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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.
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.
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.
Prodrive’s Richard Taylor has dismissed media reports suggesting the company’s long-term deal with Mini to run its World Rally Championship campaign will shortly be canned.
M-Sport will act as both supplier and promoter to the FIA WRC Academy Cup in 2012, the governing body has announced.
Armindo Aruajo says he’s unsure how many rounds of this year’s World Rally Championship he’ll be able to tackle due to a lack of budget.
