Scotiabank is the new sole title sponsor of King of the Hill, the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) final key event run in association with Sol Rally Barbados 2013, the Caribbean’s biggest annual motor sport International. The deal was confirmed during a press briefing this morning (Friday, April 19) at the CGI Building in Warrens, St Michael. Scheduled for Sunday, May [...]

How would you describe yourself and your rallying career so far? I would describe myself as a competitive and determined person. I began competing in Australia in 2005 before moving to the UK in 2009 to compete in the British Rally Championship. From there my rally career has been a bit of a whirlwind, winning a Pirelli Star Driver scholarship [...]

Four-time Australian Rally Champion, Neal Bates, has become the first driver from across the Tasman to win the Stadium Cars / Nichibo International Classic Rally of Otago after a dominant performance in the Dunedin-based event. Together with co-driver Coral Taylor, Bates led from the very first stage in his Toyota Celica RA40, and finished the two-day, 16 stage event with [...]

Volkswagen rally driver Sébastien Ogier has been forced to withdraw from the legendary “Fafe Rally Sprint” on Saturday on medical grounds. The Frenchman had intended participating in the show event held near Porto with co-driver Julien Ingrassia (F) in preparation for Portugal’s round of the FIA World Rally Championship (11 – 14 April). “Unfortunately I have been laid low by [...]

Ex-F1 driver Robert Kubica was leading the 2013 Rally Islas Canarias El Corte Ingles until this happened…

Erika Detota and her sponsors are ready to announce their plans for 2013 starting with a reveal of the upgrades to the Ruge’s Rally car at the Ruge’s Subaru dealership. Since the end of last season, the team has been busy upgrading their race car. The project has been no small undertaking and was unveiled to the public at Ruge’s Subaru [...]

Jan Kopecký has made it a hat-trick of wins on Rally Islas Canarias El Corte Inglés to move into the lead of the FIA European Rally Championship. His success, at wheel of his Michelin-shod ŠKODA Fabia Super 2000, followed Robert Kubica’s dramatic retirement from top spot when he damaged his Citroën DS3 RRC striking a barrier on Saturday’s second stage. [...]

A dramatic two days in the Canary Islands saw the number one Peugeot Rallye Academy crew Craig Breen and Paul Nagle claim another second place which puts them in the immediate wake of Jan Kopecky in the European Championship standings. The Spanish event saw Breen produce another display of his speed and hallmark consistency in spite of the first day’s [...]

16 stage wins and a lead of three and a half minutes: Sébastien Ogier (F), at the wheel of the Volkswagen Polo R WRC, won the third round of the 2013 FIA World Rally Championship (WRC). Altitude, heat, hundreds of thousands of fans – alongside co-driver Julien Ingrassia (F), Ogier dominated the Rally Mexico from start to finish to claim [...]

Hyundai Motorsport GmbH has taken another significant step towards its forthcoming participation in the FIA World Rally Championship with the unveiling of its latest specification i20 WRC car at the Geneva Motor Show today. Hyundai is gearing up for its debut season in the challenging FIA World Rally Championship in 2014 with a year of private testing and development as [...]