It wasn't exactly an easy run to the finish for Jari-Matti Latvala, but the Ford number one kept his head through a tense final morning to claim Rally Sweden victory and get his 2012 FIA World Rally Championship powered by Nokia title challenge properly underway.

Sebastien Loeb has won Rallye Monte-Carlo for a sixth time following a dominant performance behind the wheel of the Citroen DS3 WRC he shares with Monegasque co-driver Daniel Elena.

Of the 74 starters who began Wales Rally GB in Llandudno on Thursday 10th November, 40 were classified at the end of the four-day,1860 kms rally which featured 23 timed special stages as it wound its way from the North coast to the ceremonial finish in Cardiff.

As this year's Wales Rally GB - the final and deciding round of the 2011 FIA World Rally Championship - draws to a close, Business Minister, Edwina Hart has announced a funding package of £1.4 million for the 2012 event.

Of the 74 starters who began the Wales Rally GB in Llandudno on Thursday 10th November, 63 are currently classified. Participants have now covered 17 of the 23 special stages.

As the rain lashed the faces and windscreens of spectators and rally cars, champagne flowed in the Citroën camp as rally leader Sebastien Loeb was provisionally confirmed as FIA World Rally Champion for an incredible eighth consecutive year after the demise of Ford's Mikko Hirvonen.

Wales Rally GB got underway in dramatic style today (Thursday) under a beautiful blue sky, with thousands of spectators lining the Great Orme stage waiting to watch cars compete on a special stage that last saw action back in 1981.

Motorsport legend Barrie 'Whizzo' Williams will be part of a trio of motorsport icons who will be interviewed as star guests at Cardiff's Rallyfest this Saturday, 12th November.

Welsh drivers to watch at Wales Rally GB 2011! The forests of Wales will soon be reverberating to the sound of over 160 rally car engines, as Wales Rally GB returns to the country from the 10th to 13th November - opening in North Wales and closing in Host City Cardiff.

As Wales prepares to welcome the international motorsport community for the final round of the FIA World Rally Championship this week, we mark the occasion by catching up with one of Wales' most successful motorsport stars. Former British Rally Champion Gwyndaf Evans spoke to us ahead of his son Elfyn's debut on Wales Rally GB this weekend.

The biggest prize in motor rallying will be won in the UK in less than two weeks time when France's Sebastien Loeb and Finland's Mikko Hirvonen go head-to-head for the FIA World Rally Championship crown in one of the most challenging events of the year - the season finale, Wales Rally GB, from 10-13 November.

The Proper Welsh Milk Company - which has pledged to "bring Welsh milk back home to Wales" - has partnered with Wales Rally GB to provide rally fans with a chance to win tickets to the event.

Following the recent succession of international cultural and sporting events in the seaside towns of Conwy and Llandudno, the north Welsh coastline will soon play host to Wales Rally GB.

Wales Rally GB has linked up with the RoSPA and Higgins Rally School in Carno, Powys, to raise awareness with younger drivers throughout Wales of safer driving techniques.

Commemorative charity t-shirt to mark the 10th anniversary of Richard's 2001 World Title launched by WRC drivers.

The battle for the coveted FIA World Rally Championship title continues into the final round of the series after Sébastien Loeb and Daniel Elena clinched victory in Rally de España and arch rivals Mikko Hirvonen and Jarmo Lehtinen finished second overall.