FIA World Rally Championship leader Sebastien Ogier stormed into the lead of the Tour de Corse, the home round of the series for the Frenchman, but his fellow countryman and rally legend Sebastien Loeb (pictured) is already out of contention.Ogier was able to extend his advantage at the head of...

Sport newsNorwegian Andreas Mikkelsen has powered into the early lead of Rally Australia, the final round of the FIA World Rally Championship. The i20 Coupe WRC driver won all three stages this morning and heads back to the mid-leg service with an impressive 16.6 second advantage over Kris Meeke. The...

Becoming World Rally Champion is nothing new for Sebastien Ogier, who clinched his fifth drivers' title with a third-place finish in the Wales Rally GB at the weekend. But in contrast to his first four championships, this one was achieved in a privateer entry as the Frenchman, along with longtime...

Sport newsJari-Matti Latvala set a string of four fastest times during Saturday morning’s loop of stages to reclaim the lead of Rally Finland and head an impressive Toyota one-two-three on the team’s home event. He heads last night’s leader Esapekka Lappi by 7.8 seconds at the mid-leg service with Juho...

Tommi Makinen will approach all three Volkswagen refugees about 2017 Toyota World Rally Championship seats, but Juho Hanninen's drive is safe.Champion Sebastien Ogier, Jari-Matti Latvala and Andreas Mikkelsen have been released onto what had seemed a settled WRC driver market with VW's decision to quit the series after 2016.Hanninen has...

Hyundai's World Rally Championship driver line-up will remain unchanged for 2017, with Thierry Neuville having re-signed for the Korean squad.The Belgian had agreed a deal to stay on for a fourth season in an i20 WRC. Official confirmation came on Wednesday morning, just hours after Citroen announced it had signed...

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...

Esapekka Lappi will definitely turn his back on Skoda and WRC2 at the end of this season, as rumours of a Toyota World Rally Championship drive for 2017 increase.The Finn moved firmly into contention for the 2016 WRC2 title with his second consecutive class victory in Germany last week. Toyota...

Sebastien Loeb has quashed suggestions that he will join Toyota's World Rally Championship return next season.It had been rumored that the nine-time world champion could be on the verge of a sensational return to the WRC in a Toyota Yaris. Toyota team principal Tommi Makinen told Autosport earlier this year...

Citroen has until the end of next week to counter Toyota's World Rally Championship offer for Kris Meeke.The Northern Irishman has a three-year agreement on the table from Toyota team principal Tommi Makinen. If he accepts the deal, Meeke would lead the testing and development of the Yaris WRC next...