As we approach the last event of the 2007 season, we look at what is required of the team as they travel from Rally Ireland to Wales Rally GB. When you think of rallying, it is probably engineers and mechanics that jump to mind first and foremost. But to operate during a rally weekend, the Subaru team needs a far larger crew. With the three cars...

Design and build the most creative and lifelike model of an Impreza WRC car, and one lucky winner will win a signed Subaru World Rally Team fleece, and two runners-up will win a signed SWRT woolly hat each in time for Christmas. Entries must not be assembled from model kits, but hand-built in their entirety. All you need to do is send a photograph of...

Solberg was one of the star guests at the Bettega Memorial Rallysprint in 2002. Ex Subaru World Rally Team driver Markko Martin will make a sensational one-off competitive appearance in a works-prepared Impreza World Rally Car at next month’s Bettega Memorial Rallysprint...

The Subaru World Rally Team has partnered with satellite navigation website http://www.pocketgpsworld.com to launch, for the first time ever, a free downloadable Global Positioning System (GPS) guide to Wales Rally GB. The guide is compatible with most satellite or personal navigation devices...

After the final day of competition on the inaugural Rally Ireland, the Subaru World Rally Team pairing of Petter Solberg and Phil Mills continued their solid pace to finish fifth. The morning brought disappointment for the team however with the retirement of Chris Atkinson at the morning’s service...

No matter where in the world the WRC takes the Subaru World Rally Team, information technology is always at the heart of the operation. The Impreza WRC2007s use a cutting edge programmable electronic engine management system, meaning that computers are the immediate tool of choice for the team’s engineers...

Over the final 97km, both crews put on a good show in front of Subaru’s home crowd, and made the best of the opportunity to test in conditions similar to those expected on next month’s Wales Rally GB. Petter showed determination to perform for his fans. Dropping to 65th place after his retirement on Friday’s leg, Solberg and co-driver Phil Mills pushed hard today and made further progress up the table...

SS1 / SS5 Pawse Kamuy Reverse (9.03km) A relatively short nine kilometre stage that’s quite similar to character to the stages in New Zealand, and really different to the rest we experience here. The road flows through farmland and is quite open – a wide stage compared to the rest in Japan...

Subaru Tecnica International (STI) has decided on the standard specification of the FIA (International Automobile Federation) Group N car with the new Impreza WRX STI, sold by FHI as a base vehicle. They will be sold at specially agreed motorsport bases (STI base teams) in...

In the interests of driver safety there has been a huge amount of work done to improve the strength and stiffness of modern rally cars. The technology of roll cages has improved to make them stiffer and safer, seats have evolved to be stronger and provide more support, and all drivers now wear a head and neck support...