Volkswagen has started work on a long-term plan to keep it in motorsport until at least 2022.The manufacturer is looking at extending its World Rally Championship program while considering other avenues of motorsport. VW scaled down its WRC operation in line with post-emissions scandal budget cuts but focused its spending...

Kalle Rovanpera is only 15 years old, but recently he's tested a Toyota World Rally Car, been courted by WRC team bosses and shown European Rally Championship winning pace.The son of 2001 Rally Sweden winner and former factory Peugeot, SEAT and Mitsubishi WRC driver Harri Rovanpera, Kalle was co-winner of...

Sport newsTidemand breaks sub-minute barrier at International Rally of Whangarei shakedownDriving a Skoda Fabia S2000 specification car, former Swedish Rally Champion Pontus Tidemand has set a fastest time of 58.8 sec at today’s shakedown ahead of this weekend’s International Rally of Whangarei. The test precedes the three-day competition that covers...

Finland's Esapekka Lappi moved to the top of the European Rally Championship standings with a commanding win on the Circuit of Ireland.Skoda driver Lappi led the event from start to finish, but his job was made more straightforward when rival and Irish hero Craig Breen dropped out with fuel pressure...

Irishman Robert Barrable set the fastest time on the qualifying stage of the Circuit of Ireland Rally, round four of the European Rally Championship. Barrable made the most of running soft tyres on his Ford Fiesta R5, after an unexpected rain shower compromised conditions for the 2.54-mile Whinney Hill stage.Barrable...

Irishman Robert Barrable set the fastest time on the qualifying stage of the Circuit of Ireland Rally, round four of the European Rally Championship. Barrable made the most of running soft tyres on his Ford Fiesta R5, after an unexpected rain shower compromised conditions for the 2.54-mile Whinney Hill stage.Barrable...

Craig Breen's Acropolis Rally victory has given him the self-confidence to live up to his Circuit of Ireland favourite status this week.The Peugeot driver took his maiden European Rally Championship win in Greece last month and arrives in Belfast as the series leader and number one seed for the first...