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Matthew Wilson won’t contest Rally Sweden next week after injuring his ankle during a training session near his home in north-west England earlier today.
Mini and Prodrive look set to announce their divorce this week, following a long-running disagreement over the way that their World Rally Championship programme is funded.
This year’s Tour de Corse will include stages around Bastia for the first time since 1994 as part of a revamped itinerary for the Intercontinental Rally Challenge qualifier from May 10-12.
Thierry Neuville has turned to four-time world champion Tommi Makinen to help him prepare for his debut snow rally in Sweden next week.
Michal Solowow says the experience he’s gained driving a Ford Fiesta S2000 will ease his transition to a Fiesta RS WRC, run by factory Ford team M-Sport, on Rally Sweden next week.
Andreas Mikkelsen reckons the three snow rallies he will contest prior to his IRC title defence getting underway on SATA Rallye Acores from February 23-25 will hand him an advantage.
The FIA says it has "not proven possible" to find a new promoter for the World Rally Championship so far, and that it will provide timing and tracking for the series as well as "sporting and technical services" for the time being.
Rashid Al Ketbi says he has chosen to contest 10 rounds of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge in 2012 because he believes it will give his backer, Skydive Dubai, the best chance of media coverage.
