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Kris Meeke and Paul Nagle claimed their first WRC victory today at Rally Argentina, the DS 3 WRC crew heading a Citroën one-two for the first time since Rally Finland in 2012. The duo led the event for all but one stage and survived one of the most gruelling and dramatic rallies in recent memory with a virtually trouble-free run. Team-mates Mads Østberg and Jonas Andersson finished just 18.1 seconds adrift and M-Sport’s Elfyn Evans and Daniel Barritt took their first podium in the Fiesta RS WRC.

Kris Meeke and Paul Nagle claimed their first WRC victory today at Rally Argentina, the DS 3 WRC crew heading a Citroën one-two for the first time since Rally Finland in 2012. The duo led the event for all but one stage and survived one of the most gruelling and dramatic rallies in recent memory with a virtually trouble-free run. Team-mates Mads Østberg and Jonas Andersson finished just 18.1 seconds adrift and M-Sport’s Elfyn Evans and Daniel Barritt took their first podium in the Fiesta RS WRC.

Sweden’s Johan Kristoffersson has won this weekend’s Bompiso Rallycross of Portugal, round one of the FIA World Rallycross Championship presented by Monster Energy, after a dominant display in his Volkswagen Team Sweden Polo RX Supercar.

DS 3 WRC team-mates Kris Meeke and Mads Østberg have maintained their one-two positions for Citroën after another tricky day of competition over the rough and rocky gravel roads of Rally Argentina. Meeke lost some of his advantage this morning but clawed back time this afternoon to sit 38.6 seconds ahead of Østberg with just two stages remaining tomorrow. Jari-Matti Latvala has also held station in third, the Finn’s position safer following the retirement of Dani Sordo in the final stage.

Norway’s Andreas Bakkerud is leading the season-opening Bompiso Rallycross of Portugal, round one of the FIA World Rallycross Championship presented by Monster Energy, after the event’s first two heats.

The chase for FIA World Touring Car Championship success is very much on and José María López is the driver to catch when MOL Group WTCC Race of Hungary takes place from 1-3 May in front of an expected near-capacity crowd.

DS 3 WRC driver Kris Meeke leads Rally Argentina after a dramatic opening day in which no fewer than five of his World Rally Championship rivals have been forced into retirement, including series leader Sébastien Ogier. While the Ulsterman has also had problems of his own, he now has over a minute in hand to team-mate Mads Østberg, who powered ahead of Jari-Matti Latvala in the final stage when the Finn struggled with gearbox problems and lost time in the last two stages of the day.

The inaugural Asia-Pacific Sport Regional Congress kicked off yesterday in Kathmandu, Nepal. The...

2015 MOL GROUP WTCC RACE OF HUNGARY Rounds 5&6 – Hungaroring, Budapest