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Nine times world rally champion thinks Robert Kubica will become faster then Kimi Raikkonen

Hayden Paddon, New Zealand’s top rally driver, heads back to Europe in July having confirmed his entry in two FIA World Rally Championship events.

It was an emotional scene for Sebastien Loeb when he landed his eighth victory in the World Rally Championship's Rally Argentina. Sebastien Ogier placed second and still holds the 2013 points lead.

Incident-packed second leg opened the door for Sebastien Loeb to lace his Citroen on top of the leaderboard in Rally Argentina's leg two.

With a 16.3sec advantage over Sebastien Loeb, the other "Seb" holds the lead as Rally Argentina kicks into high gear for today's stages.

SS1, Super Especial Branca Unico (6.04 kilometres): First blood to Ogier

Qualifying for this weekend's World Rally Championship was close with Jari-Matti-Latvala just 0.035sec faster than Sebastien Loeb.

Sébastien Loeb will drive the no.1 Citroën DS3 WRC at the fifth round of the World Championship - Rally Argentina

New base for the UK’s round of the FIA World Rally Championship with HQ on Deeside with ceremonies in Conwy and Llandudno. Current points leader thus far this year is Sebastien Ogier in the new VW Polo R.

Ogier nets hat-trick for the 3rd round of the 2013 World Rally Championship season. Hirvonen in his Citroen DS3 placed second followed by Latvala in his VW Polo R.

Volkswagen claims clean sweep of leg two's stage wins. Dani Sordo crashes out of second place on the first stage today and had to retire his Citroen DS3.

Ostberg took the lead away from Ogier after the second stage but it proved to be short-lived and he crashed on the third stage.

The top four drivers were covered by less than a second.

Dani Sordo will start Vodafone Rally de Portugal next week on a high following victory in the Fafe Rally Sprint today (Saturday).

French Rally ace is laid low by the flu, won't compete in Fafe Rally Sprint.

Sebastien Ogier took his second win for the Volkswagen Polo R's debut in World Rally Championship this year.

Ogier remains on top after day 3 of the World Rally Championship challenge in Mexico.

Volkswagen's Ogier won the qualifying on the first day, and followed up by taking the first two sprint stages last night. The Frenchman ended the second day still on top.

Mikko Hirvonen will select his starting position for Friday's Rally Mexico in his Citroen DS3. Evgeny Novikov in his Ford Fiesta was second in the WRC qualifying stage.

FIA President Jean Todt has several series to oversee plus other duties including the Action For Road Safety program.

After tasting their first success since their WRC debut in 2013, VW is looking for more in the championship's third round.

Citroën Total Abu Dhabi World Rally Team heads to Mexico for third round of the WRC

The Swedish Rally lived up to its reputation of being demanding due to the wintry weather -- from snow banks to icy conditions -- the worlds finest rally drivers gave it their best shot.

Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia celebrate the first Volkswagen Polo R win. Adding to their historical moment in Sweden were teammates Jari-Matti Latvala and Miikka Anttila who finished fourth.

Sebastien Ogier and co-driver Julien Ingrassia dominated the winter rally in Sweden from qualifying to three days of tricky conditions. They topped it off by taking the Power Stage win for a clean sweep.

Volkswagen versus Citroen for the final battle for the Swedish Rally victory will take place tomorrow between the two 'Sebs' who were teammates last year.

Sebastien Ogier chose his starting position due to setting fastest qualifying time yesterday, and he turned that to his advantage to take the early lead in the Swedish Rally.

Conditions were cold and bright for the Swedish Rally qualifying session, with light snowfall and a temperature of -5C.

The promotion group Red Bull Media House and the sportsman media are already painting the 2014 WRC Rally New Zealand as an ultimate destination.

While Nasser Al-Attiyah recovers from illness that struck him over the weekend, Matthew Wilson has been named to take the wheel of the Qatar M-Sport Ford Festa RS in Sweden.

The Rally Sweden represents a gruelling test for the drivers and the team’s technology: the rally cars are consistently pushed to their very limits, despite temperatures plummeting to between 10 and 20 degrees below freezing.

The 2003 FIA World Rally Champion will compete both the European and the Global RallyCross series with own team in a new Citroen DS3.

Volkswagen's Polo R made its debut in FIA World Rally Championship. The first race of the season in Monaco was more challenging than expected.

The final night of the FIA World Rally Championship opening event in Monaco was the scene of crashes and stage cancellations. Once again Sebastien Loeb earned the 'Monte' win, and early points Citroen Total Abu Dhabi team.

A couple of hours before SS14, 75 per cent of the Turini roads were covered in snow and the white stuff was falling. Then it turned to rain, and the roads became a treacherous mix of snow, slush and water. Carnage ensued.

The unflappable Frenchman has led since the rally’s second stage: Sebastien Loeb holds a lead over Volkswagen's Sebastien Ogier by one minute and 47 seconds with one day remaining of the first FIA World Rally event in 2013.

Citroen Total Abu Dhabi World Rally Team watched their ace expand his overall lead! Sebastien Ogier has the new Volkswagen Polo just 1min 34.8sec off the pace of "Seb", the champion!

Sebastien Loeb and co-driver Daniel Elena proved again why they have nine FIA World Rally championships. Dealing with the changing conditions, the French ace is in control of the leaderboard.

Monte Carlo shakedown saw former Citroen driver Thierry Neuville set the pace in his new ride with the Qatar World Rally Ford team. Sebastien Loeb, who is running a partial schedule this year, was second fastest.

Sebastien Loeb and Daniel Elena will contest for points for the Citroen team.

20,000 kilometres of testing, 1,700 parts designed completely from scratch, 17 months of preparations – all for the debut at the Rally Monte Carlo.

Qatar M-Sport World Rally Team revealed the livery of their new challenger at the Autosport International Racing Car Show in Birmingham, England.

Sébastien Loeb and Alvaro Parente behind the wheel of a Sébastien Loeb Racing McLaren MP4-12C!

Sébastien Loeb and co-driver Daniel Elena will run a limited World Rally Championship schedule in 2013 as he plans his future endeavors in sports car and touring car events. With 9 titles, Loeb deserves the #1 spot in our 2012 top 20 moments.

Yuriy Protasov will contest five rounds in the World Rally Championship next year. In a Subaru R4, the Ukraine racer will first take on Rallye Monte Carlo.

Both drivers will represent the State of Qatar alongside Nasser Al- Attiyah and Mads Østberg as the quartet look to make their mark on the world stage in the M-Sport Ford.

Sébastien Ogier together with co-driver Julien Ingrassia, and Jari-Matti Latvala and his co-driver Miikka Anttila launch new Volkswagen 2013 Polo R WRC. Andreas Mikkelsen and new co-driver Mikko Markkula will run third Polo in selected events.

Said Loeb, "I feel big emotion because it’s the end of a beautiful story." For Citroen, it was their eighth WRC manufacturers’ championship

New colours, same desire to win! Citroën Racing and Abu Dhabi unveil new look for 2013. Khalid Al-Qassimi will contest eight events. Nine times champion Sebastien Loeb will return for four events!

For the first time in over a decade, the FIA World Championship will be without the 2003 World Champion Petter Solberg.

Østberg and Andersson as Qatar M-Sport World Rally Team’s nominated point scorers for all 13 rounds of next season’s championship contest.

Major change for Nasser Al-Attiyah as takes on new challenge in World Rally driving a Ford Fiesta RS instead of a Citroen DS3.