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Østberg returns with Citroën

Mads Østberg will return to the Citroën team for two gravel rallies after a successful appearance at Rally Sweden in February.

In Testing: Argentina special

WRC teams have been busy fine-tuning their gravel set-ups ahead of tackling the plains and mountains of YPF Rally Argentina (26-29 April).

Chile hosts candidate rally

Chile takes the biggest step yet in its bid to join the FIA World Rally Championship calendar when it hosts the RallyMobil Concepción candidate event this weekend.

Spain return for Ken Block

Ken Block will make his WRC return in an M-Sport Ford Fiesta at RallyRACC Catalunya - Rally de España, four years after his last appearance on the mixed-surface rally.

WRC 7 wins top honours

WRC 7, the official video game of the FIA World Rally Championship, has landed two major industry awards.

Customer Racing: ADAC Qualification Race for 24h Race: Victory and third place for Mercedes-AMG Motorsport

Mercedes-AMG Motorsport enjoyed a perfect conclusion to its preparations for the 24-hour race: Victory and third place for the number 5 and 47 Mercedes-AMG GT3 at the ADAC Qualification Race for the 24-hour race at the Nürburgring. The remaining Mercedes-AMG GT3 ended the six-hour race at the Nürburgring-Nordschleife in eighth and tenth place to round off a fine team result. The Mercedes-AMG GT4 also tasted success at the final test before the 24-hour race.

Mercedes reviews 2018 Chinese Grand Prix – Sunday

Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport take the lead in the Constructors’ Championship

Formula 1 Heineken Chinese Grand Prix – Race – Sunday

In an eventful and hectic 2018 Formula 1 Heineken Chinese Grand Prix, the Alfa Romeo Sauber F1 Team experienced two different sides to the race. Starting with a one pit stop strategy (from soft to medium tyres), Charles Leclerc showed a good and consistent pace in the first stint on soft tyres, and recovered positions, while Marcus Ericsson showed a strong midfield pace in the second part of the race on medium tyres. The Alfa Romeo Sauber F1 Team leaves Shanghai with Marcus Ericsson having finished in 16th and Charles Leclerc in 19th place. The young Monegasque driver experienced some issues with the balance of his car, after spinning off during his second stint and picking up damage to his floor. The team is analysing the collected data and starting their preparations for the next race which will take place on the Baku City Circuit.

Mills: New cars are ‘mind-blowing’

2003 world champion co-driver Phil Mills described the performance of the latest spec world rally cars as 'mind-blowing' after he came out of retirement to partner Elfyn Evans for the Corsica linea - Tour de Corse.

Karting experience helped Lappi

Esapekka Lappi believes his experience of go-karting helped him tackle the twisty asphalt roads and claim stage wins at the Corsica linea - Tour de Corse last weekend.

Record-breaker Anttila

When Miikka Anttila crossed the Corsica linea - Tour de Corse start podium alongside Jari-Matti Latvala he became the most experienced competitor in WRC history.

2018 Chinese Grand Prix – Friday

Lewis ends both practice sessions on top of the timesheets

DTM: Testing at Hockenheim

The winter tests are over: The Mercedes-AMG Motorsport DTM Team cracks the 7,000km mark as testing comes to an end at Hockenheim

Loeb ‘surprised’ by Corsica crash

Sébastien Loeb was surprised by the 'stupid mistake' that destroyed his chance of claiming victory on the Corsica linea - Tour de Corse last weekend.

Corsica debrief: part 2

In the second part of our Corsica linea - Tour de Corse review, we look at the fortunes of the two Sebs and ask whether Thierry Neuville’s weekend was quite as bad as it appeared.

Squad of drivers now complete: Christian Vietoris becomes test and reserve driver

Another DTM comeback: Christian Vietoris completes driver line-up for the 2018 season as test and reserve driver

Homework time for Hyundai

Hyundai boss Michel Nandan acknowledged his team has plenty of homework ahead of the next asphalt rally following a lacklustre performance in Corsica last weekend.

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