When Volkswagen Motorsport announced its decision to withdraw from the World Rally Championship in November, a scramble began for the services of Sebastien Ogier. The Frenchman had dominated the sport over the past four years, winning 22 out of 54 WRC events over that span while racking up four straight...

Robert Kubica will miss next month's Rally Australia, preferring to test his Ford Fiesta RS for the following World Rally Championship events on asphalt instead.An engine problem spoiled the Polish star's first outing in an asphalt-specification 2015 Fiesta in Germany earlier last weekend. Changing the engine on the eve of...