Nico Rosberg, Sebastian Ogier, Lando Norris and Gordon Shedden were amongst the winners in the 2016 Autosport Awards.
33-year-old Dani Sordo felt aggrieved after his Day One penalty saw him miss out on a podium with the Hyundai Motorsport N crew.
Rising Rally stars; Esapekka Lappi and Janne Ferm have collected the WRC2 title after winning the final four rounds of the season with Skoda Motorsport.
Andreas Mikkelsen took the final victory of the 2016 season with team-mate Sebastien Ogier and Thierry Neuville rounding out the podium.
Andreas Mikkelsen and Sebastien Ogier are set to go toe to toe for victory on the Kennards Hire Rally Australia after a dramatic day two
Hayden Paddon has moved up to third overall, twelve seconds off the current leader; Mikkelsen, with his team-mates in fourth and fifth.
Sebastien Ogier has confirmed he will likely stay in WRC, though has decided to hold off any decision until after he’s tested the new cars.
Both Neuville and Paddon were pleased with their Day 1 pace, though pressure is on Neuville to perform with Mikkelsen leading the charge.
New class provides R5 opportunities to future rally stars with a chance to compete on a World Rally Championship round in 2018.
Italy returns to the calendar with two events still to be confirmed before the end of November.
Volkswagen’s Andreas Mikkelsen lead throughout day one of Rally Australia and holds a 15 second lead over Sebastién Ogier entering the second day.
World Champion Sebastién Ogier was fastest in Shakedown for Rally Australia by a tenth of a second from Volkswagen team-mate Andreas Mikkelsen.
The final round of the 2016 World Rally Championship will be the end of an era, as both Volkswagen and the 1.6 litre WRC cars say goodbye at Rally Australia.
Fresh from its second place in Wales, the DMACK World Rally Team is hoping to stay on top down under at the season-ending Rally Australia.
Hyundai Motorsport team principal Michel Nandan looks ahead towards the 25th Rally Australia, the final round of the season.
2016 FIA World Rally champion Sebastien Ogier recently had the chance to try out the EKSRX Audi S1 Quattro Supercar campaigned in the FIA World Rallycross Championship by 2016 Champion Mattias Ekstrom.
Volkswagen eyeing Red Bull GRC expansion
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Volkswagen looking to increase Red Bull Global Rallycross involvement despite WRC exit
