Brakes are an essential component of any WRC car, and in slowing the car down play just as important a role in boosting overall speed. Quite apart from simply slowing the car, drivers use the brakes to position and balance the car on its approach to corners and to slide through tight hairpins whilst maintaining engine speed...

The Subaru World Rally Team heads to the long and winding forest routes of Rally Sweden ready to tackle the challenge of all-out sideways action as crews wrestle their machines across sheet ice. The only specialist snow rally of the year, it is one of the fastest and most competitive...

After four days, 19 stages and 362.39 competitive kilometres, Chris Atkinson triumphed in his momentous battle for third to start the season with a well-deserved podium. Petter Solberg achieved his best result on this event in fifth place overall, earning the Subaru World Rally Team second in the Manufacturers’ Championship...

Rallye Monte Carlo heralds the return of the World Rally Championship with one of the most unpredictable events of the year. In its 76th running, this four day rally is a notoriously tricky combination of snow, ice and demanding routes which often produces some surprise results. Crews will leave the service park in Valence...

Q: This year there is a revised calendar and 15 rallies, rather than last year’s 16 events. How will that affect the way the team approaches the year?
A: Jordan is new for this year, but the rest are the normal classic events on which all the teams have a great deal of experience. There are some very key events...

In 2008, rallies in Norway, Portugal and Ireland have been replaced by a return to Turkey and the all new Rally Jordan. As 2008 is upon us, we at the Subaru World Rally Team wish all our supporters a very happy New Year, at the beginning of what will be a very exciting season.

Markko Martin has signed as the official test driver for the Subaru World Rally Team, as the team steps up its testing programme in preparation for the launch of its all-new Impreza World Rally Car. The 32 year old Estonian, who won the Bettega Memorial Rally at the end of last year driving an...

With the 2007 FIA World Rally Championship brought to a close on Wales Rally GB, we take a look at what the past year brought for the Subaru World Rally Team. Petter Solberg and co-driver Phil Mills finished fifth in the drivers’ world championship, one position higher than last year...

Markko Martin took victory in the 2007 Bettega Memorial rally aboard a Subaru Impreza WRC2007, scoring a convincing 21 wins from his 24 heats. Held on 15-16 December at the Bologna Motor Show, this year saw the 23rd running of the honorary event that pays tribute to the memory of the late Attilio Bettega, a star of the world rally scene in the 1970s and early 1980s...

Petter Solberg has more experience of Wales Rally GB than any other event in the WRC. He has contested the rally every year since 1998 and 2007 will be start number 10. His first rally win came in Wales in 2002, and his second consecutive win there in 2003 clinched his world championship...