Sport newsIt is also another way for the brand to support the launch of the New C3 and the world will get an exclusive first-look at the C3 WRC concept car at this year’s Paris Motor Show. Designed by the Citroën style centre in partnership with Citroën Racing, the concept...

World Rally Championship organizers will hold talks with teams and drivers over the controversial running order regulations in Poland next month, having set an August deadline for deciding 2017 rules.The stipulation that the championship leader must run first on the road – and therefore encounter the dirtiest stage conditions –...

Departing Volkswagen Motorsport director Jost Capito says his radical final-stage revamp plan is still the World Rally Championship's only hope of rivalling Formula 1's popularity.Capito was the architect of the scheme to divide the time gaps by 10 going into the last stage of WRC rallies, which nearly made it...

Sebastien Ogier's reaction to the 2015 World Rally Championship running order rules was so bad that he nearly left the series, yet so far he's done just fine this year.Twelve months ago, the Frenchman was genuinely thinking about chucking the towel in. The world and world motorsport's governing body were,...

A timetable for Toyota's return to the World Rally Championship is being drawn up in Japan, according to sources in Tokyo, with a 2017 return likely. There is increasing speculation in Japan that a 2017 Toyota WRC program will be firmed up early in the new year.The source said: "Things...

Volkswagen team boss Jost Capito fears the 2015 World Rally Championship will be devalued if part-time drivers such as Sebastien Loeb benefit from the running order regulations to snatch victories.Next year the start order will be based on championship standings for the first two days of each WRC event, rather...

World Rally Championship crews will no longer be given in-car split times from 2015 as the FIA seeks to increase unpredictability.Teams can currently supply drivers with split times – sent to the car via a text message – during stages to help them judge gaps to their rivals. FIA rally...

The World Rally Championship-leading driver must run first on the road on the first two days of every 2015 WRC round, the FIA has confirmed after a Wednesday afternoon vote.There had been speculation in the service park that the move could be vetoed by the FIA World Motor Sport Council...

The FIA World Motor Sport Council could veto the World Rally Championship Commission's proposal for the 2015 WRC running order. Plans for a radical revamp of the WRC format were recently abandoned after failing to garner FIA support.An adjustment to the running order regulations remains on the agenda, with a...

World Rally champion Sebastien Ogier and his Volkswagen teammates have written to FIA president Jean Todt urging him to defer a decision on 2015 WRC running order rules.Ogier, Jari-Matti Latvala and Andreas Mikkelsen wrote to Todt outlining their fears over the regulation change expected to be ratified by the president...