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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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