World champion Sebastien Loeb resumed where he left off this morning by taking victory on the first stage of the day in the Monte Carlo Rally.

Petter Solberg saluted his successor as world champion after Sebastien Loeb became just the second Frenchman to take the title.

Some of the biggest names in the World Rally Championship have received fines and road licence bans after being caught speeding during last year’s Rally GB.

Carlos Sainz is set to join Colin McRae in leaving Ford after this weekend's Network Q Rally of Great Britain, according to team boss Malcolm Wilson.

Veteran four-time world rally champion Juha Kankkunen is aiming for a points-scoring finish in Australia this weekend.

Reigning national rally champions, Paul Harris/Eugene O'Donnell in their Auto Fast Fit Subaru, have a comfortable lead heading into the third and final stage of the Milford Rally in Co Donegal.

Setting the fastest time on the ninth and final stage (Mbaruk – 84.58Km) of the second leg, Tommi Makinen (Mitsubishi) has increased his lead in the Safari

Colin McRae, in his Ford Focus RS World Rally Car, maintained his lead through the second leg of the Acropolis Rally.

Mounting a strong attack on the sixth and final stage of leg one, Colin McRae powered his way to the top of the leaderboard in the Acropolis Raly, the seventh round of the World Rally Championship.

REIGNING world rally champion, Marcus Gronholm (Peugeot WRC), holds a slender five-second lead over the Subaru WRC of Richard Burns heading into today’s second leg of the Cyprus Rally.

Colin McRae's hopes of becoming the first British winner of the Monte Carlo Rally for 33 years are in tatters after his Ford Focus hit technical problems.

Colin McRae's lead of the Monte Carlo Rally was finally obliterated by Tommi Makinen.

Colin McRae's lead of the Monte Carlo Rally came under immediate attack when he resumed his victory quest in the French Alps this morning.