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Marcus Gronholm could be about to embark on the next stage of his career as a team manager after it was revealed that his son is about to start driving.
Bjorn Waldegard, who won last November’s East African Safari Classic driving for Tuthill Porsche, will make a rare appearance in a Porsche 914-6 – similar to the one he drove to equal third place on the Monte Carlo Rally in 1971 – at next month’s Race Retro event in the UK.
The Tuthill Porsche Challenge will be back for a second season in 2012, having firmed up a five-round calendar within the British Historic Rally Championship
Pirelli has extended its deal as tyre supplier to the British Rally Championship for a further two years, taking the series through to the end of 2014.
Alister McRae will challenge for overall honours on next year’s Dakar, when he returns to the South American event for the first time in three years.
MotoGP race winner Andrea Dovizioso made a stunning World Rally Car debut at the Bettega Memorial Rallysprint in Bologna, by pushing former World Rally hampion Petter Solberg all the way to the last heat in the finals
Sebastien Ogier saw off a horde of star names from Formula 1, sportscars and touring cars as he claimed victory in the Race of Champions at the first attempt
Juho Hanninen upheld the rallying world's honour in the Nations' Cup leg of the Race of Champions in Dusseldrof tonight, but lost out to Formula 1 world champion Sebastian Vettel in the final
