02.08.2007

Following a successful 'shakedown', factory Abarth drivers' Giandomenico Basso and Andrea Navarra are ready to kick off their bids for honours when the Madeira Rally gets underway this evening

02.08.2007

Photo Gallery: Intercontinental Rally Challenge, Rd 5 - 48th Rali Vinho da Madeira, Shakedown

01.08.2007

No less than eight Grande Punto Abarths will take to the start ramp of the Rali Vinho da Madeira tomorrow evening with drivers chasing Intercontinental, European and Portuguese Championship points

Giandomenico Basso battled his way back up the leaderboard after early problems to finish a superb second on the Rally San Crispino and maintain his advantage in the Italian Rally Championship

26.07.2007

IRC championship points leader Andrea Navarra will be challenging for victory on the 48th edition of the Rali Vinho Maderia next week at the wheel of his factory Grande Punto Abarth

26.07.2007

WRC star Freddy Loix has undertaken his first test of the Grande Punto Abarth S2000 which he will use in the remaining European rounds of the IRC, starting in Madeira next week

19.07.2007

Basso is back - reigning champion is drafted into the Abarth's Intercontinental Rally Challenge squad at the last minute as the factory team goes all out for victory on the island of Madeira

17.07.2007

Following Anton Alen's sensational first victory for Abarth at the weekend the Italian team will now swap the Russia Rally's rough gravel for the smooth, ultra-fast asphalt of the island of Madeira

Grande Punto Abarth factory driver Anton Alen safely defended his overnight lead today and won the Rally Russia this afternoon, round four of the IRC, taking eight fastest times out of a total of 10 stages

Untouchable today and with his rivals hitting problems Grande Punto Abarth driver Anton Alen takes a lead of more than a minute and a half into the final day of the all-gravel Russia Rally

Forty-three Intercontinental Rally Challenge crews, led out by Andrea Navarra and Anton Alen in the two factory Grande Punto Abarths, will take the start of the Rally Russia tomorrow morning

Abarth factory driver Anton Alen cannot wait to get back behind the wheel of the Grande Punto Abarth S2000 in Russia this weekend after a long wait since the last IRC round, the Rally of Turkey

Giandomenico Basso comfortably fended off all his challengers as he sped to victory on the Rally San Martino di Castrozza at the weekend, the sixth round of the Italian Rally Championship

Photo Gallery: Italian Rally Championship, Rd 6 - 27th Rally San Martino di Castrozza

Corrado Fontana was the best finisher of the quartet of Grande Punto Abarth drivers who were all chasing FIA European Rally Championship (ERC) points on the 38th Bulgaria Rally over the weekend

Andrea Navarra moves up to a third place finish and gains an extra IRC point after the Mitsubishi of Larry Cols was disqualified from the Belgium Ypres Westhoek Rally following post rally scrutineering

Fourth place on the Ypres Rally for Andrea Navarra cemented his lead at the top of the IRC standings, and with three finishes in the three rounds, it demonstrates the reliability of the Grande Punto Abarth

Photo Gallery: Intercontinental Rally Challenge Rd 3, Belgium Ypres Westhoek Rally - Grande Punto Abarth S2000

The Fiat Rally Team claimed a crushing double category win with Luís Tedesco in A6 and Fábio Dall’Agnol in N2 during the fourth round of Brazilian Rally Championship, the Rally de Estação

A hard fought second place for factory Grande Punto Abarth S2000 driver Giandomenico Basso on the Rally de Salento yesterday extends his points advantage in the Italian Rally Championship

Photo Gallery: Italian Rally Championship, Rd 5 - 41st Rally del Salento

In just under a week's time no less than six of the Grande Punto Abarth mounted crews will go into action on the Belgium Ypres Westhoek Rally chasing a repeat win for the Italian S2000 machine

Grande Punto Abarth pilot Volkan Isik will be targeting maximum European Championship points to get his title challenge back on track when the Platinum 64th Rally of Poland gets underway this evening

While the Grande Punto Abarth rally was fighting for honours on the Croatia Rally at the weekend, another Italian machine was also impressing the crowds - an Alfa GT 1.9 Q2 Multijet 'safety car ' running at '00'

Photo Gallery: 34th INA Croatia Delta Rally - Safety Car #00 Alfa GT Q2