Magneti Marelli will be an 'Official Sponsor' of the FIA World Rally Championship for the next three years supplying telemetry and advanced tracking solutions to support and enhance the WRC's data measurement and safety tracking systems

The Iveco-powered De Rooy truck has taken an impressive and unexpected first stage win against factory opposition to move into the lead of the inaugural Transorientale Rally, a tough 17 day marathon from St. Petersburg to Beijing

Andrea Navarra and Guido D'Amore, steered clear of trouble on the final day to win the 42nd Rally del Salento held at the weekend, the fifth round of the Italian Rally Championship and give Abarth its first win of the year in the series

Photo Gallery: Italian Rally Championship, Rd 5 - 42nd Rally del Salento

Italian driver Marco Cavigioli, the current leader of the IRC 2WD Cup, will have a new Fiat Grande Punto diesel for the Ypres Rally and the rest of the season; the new car is designed to the latest diesel-specific R3D FIA regulations

Volkan Işık finished third in the European Rally Championship points classification on the 65th Rally Poland after maintaining his overnight position through the six gravel stages that made up yesterday's final leg to arrive back in Mikołajki

Lancia, one of the most and evocative and successful of all rally brands, is standing out strongly with an excellent representation of its historical winners from the Fulvia to the Integrale at this weekend's Rally Show at Chatsworth

Photo Gallery: Rally Show 2008, Chatsworth

Volkan Işık starts today's second and final leg of the 65th Rally Poland in his Grande Punto Abarth S2000 holding onto a strong third place in the European Rally Championship counting positions after a solid opening day

Fiat Motorsports Turkey driver Volkan Işık will uphold Abarth Grande Punto honour on his own when the fourth round of the FIA European Rally Championship, the 65th Rally Poland, gets underway with a superspecial in Mikołajki this evening

The Fiat Rally Team's star crew, Luís Tedesco and Marcos Debien, driving the Fiat Palio Abarth 1.8R have taken another win in the Brazilian Rally Championship, their third consecutive victory of the year to keep their title challenge on track

The Italian Rally Championship counting Targa Florio Rally took place in Sicily last weekend, with the two factory supported Abarths of Andrea Navarra and Renato Travaglia heading home a string of four Grande Puntos in the top six places

Photo Gallery: Italian Rally Championship, Rd 4 - 92nd Targa Florio Rally

Last weekend the Fiat 500 was in competitive track action; and while a racing version was pounding its way round the daunting Nürburgring for 24 hours, another version was tacking the fast and demanding stages of the Croatia Delta Rally

Photo Gallery: 35th INA Croatia Delta Rally - #00 Course Safety Car, Sebastijan Bertol/Goran Jasenko (Fiat 500 Sport)

Photo Gallery: FIA European Rally Championship Rd3 - 35th Croatia Delta Rally, Leg 2

Corrado Fontana and Renzo Casazza have raced to victory on the INA Croatia Delta Rally in their HF Grifone-prepare Grande Punto Abarth, the crew maintaining their slim overnight cushion on the final day's loop of six stages

After the seven asphalt stages that made up the first leg of the 35th Croatia Delta Rally, Grande Punto Abarth S2000 driver Corrado Fontana holds a very slender 13.1 second advantage at the front of the field going into today's final leg

Photo Gallery: FIA European Rally Championship Rd3 - 35th Croatia Delta Rally, Leg 1

The Lancia Stratos turned evoked glorious memories as it strode to victory on the Historic Acropolis Rally for the second consecutive year, putting its name into the record books on one of the few rallies it didn't win in its successful heyday

The Lancia Stratos of Marco Bianchini and Emanuelle Baldaccini remained in command last night as dramas hit the night stages in Greece and they go into today's final leg of the 7th Historic Acropolis Rally with a commanding lead

Marco Bianchini and Emanuele Baldaccini set the fastest time on two of three dusty gravel stages of the Historic Acropolis Rally held this morning and now they enjoy a comfortable lead as they prepare to face tonight's four stages

Last year's winning crew Marco Bianchini and Emanuele Baldaccini in their Lancia Stratos HF have taken a commanding lead on the gravel stages that were a feature of today's second leg of the 7th Historic Acropolis Rally

Photo Gallery: 7th Historic Acropolis Rally - Leg 1 & 2

Factory driver Giandomenico Basso survived the turmoil in Portugal to produce a gritty fight back up the leaderboard and salvage fourth place for Abarth, taking the position on the final stage of the rally this afternoon