Marcus Gronholm admitted that the moment when he tipped his Peugeot on its side during the second leg of the Rally of New Zealand was enough to get him to back off the throttle pedal for the remainder of the race.

Peugeot’s Marcus Gronholm rounded off Rally Australia with a flourish, setting the fastest time on the final stage in Perth to confirm his fifth win of the year.

Englishman Richard Burns set himself up for a world championship showdown with former champions Colin McRae of Scotland and Finland’s Tommi Makinen by finishing runner-up to current title holder Marcus Gronholm in the Telstra Rally of Australia in Perth today.

Aiming to win the Group N category of the Belgian Rally Championship, Tipperary driver, Roy White, co-driven by Northern Ireland's, Michael Patterson lies third in the category after three of today's ten stages of the Condroz Rally.

Entering the third and final stage of the Carrick-on-Suir Single Stage Rally, local hero, Ritchie Curran (Escort WRC) has a 41 second lead over the Metro 6R4 of Willie Dwyer.

Two Irish crews finished in the top three of the Bulldog Rally in Wales, the final round of the ANCRO Rally Championship.

In the Formula Ford Festival at Brands Hatch, there were heat wins for both Adam Carroll and Gary Turkington.

Cork driver, Matt Griffin, will start tomorrow's final race of the 2001 British Formula Renault Championship on the front row of the grid.

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.