Yves Matton has been appointed FIA Rally Director, replacing Jarmo Mahonen, who retired at the end of 2017.The Belgian will be responsible for the strategic vision of rallying and cross country rallying at all levels, from grassroots with amateurs to the FIA World Rally Championship. He will also be in...

Citroen Racing is asking Kris Meeke to "take a step back" after a string of disappointing results, instead going with Andreas Mikkelsen for Rally Poland after a season-best eighth in the Rally Italia Sedegna. The team's lineup will feature Craig Breen/Scott Martin, Stéphane Lefebvre/Gabin Moreau and Andreas Mikkelsen/Anders Jaeger."After a...

Citroen Racing officially unveiled C3 WRC today in Abu Dhabi. Built to the new FIA regulations, the C3 WRC heralds the return of the French manufacturer as a full-time works team in the World Rally Championship, where it holds a record 96 race wins and eight world titles.In 2017 season,...

Citroen team principal Yves Matton is interested to talk to Sebastien Ogier about a deal for next season, but he says he remains committed to his current drivers.Volkswagen's departure from the sport at the end of the season has left four-time world champion Ogier and his teammates Jari-Matti Latvala and...

China's aspirations for a World Rally Championship return have been spiked for another season - with the country not expected to see WRC action until 2018 at least.This September's event was cancelled, allegedly due to weather-damaged roads, but some have questioned whether Huairou is even the right region for the...

Plans for Turkey's return to the World Rally Championship in 2017 have met opposition from leading drivers and teams.A delegation of Turkish officials visited last week's Rally Catalunya in an effort to convince the service park the event should rejoin the schedule for the first time since 2010.Turkey, China and...

Kris Meeke is pushing Citroen to field him for Rally GB, as he is currently likely to miss his home round of the World Rally Championship.While there will be three PH Sport-run DS 3 WRCs in Wales in October, Meeke is not believed to be down to drive one of...

Citroen chief Yves Matton says Craig Breen's Rally Finland podium shows he deserves a full-time 2017 World Rally Championship seat, but he will not guarantee retaining him.In only his third start with the PH Sport-run part-time 2016 Citroen programme, Breen achieved a WRC career best third in Finland last weekend....

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 –...

Citroen team principal Yves Matton says the company's C3 WRC remains on schedule for its 2017 World Rally Championship debut following the first test of its aerodynamics in Finland last week.Ahead of the new car's launch in April, Matton admitted that he had concerns about the timescale for the French...