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 has confirmed it will walk away from the World Rally Championship at the end of this season.The German manufacturer will focus its efforts on customer-based competition, with its Golf TCR and Beetle GRC rallycross car. It will return to rallying following the development of an R5-specification Polo in 2018,...

Sport newsSébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia won Wales Rally GB today, the French pair not only racking up their first gravel win of the season but more importantly the FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers for Volkswagen Motorsport*. After a fine performance, Ott Tanak and Raigo Molder finished second –...

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...

Sport newsIn line with the missions of the FIA Women in Motorsport Commission, the campaign aims to encourage female participation in all areas of motor sport and has toured the United Kingdom in its inaugural year. This week, the campaign travelled to Deeside in north Wales – home to the...

Sport newsSébastien Ogier joins WRC legends Juha Kankkunen and Tommi Mäkinen as a four-time FIA World Rally Champion.Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia today won Rally de España and, in doing so, have claimed their fourth consecutive FIA World Rally Championship title with two rounds remaining*. The Volkswagen duo defeated Dani...

Sport newsAfter a titanic battle with Dani Sordo on Rally de España, Frenchman Sébastien Ogier has inched ahead of the Spaniard in the penultimate stage of the day. His position, coupled with the retirement of team-mate Andreas Mikkelsen, means he simply has to pick up one point from this round...

Sport newsAfter a faultless and trouble-free run through the first full day of competition in Rally de España, Spaniard Dani Sordo tops the leaderboard and has pulled out a 17 second advantage over Sébastien Ogier. Andreas Mikkelsen moved up to third after the first day run on wet and muddy...

World Rally Championship points leader Sebastien Ogier heads a tight battle at the top of the Rally Catalunya order after a testing Friday morning loop.Triple champion Ogier did not set the pace on any of the morning's three stages, but was the most consistent of the leading drivers in wet...