championship return for Rally GB, two months after the Germany crash that hospitalized him and co-driver Gabin Moreau.Lefebvre will be co-driven by Gilles de Turckheim while Moreau continues his recovery. The pair completed the recce for last week's...

Plans for Turkey's return to the World Rally Championship in 2017 have met opposition from leading drivers and teams.A delegation of Turkish officials visited last week's Rally Catalunya in an effort to convince the service park the event should rejoin the schedule for the first time since 2010.Turkey, China and...

Kris Meeke admits he cannot afford the "stupid mistakes" he made on Rally Catalunya last weekend if he is to challenge Sebastien Ogier for the 2017 World Rally Championship.A two-time winner this season in his partial campaign with Citroen, Meeke was running fifth in Spain when he was forced out...

Volkswagen driver Sebastien Ogier claimed his fourth World Rally Championship title with victory on Rally Catalunya.Ogier secured the title with his 37th win in the WRC, drawing level with Finns Juha Kankunnen and Tommi Makinen for championship successes.32-year-old Ogier had taken the lead of the event on Friday morning, but...

Volkswagen's Sebastien Ogier has just two stages to negotiate to claim a fourth World Rally Championship title after consolidating his Rally Catalunya lead on Sunday morning.Ogier, who only needs a point to secure the 2016 WRC title, started the day in commanding fashion by setting the fastest time on SS16...

Sebastien Ogier heads into the final day of Rally Catalunya with a slender lead over Dani Sordo following a charge on Saturday's afternoon loop.Continuing his blistering pace from Saturday morning, Ogier was quickest on three of the afternoon's four stages and in the space of just 41.98 stage miles had...

Hyundai's Dani Sordo retained his Rally Catalunya lead on Saturday morning, but Volkswagen's triple World Rally champion Sebastien Ogier moved to within striking distance of the Spaniard.Sordo managed to add another half second to his lead on the first two stages of Saturday morning, Vilaplana and Alcover-Capafonts, but running first...