Spain’s Carlos Sainz has won the first running of the Central Europe Rally ahead of Stéphane Peterhansel (Mitsubishi/BFGoodrich) after a final day of suspense

Carlos Sainz (Volkswagen/BFGoodrich) took his fourth leg win in the Central Europe Rally and in doing so has retaken the lead in the event by just 18 seconds

Carlos Sainz posted the fastest aggregate time on the fifth leg of the 2008 Central Europe Rally to close to within just 22 seconds of Stéphane Peterhansel (Mitsubishi/BFGoodrich)

Today's action saw Carlos Sainz (VW/BFGoodrich) claim his second win of the week ahead of Nasser Al-Attiyah (BMW/BFGoodrich), but it was a difficult day for Mitsubishi's threesome

After dropping more than five minutes yesterday, Giniel de Villiers fought back to claim the third day of the 2008 Central Europe Rally

Germany's Dieter Depping (Volkswagen/BFGoodrich) profited from today's summer-like weather in Romania's Carpathian Mountains to secure the first cross-country rally stage win of his career

Spain's Carlos Sainz steered his BFGoodrich-equipped Volkswagen Race Touareg to victory today on the opening stage of the inaugural Central Europe Rally

Patrice Clerc, President of Amaury Sport Organisation and Etienne Lavigne, Director of the Dakar, have announced that the 2009 Dakar would take place in Argentina and Chile from the 3rd to the 18th of January...