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Reigning FIA World Rally Champion Sébastien Ogier has pulled ahead of his Rallye Deutschland rivals to top the leaderboard by 33.4 seconds during a day characterised by changing weather and tricky tyre choices. He heads team-mate Andreas Mikkelsen, and Hyundai’s Dani Sordo inched into the final podium position in the closing stage after a titanic battle with Thierry Neuville.

Andreas Mikkelsen, Sébastien Ogier and Thierry Neuville top the standings in Rallye Deutschland amid a tight fight for honours in the ninth round of the FIA World Rally Championship. The battling trio are split by just 5.9 seconds after nearly 100 kilometres of competition over the narrow and bumpy lanes of the Mosel vineyards.

Volkswagen Polo R WRC driver Andreas Mikkelsen has taken the early lead in Rallye Deutschland, the Norwegian 2.7 seconds ahead of Hyundai’s Thierry Neuville. Sébastien Ogier, who headed the field after the first stage, has dropped to third by the mid-leg service.

Home race for Dutch youngsters van Uitert, Hoogenboom and Esmeijer as the battle for the title continues between Mawson and Schumacher this weekend (19-21 August)

This news on the Automobile & Touring Club of Isreal (MEMSI) is an article which was published in AUTO+ News - issue #17

Transcript of the pre-event Press Conference organised by the FIA for the 2016 Rallye Deutschland

Back to back rounds for the EDRC coming up at Hockenheim (19-21 August) and Tierp (26-28 August)

This news on the Fédération Algérienne des Sports Mécaniques (FASM) is the second part of an article which was published in AUTO+ News - issue #17

Romanian auto club ACR (Automobil Clubul Roman) has developed a junior co-pilot game, a project financed via the FIA Road Safety Grant Programme, which aims to enhance road safety by inviting kids travelling with their parents to become their co-pilots.

With no mistakes and a reliable car, Mikko Hirvonen scored an FIA World Cup for Cross Country Rallies victory in Hungary last weekend (11-14 August)