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Marcus Gronholm was not the fastest driver on the final day of Rally of Great Britain, the 2006 World Rally Championship finale, but then he did not need to be, either. Marcus Gronholm and Timo Rautiainen. Photo by xpb.cc. The Finn...

Marcus Gronholm has been in his element on the gravel trails of Wales, dominating Rally Great Britain, the final round of the 2006 World Rally Championship. With a lead of well over a minute, he is in a strong position to claim his 25th career WRC...

Marcus Gronholm was convincing on the muddy roads of Rally New Zealand, taking the win in the penultimate round of the World Rally Championship -- and, more importantly, the manufacturers' title for Ford. Marcus Gronholm and Timo ...

Mikko Hirvonen made the most of his first World Rally Championship overall lead today, pushing his Ford Focus RS WRC to stage wins on five of the day's nine stages and stretching his lead over Petter Solberg from 26 seconds to a gap of 32.2...

Marcus Gronholm took the first steps toward getting back into the World Rally Championship title contention with a convincing victory in the Rally of Turkey. Gronholm led a Ford Focus WRC 1-2 finish with teammate Mikko Hirvonen, over three minutes...

On the final day of Rally Finland, the tenth round in the World Rally Championship, there was little doubt about who would cross the finish line first: Marcus Gronholm started the leg 67.8 seconds ahead of archrival Sebastien Loeb, and finished...

Marcus Gronholm looks to be well on his way to a sixth Rally Finland victory, barring any disaster on the World Rally Championship event's final day tomorrow. His lead is a comfortable 67.8 seconds over championship leader Sebastien Loeb, and...

Marcus Gronholm is on track early as he chases his sixth victory in Rally Finland, the tenth round of the 2006 World Rally Championship. The Ford pilot took five stage victories on the first leg and holds a 12-second lead over championship rival...

Petter Solberg became the 2003 World Rally Champion today when he capped off a repeat victory in the Rally of Great Britain. The Subaru driver won his first ever WRC event at the same venue last year and lead this year's event on each of the...

Marcus Gronholm much prefers gravel rallies to tarmac ones, and he took advantage of the rough Greek mountain roads to take a clear victory in the Acropolis Rally, the eighth round of the 2006 World Rally Championship. Marcus Gronholm...

Marcus Gronholm started the second day of the Acropolis Rally -- the Greek round of the World Rally Championship -- with a solid lead of 26.3 seconds over Petter Solberg, and he was in no mood to give that up today, consolidating his position at...

Sebastien Loeb and the Kronos Citroen team were at the top of their game today at the Tour de Corse, their home event on the World Rally Championship circuit. Loeb, defending his 2005 victory on the picturesque island, won two of the four stages...

Sebastien Loeb easily took his first victory of the 2006 World Rally Championship season at Rally Mexico, after having been shut out for the first two events of the season. The Kronos Citroen Xsara WRC pilot secured the win with a margin of 48.9...

Petter Solberg fought hard with Sebastien Loeb on the second leg of Rally Mexico, but a rock gave Loeb the lead in today's third event of World Rally Championship. Sébastien Loeb and Daniel Elena. Photo by xpb.cc. "The sort of day...

Marcus Gronholm has started the World Rally Championship season on a high note, winning the first two rally events on the 2006 calendar. The Finn scored his first tarmac victory in Monte Carlo and followed that up by notching today's Swedish Rally...

Marcus Gronholm is still getting used to his Ford Focus RS WRC, and he hates the icy roads of Monte Carlo, but the two-time champion is still in the lead after the first day of the Monte Carlo Rally; the season opener of the World Rally ...

Carlos Sainz wasn't intimidated by his first exposure to the dunes of the Dakar rally; the World Rally Championship legend more than made up for yesterday's navigation problems with a strong performance on stage four, taking the victory and ...

Stephane Peterhansel set the all-time mark for stage wins with today's victory of the marathon special stage nine. However, any thoughts of celebration were abandoned after the news of the death of KTM rider Andy Caldecott as the riders and...

Stephane Peterhansel didn't win the 8th stage of the Dakar rally, but a shared second place on the 508 km Atar-to-Nouakchott special was good enough to catapult him into an overall lead in the standings. Stéphane Peterhansel and...

Jean-Louis Schlesser powered his Schlesser-Ford buggy to victory in the first stage on the African continent in the 2006 Dakar, eclipsing the factory Mitsubishi and Volkswagen teams. Jean-Louis Schlesser and François Borsotto. Photo by...

Carlos Sainz used his World Rally Championship experience to his advantage to take the second stage victory for Volkswagen on the Lisbon-to-Dakar rally, and to build on his overall lead. Carlos Sainz and Andreas Schulz. Photo by ...

The competition in the 2006 Dakar's truck category thinned out unexpectedly before the start of the event. The organizers disqualified the DAF trucks of the Gauloises de Rooy and Hans Bekx team Sport, both teams credible contenders for the truck...

As challenging and unpredictable as the desert always is, the 2006 Dakar cross-country rally is even harder to call than its predecessors. While the Dakar experience is key, especially with the new regulations' emphasis on navigation skills, new...