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The FIA has announced that it has concluded its negotiations with Eurosport and that it has not been able to find a solution for the promotion and televising of the World Rally Championship. The following statement was released by the FIA today:

"The FIA regrets to announce it has not proven possible to find an international promoter as well as a global broadcaster for the 2012 World Rally Championship season at this stage in time. more...

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Volkswagen driver Sebastien Ogier has chalked up the accident that prematurely ended his spectacular Monte-Carlo performance to experience. The Frenchman says, "Julien and I both are totally fit."

After the successful season start in Monaco, the Volkswagen Motorsport squad now sets its sights on the second round of the WRC, Rally Sweden from February 9-12.

Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia will be joined in Sweden by rising star Andreas Mikkelsen and co-driver Ola Floene, who will be competing for the Volkswagen factory team for the first time this season. more...

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SKODA UK Motorsport driver Andreas Mikkelsen is ready for his second rally of the season – this Saturday’s KNA Rally Finnskog – which he’ll contest in an Evenrally team entered ŠKODA Fabia S2000.

Having won the recent Mountain Rally, this will be the reigning Intercontinental Rally Challenge champion’s second winter warm-up event in Norway, as he and co-driver Ola Fløene prepare for Rally Sweden (February 9-12). more...

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Ford World Rally Team’s Nordic drivers will aim to extend the squad’s winning grip at the Swedish Rally (February 9-12) next week.

The team has won the last five fixtures of the FIA World Rally Championship’s only true winter encounter and both Finland’s Jari-Matti Latvala and Norway’s Petter Solberg have Swedish victories to their names. more...

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Winner of the 2011 Dakar Rally and P-WRC Champion in 2006, Nasser Al-Attiyah is set to take part in his first rally behind the wheel of a Citroën DS3 WRC in Sweden. Competing as part of the Qatar World Rally Team, his co-driver will be the Italian Giovanni Bernacchini.

Meanwhile, in the Citroën Junior World Rally Team, Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul will continue to learn about the World Championship as they take part in this rally for the first time. more...

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Following an impressive debut for the M-Sport Ford World Rally Team at the WRC’s curtain-raiser in Monte-Carlo last month, the Cumbrian-based team will be looking to continue their recent good form as the Championship heads to Sweden for the second round of the season next week.

Ford have an impressive history in Sweden and the M-Sport crews will be looking to build on the successes of last year - when the Ford Fiesta RS WRC claimed a podium clean-sweep in its inaugural rally - to establish themselves as one of the Championship’s regular points scorers. more...

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Citroen's Mikko Hirvonen and co-driver Jarmo Lehtinen head the entry for this Saturday's Rally Finnskog in Svullrya, Norway.

This will be the Finn's second outing in the Citroen DS3 WRC and his first on loose surface stages. He tested on snow earlier this week in the Jämtland region of Sweden (video below). more...

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Two of the most successful British visitors to the Caribbean in recent years, Paul Bird and Rob Swann, have confirmed their entries for Sol Rally Barbados 2012 (June 9/10).

Entered for the fifth consecutive year, both have also become regular visitors to the island for family holidays outside rally season. more...

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The two car Kick Energy team is ready and raring to go as the 2012 KCB Kenyan National Rally Championship begins in Nyeri this weekend.

Alex Horsey will continue to drive the powerful Mitsubishi Evo X whilst brother Peter is hoping that developments to the crowd pleasing Moto Moto will improve reliability and drivability. more...

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Krzysztof Hołowczyc is coming to America.

Tuesday, WorldRallySport.com broke the news that the ex-European Rally Champion planned to contest the 100 Acre Wood Rally this February 24-25. Hołowczyc confirmed to us today that he is entering the event as we reported.

Hołowczyc will make his competitive U.S. debut driving Arkadiusz Gruszka's Open class-spec 2006 Mitsubishi EVO IX in the Missouri-based rally. He is not yet listed on the event's official entry, but has assured us that he'll be running. more...