Rally New Zealand

Rally New Zealand is the longest-running world championship event in both New Zealand and the Southern Hemisphere. The rally was first included as a round of the World Rally Championship in 1977. Since then its status has grown internationally, with the 2001 event being awarded the WRC Rally of the Year award. Rally New Zealand celebrated its 40th running in 2010, returning to Auckland as the host city after three very successful years being based in Hamilton. Rally New Zealand, the event, is run by Rally of New Zealand Ltd, a not-for-profit organisation owned in partnership by MotorSport New Zealand and a number of its member car clubs. A huge number of highly-skilled, dedicated volunteers and a small number of paid personnel work together to make the event a continued success. In 2011 Rally New Zealand was the second round of the Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship and incorporated two days of motorsport action at Hampton Downs Motorsport Park in an exciting supplementary event called 'High Octane on Hampton'. Rally New Zealand will be the 7th round of the 2012 FIA World Rally Championship calendar and will run from 21 to 24 June.

Wales Rally GB (WRC)

This year's Wales Rally GB gives us the opportunity to build on the success of 2013 when the move to North Wales brought in tens of thousands of fans, re-introduced some classic stages and attracted more than 100 UK-based competitors to enjoy the action. For 2014, we have condensed the International rally into a more compact three-day route, which offers exactly the same stage mileage as last year. There are 23 stages in the legendary Welsh forests, of which two stages will be held in darkness on Saturday evening increasing both the challenge and spectacle. In total, there will be 50% more night stage mileage than last year, rising from 15 to 22 miles. A generous service space in the main Deeside Service Park, a substantial guest pass package and the chance to take part in Shakedown on Thursday morning adds to the value for more ambitious entrants wanting the chance to contest Wales Rally GB in its entirety. As a further incentive to encourage crews to challenge themselves across the full event, Wales Rally GB is continuing to offer a reduced entry fee for British amateurs holding an MSA competition licence, which last year proved incredibly popular

FIA World Rally Championship.

The reigning champion took the lead of the event on Saturday's final stage after his constant pressure appeared to force team-mate Jari-Matti Latvala into making a costly mistake. The Finn had to stop to change a rear wheel after clouting a rock at the side of the road.??With a 1m 40.2s lead heading into the final day, Ogier only had to keep out of trouble on the remaining quartet of rough gravel stages to take maximum points. He did exactly that and completed the event with a 1m 23.1s advantage over second-placed Mads Ostberg. Ogier's haul of championship points was swelled by another bonus point when he finished third fastest on the rally-ending Power Stage at 'Cala Flumini'. ?He will head into the upcoming Rally Poland with a 33-point lead over Latvala in the championship. "I had a very tough beginning on this rally and had to put pressure on Jari (Matti Latvala) yesterday. Luckily that paid off and this is a really good feeling," he said.??Ostberg moved up to third in the championship after a confident performance in his Citroen DS3 WRC. He started the final day with the pressure of having Latvala only 21.3s behind him, but he expertly managed the gap. Latvala beat him on three of the day's four stages but his time gain wasn't enough to edge past into second.