Hirvonen encouraged by warm-up win
Mikko Hirvonen says his victory on yesterday's Rally Finnskog has confirmed he is taking the Citroen DS3 WRC in the right direction ahead of this week's Rally Sweden
Injured Wilson to miss Sweden
Matthew Wilson has been ruled out of Rally Sweden after breaking his left ankle in a fall while training on Saturday
Rallies told to finalise own TV deals
World Rally Championship Commission president Jarmo Mahonen has told individual event organisers they will have to finalise their own television deals, AUTOSPORT has learned, a situation labelled totally impractical by one senior team chief.
FIA/Eurosport WRC talks break down
Negotiations between the FIA and Eurosport for the promotion of the World Rally Championship have broken down and international television coverage of next week's Rally Sweden appears unlikely
Mini announcement due next week
A resolution to the ongoing situation between the BMW Group and Prodrive is expected early next week, when the Banbury firm is reportedly going to be told that its contract to build Mini John Cooper Works WRCs is terminated