BFGoodrich has today confirmed that the BFGoodrich Drivers Team programme, which was organised for the first time this year, will be run again in 2009 IRC.

Skoda Motorsport is increasingly likely to field three of its new Fabia S2000's on the 2009 IRC opener Rallye Monte Carlo.

Eurosport Events, the promoter of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge, is proud to announce the 2009 IRC calendar, which will be presented to the FIA World Motorsport Council on December 12.

Frenchman Nicolas Vouilloz has won the 2008 IRC Intercontinental drivers' title with one round to go, after finishing second on the Rallye du Valais in Switzerland. The 32-year-old Peugeot Belgium driver now cannot be beaten on the China Rally, which is the final event on this year's IRC calendar...

Peugeot Belgium has enjoyed an extremely successful outing on the Rallye du Valais in Switzerland, the final European round of the IRC, with Freddy Loix claiming his third win of the year and Nicolas Vouilloz finishing second to claim the IRC drivers' title. Although one round remains, in China...

The final European round of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge takes place this weekend at the Rallye du Valais in Switzerland, based around the mountain town of Martigny. The all-asphalt route runs over twisty and narrow mountain roads, and one of the main features of the event is cold weather,...

At a press conference in the Scottish city of Glasgow yesterday, Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond announced that Scotland will host the final round of the 2009 IRC series, which is promoted by Eurosport Events, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Eurosport Group.

Peugeot has mathematically won the 2008 IRC manufacturers' title, after finishing second and third on the Sanremo Rally in Italy with Nicolas Vouilloz and Luca Rossetti.

Abarth driver Giandomenico Basso has won the Sanremo Rally for the first time in his career to move up to second place overall in the IRC standings with two rounds left to go. The Italian took the lead on the 59.66-kilometre Ronde stage on Thursday night, and did not lose it for the remainder of...

A total of 55 IRC entrants will take the start of next weekend's Sanremo Rally, round eight of the IRC, with 19 of them driving Super 2000 cars. As well as being the penultimate European round of the IRC this year, Sanremo also counts for the Italian Rally Championship, which will see a strong...

Once more, the action went down to the very final stage on the latest round of the IRC, the Principe de Asturias Rally in Spain.

Round seven of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge marks a new departure for the series, with the first-ever event in Spain, the Principe de Asturias Rally. The all-asphalt event is based in the city of Oviedo: a well-known capital of Spanish motorsport as it is the birthplace of Formula 1 star...

Peugeot Belgium driver Freddy Loix has claimed his second IRC win of the season on the Barum Rally Zlin, round six of this year’s series. The result has boosted him up to third overall in the standings, and also increased Peugeot’s lead of the manufacturers championship.

The Škoda Fabia Super 2000 prototype is going to make its first appearance as a forerunner at this year's Barum Rally Zlín. As part of the testing process, the participation in the said event is another step on the vehicle's way to homologation scheduled for late this year.

The Barum Rally Zlin, which takes place as round six of the IRC in the Czech Republic next week, has witnessed a record number of 22 Super 2000 cars taking the start. This smashes the previous record for the number of Super 2000 machines to start an IRC event.

Irish crew Brian O’Mahony and John Higgins will contest round 10 of the World Rally Championship (WRC) this weekend when they compete on Rallye Deutschland (14 – 17 August).

Nicolas Vouilloz has taken his first victory of the year in the 2008 IRC series, to claim the exclusive lead of the drivers’ standings. He also reinforces Peugeot’s lead of the manufacturers’ rankings.

Flying Finn Juho Hanninen has won the Rally Russia commandingly by more than two minutes on his debut in a Super 2000 car. Despite having only tested his Peugeot 207 S2000 for 60 kilometres prior to the start of the event, he took the lead from the very first stage and held it right up to the end.

Round four of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge takes the crews into the heartland of the Russian Federation, for Rally Russia. The ceremonial start takes place in the historic city of St Petersburg, which was the home of the Imperial Tsars for more than 200 years.

Skoda Auto used the 35th running of the Bohemia Rally to show the protype Skoda Fabia S2000 to the public. The car was on static display at the start ramp of the event run anually from Skoda's Auto Museum in Mlada Bolesav.