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    • Jari-Matti Latvala has won his first competitive stage since returning from a broken collarbone to lead Rally Greece at the end of day one, but with the ever present Sebastien Loeb less than three seconds behind.

      Latvala Makes Winning Return In Acropolis Opener

    • After Mikko Hirvonen's disqualification from Rally Portugal last weekend, Mads Ostberg inherited first place, his first ever WRC win. On paper at least, it was a landmark achievement, the first privateer to win a rally for nineteen years. Ostberg however has mixed emotions on his first win, and has set his sights on earning another win to prove his Portugal victory was on merit rather than circumstantial.

      Ostberg Craves “Proper” Victory Following Portugal Win

    • A sensational Rally Portugal has delivered one last surprise, with rally winner Mikko Hirvonen excluded for use of a n0n-homologated clutch component in his Citroen DS3 WRC.

      Ostberg Inherits Debut Win After Hirvonen Exclusion

    • Mikko Hirvonen capitalised on Friday's carnage to win Rally Portugal, with team-mate Sebastien Loeb and Ford rival Jari-Matti Latvala failing to finish in the points.

      Mikko Hirvonen Seals Rally Portugal Victory

    • Mikko Hirvonen had a trouble free day to take a lead of over one minute into the final day of Rally Portugal, but it was Ford rival Petter Solberg making the biggest impression after jumping from 13th to 5th by winning four out of the day's six stages.

      Solberg Flies As Hirvonen Consolidates Portugal Lead

    • Mikko Hirvonen has so far won the war of attrition, the only works WRC car without the scars of battle tearing it to shreds. Ford were a victim of their own success, the late running order working against them, and making the stages so difficult for Jari-Matti Latvala and Petter Solberg that they crashed out within a stage of each other.

      Hirvonen Emerges From Portugal Chaos With Rally Lead

    • Jari-Matti Latvala leads a blue oval dominated Rally Portugal, after championship leader Sebastien Loeb made a rare mistake that forced the Frenchman's retirement from the rally.

      Ford Capitalise On Loeb Disaster To Lead Rally Portugal

    • Jari-Matti Latvala led a dominant performance by the blue oval in Rally Portugal's qualifying stage - the three mile stage setting the running order for the opening leg of the rally on Thursday.

      Ford Dominate Portugal Qualifying, Citroen Takes Order Risk

    • The WRC circus heads to Portugal for Round 4 of the championship, and the unpredictable nature of the rally could throw up shades of the 2001 catastrophe once again.

      Rally de Portugal Preview

    • Sebastien Loeb scored his sixth career win on Rally Mexico, beating Citroen teammate Mikko Hirvonen by 42.4 seconds over the course of the three day event.

      Sebastien Loeb Seals Untroubled Rally Mexico Victory

    • Citroen works drivers Sebastien Loeb and Mikko Hirvonen sit proud atop the leaderboard at the end of the opening day of Rally Mexico, over a minute clear of their nearest challenger.

      Loeb Leads Citroen 1-2 At Close Of Friday On Rally Mexico

    • During Stage 22 of Rally Sweden, Jari-Matti Latvala was on the brink of disaster. A punctured tyre, losing valuable seconds to the chasing Citroen of Mikko Hirvonen. Another 25 points were slipping through his fingers. But, unlike in Monte Carlo the month before, instead of throwing his car off the road, he composed himself, finished the stage, and held off his former team-mate to take victory by just under 17 seconds.

      Latvala Survives Late Scare To Secure Sweden Victory

    • The lack of snow on the usually pure white stages of Rally Sweden casued problems up and down the field, but Jari-Matti Latvala managed his tyres the best of all the leaders and remained in the top spot at the end of the penultimate, continuing to fend off Mikko Hirvonen by 23 seconds.

      Latvala Edges Further Ahead In Sweden

    • Jari-Matti Latvala leads Rally Sweden for Ford at the end of the first proper day of action, 16.8 seconds ahead of former teammate Mikko Hirvonen – now in the colours of Citroen.

      Latvala Leads In Sweden, Loeb Hits Trouble

    • Dani Sordo got Mini's WRC debut on snow off to a good start, after going fastest in the short sprint through this evening's Karlstad superspecial stage.

      Sordo Wins Rally Opening Swedish Superspecial

    • Rally Sweden has been a near guaranteed fixture since the sport's inception, however there are signs that it could be the last time there is even a world championship for them to host.

      Crews Head To Sweden As The WRC Tries To Avoid Avalanching

    • Jari-Matti Latvala scored his first and only win of the 2011 World Rally Championship on Wales Rally GB after newly-crowned champion Sebastien Loeb’s rally came to an abrupt end when he was involved in a collision with a car on a road section on Sunday morning.

      Latvala Wins Wales Rally GB After Loeb Has Road Collision

    • Jari-Matti Latvala leads Sebastien Loeb by 6.1 seconds going into the final day of Wales Rally GB, after a Saturday that saw the balance of power swing between the two...

      Latvala Leads Loeb In Wales After Turbulent Saturday

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