Reigning Intercontinental Rally Challenge champions Kris Meeke and Paul Nagle have taken class victory on Rallye Mont-Blanc, round five of the French Rally Championship.
Aston Martin sportscar racer Harold Primat is aiming to drive the zero car on this year’s Rallye du Valais in Switzerland at the end October with a view to competing on the European championship counter in 2011.
Juha Salo won his fifth Finnish Rally Championship title at the weekend, taking second place on the Vartti SM-Rally.
As expected, reigning Intercontinental Rally Challenge champion Kris Meeke will tackle the asphalt-based Rallye Mont-Blanc, round five of the French Rally Championship, from September 2-4 at the wheel of Citroen’s new DS3 R3.
Xevi Pons will enter the European championship-counting Rally Principe de Asturias in Spain next month in an effort to improve his form on asphalt.
Olivier Quesnel is considering calling up Kris Meeke to drive Citroen Racing’s DS3 R3 on a rally in France before the end of the season.
The winner of the new Tuthill Porsche Challenge will receive a fully-paid drive on a round of the FIA European Historic Rally Championship next season.
World Rally Cars will be back in action on Rallye Sanremo for the first time in seven years, organisers of the asphalt classic have announced.