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BP Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team begins the second quarter of its FIA World Rally Championship campaign in Portugal next week with subtle improvements to its record-breaking Focus RS World Rally Car.  As the series heads to the Iberian Peninsula for Rally de Portugal (2 – 5 April), the British-based squad will introduce a revised engine for the first time in competition. 

The newly-homologated power plant available to drivers Mikko Hirvonen and Jarmo Lehtinen and team-mates Jari-Matti Latvala and Miikka Anttila includes an electric water pump and a lightweight flywheel.  During a comprehensive testing programme, the drivers have reported a slight improvement in outright engine performance from the upgrades. … Details

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It is said often that rallying is a fantastic sport for competitors, but increasingly inaccessible to the wider world. Last week, the FIA World Motor Sport Council rubber-stamped the rules by which rallying will be run for the next five to 10 years: simpler, more in tune with financial and environmental realities, and quite simply a lifeline to ensure the sport’s future.

Yet the biggest conundrum facing the sport–how to reclaim its once lofty place in the public eye–remains as imposing as ever….  Details