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.

Sebastien Loeb seized control of the Monte Carlo Rally on the first day of the new season.

THE MICHELIN Race of Champions motorsport spectacular in Gran Canaria, in its 16th year, will have its usual and exciting head-to-head Race of Champions as well as the fifth running of the ROC Nations Cup team competition.

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.

Peugeot added the 2002 World Rally Championship to the titles it won in 2000 and 2001 as soon as Ford’s Markko Martin threw his car off the road on stage 14 of the Rally of New Zealand today.

World Rally Championship favourite Marcus Gronholm admitted he was happy to settle for second in the San Remo Rally as team-mate Gilles Panizzi stormed to victory.

A brave bid to move to ninth ended with Michael Keohane having to rejoin the final race of the British

World champion Richard Burns fought back today to give himself hope of claiming a podium position in the San Remo Rally.

Cork driver, Michael Keohane, will start today’s penultimate race of the Avon Tyres British Formula 3

Youngster Alister McRae must hope his Mitsubishi team recover from an armed robbery in time to help him score more points in this weekend’s Rally of Argentina.

Fabien Barthez has revealed he is eyeing a career away from football when he hangs up his gloves - as a professional rally car driver.

World champion Richard Burns heads back to the drawing board this week insisting he is still confident he has the car with which to successfully defend his rally crown.

Frenchman Sebastien Loeb faces an anxious and lengthy wait before discovering if his likely maiden world championship victory in today’s Monte Carlo Rally is confirmed.

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.

Dermot Carnegie is the 2001 BRDA Rallycross Champion after a dominant win at Mondello Park. Pat Doran (Ford Escort RS200), the pre-event championship leader, retired on the first lap with clutch maladies. Carnegie led all through and finished over three seconds ahead of the Metro 6R4 of Lawrence Gibson.

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

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.