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The Intercontinental Rally Challenge will welcome its first full-time team from the Middle East this season when the Skydive Dubai Rally Team embarks on a 10-event campaign with Rashid Al Ketbi and co-driver Khalid Al Kendi. more...

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Burcu Çetinkaya, the first female driver to score points in the Intercontinental Rally Challenge, will get back behind the wheel of a rally car when she contests the Qatar International Rally from January 27-28.

The Istanbul ace, who claimed her maiden IRC points in Scotland in 2010 driving a Peugeot 207 Super 2000, will link up with regular co-driver Çiçek Güney to pilot a Tok Sport-prepared Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X on the Middle East championship event. more...

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The 2012 FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) season kicks off this evening with the start of the legendary Rallye Monte-Carlo, the opening round of the series.

Making a welcome return to the WRC, this famous rally has attracted an entry of 85 crews, including the registered FIA Super 2000 and Production Car World Rally Championship contenders, and looks set to provide spectacular action over the coming five days. more...

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Stéphane Peterhansel’s resume shows ten Dakar victories over his impressive career in motorsports. What gave the Frenchman the winning edge in this year’s edition of the world’s toughest rally?

Following his his Dakar victory last Sunday (Jan 15), he disclosed that he had experienced certain thoughts about his success during the event.

"I was starting to doubt myself, to think I was growing too old for this, that I'd lost it or that I wasn't made for South America," Peterhansel divulged after the finish. "And in the end everything turned out fine." more...

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Today's stage was an eventful one for the leaders of the car category, with Nani Roma getting stuck and Robby Gordon's car doing a somersault. Once again, rally leader Stéphane Peterhansel thrived in difficult conditions - the Frenchman took his third stage win of 2012. He now holds an overall lead of 42'57". more...

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Over the last couple of days during the 2012 Dakar Rally, Team SPEED and Robby Gordon have had to defend themselves after being accused of having an air inflation system that gives them an advantage.

To prove a point, Gordon took it upon himself to show the media his entire system and how it worked last night in the bivouac in Arequipa, Peru. He even went so far as cutting the line that was in question and plugging it.

He will run the rest of the rally without a vacuum system placed on his car. more...

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The FIA has introduced a number of regulation changes for the 2012 World Rally Championship season with the aim of helping to reduce costs while raising the sporting challenge and increasing media coverage. The following is a summary of the changes enacted: more...

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American Robby Gordon picked up the gauntlet in the car category by winning his second stage of 2012 as rival Stephane Peterhansel struggled with dunes. Peterhansel, who still has a significant advantage in the general standings, spent several minutes stuck in the sand before finally conceding only 2'49” to teammate Nani Roma, who he still leads by 20 minutes overall. more...

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Robby Gordon and Team SPEED are shocked and disappointed by the interim decision made by the race organizers of the 2012 Dakar Rally to exclude Gordon from the event.

This decision has now been appealed to the governing body. The appeal will be decided several weeks from now, so Robby Gordon and the Team will continue to participate in the event pending final determination of the appeal.

The issue centers on the tire inflation system used on the Hummers. more...

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The countdown is running – just three more days to go to the Dakar Rally finish at Lima. In the 11th of the 14 special stages, from Arica, Chile to Arequipa, Peru, the Monster Energy X-raid Team celebrated a one-two-three.

With their green Monster Energy MINI ALL4 Racing, the two Frenchmen Stéphane Peterhansel and Jean-Paul Cottret did not only secure the special stage win. At the same time, they also extended their lead in the overall standings. more...