World Rally Championships
Pivato on flight home
Published 11 November 2008
PATRICK Pivato, the Stobart VK M-Sport Ford co-driver seriously hurt in a crash during Rally Japan 11 days ago, is being flown to France today.
MotoGP Valentino Rossi to drive M-Sport car in Rally GB
Published 6 November 2008
VALENTINO Rossi (pictured), the six times MotoGP world champion, will drive an M-Sport car in next month’s Wales Rally GB.
Japan win for Ford team
Published 6 November 2008
THE Dovenby-based BP Ford team scored a one/two finish in last weekend’s Rally Japan, Mikko Hivornen coming first and Jari-Matti Latvala second.
Ford triumph in Japan but Loeb takes title
Published 6 November 2008
BP-FORD took first and second in Rally Japan – but arch rival Sébastien Loeb claimed his fifth world championship.
Seventh for Wilson but hospital for Pivato
Published 6 November 2008
MATTHEW Wilson and Scott Martin finished seventh in Rally Japan lifting them to 10th in the drivers’ standings.
Ford one/two in Japan but Loeb takes title
Published 3 November 2008
DOVENBY-based BP Ford raced to a one/two result in Rally Japan at the weekend but it wasn’t enough to stop Citroen’s Sébastien Loeb claiming his fifth world championship.
Wilson aims for top 10
Published 30 October 2008
WEST Cumbrian Matthew Wilson continues his bid for a top-10 place in the World Rally Championship at Rally Japan where last year he achieved his best-ever result when he came fourth.
Japan challenge to keep championship alive
Published 30 October 2008
BP FORD Abu Dhabi World Rally Team steps into the unknown this weekend when it journeys to the Land of the Rising Sun for a new-look Rally Japan.
Munchi’s need points in their last event
Published 30 October 2008
THE final round of the Munchi’s Ford World Rally Team’s 10-event World Rally Championship campaign will be raced in Japan.
Wilson fights back to eighth
Published 16 October 2008
BOTH Stobart VK M-Sport Ford nominated crews collected a healthy tally of points in the Rallye de France.
Ford play the team game on Corsica
Published 16 October 2008
THE BP Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team finished second and third on Rallye de France in Corsica last weekend.
Latvala romps home to take sixth place
Published 9 October 2008
JARI-MATTI Latvala and Miikka Anttila stormed home on round 12 of the FIA World Rally Championship to finish sixth on the RallyRACC Catalunya – Rallye de España.
Ford pair on Spanish podium
Published 9 October 2008
BP FORD Abu Dhabi World Rally Team finished third and fourth on Rally de España after three days of tough competition in the hills above Spain’s Costa Daurada coast.
Spain is first of two Tarmac rallies
Published 3 October 2008
AFTER a five-week break from competition, BP Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team returns to action in Spain this weekend.
Special training for Stobart pair
Published 3 October 2008
STOBART VK M-Sport Ford welcomes the return of last year’s superstars Jari-Matti Latvala/Miikka Anttila for the Rallye de España.
Rally gum
Published 1 October 2008
AIRWAVES, the sponsors of West Cumbrian World Rally driver Matthew Wilson, have gone a major step further in their involvement in the sport – the chewing gum brand is backing the championship.
Wilson battles back in New Zealand
Published 4 September 2008
WEST Cumbrian Matthew Wilson staged a fighting come-back to recover from 41st to 11th in the Rally New Zealand.
Duval and Wilson team up
Published 28 August 2008
MATTHEW Wilson/Scott Martin and François Duval/Patrick Pivato leads Stobart VK M-Sport Ford’s effort in New Zealand.
Solberg back with Munchi’s in NZ
Published 28 August 2008
HENNING Solberg and co-driver Cato Menkerud is racing with the Munchi’s Ford World Rally Team in the Rally New Zealand.
Ford aim for the top in New Zealand
Published 28 August 2008
BP FORD Abu Dhabi World Rally Team is in New Zealand for the third rally in just five weekends intent on putting its world title challenge back on track.
