Nasser Al Attiyah wins in Kuwait
Nasser Al Attiyah made a triumphant return to Subaru rallying in Kuwait after his once-only appearance in Qatar in his Mitsubishi. He held from start to finish, this time with his new codriver Giovanni Bernacchini. This was the second round of the 2009 FIA Middle East Rally Championship. Khalid Al Qassimi lost a lot of time on the first day when a wheel broke up after a heavy landing and it was difficult to change wheels. He finished third behind Misfer Al Marri. Subarus took the top three places. Lying second at the end of the first day was Yazeed Al Rahji's Peugeot 207 S2000 but he retired on the penultimate stage The secret of Nasser's continued success? "Giovanni is a very small person. I guess he weighs 30kg less than some codrivers. It makes a big difference!"

Adapta Team wins in Norway
Adapta team Subaru Impreza S14 cars took 1-2 in Numedal Rally in Norway. Winner Mads Ostberg won the rally despite running first car on fresh snow. Anders Grondal had led before he spun. Close fight for Group N honours between Eyvind Brynildsen and Martin Stenshorne in Mitsubishis, finally going to Brynildsen, while Andreas Mikkelsen finished seventh overall, the best Subaru Cup car. PG Andersson competed with a Fabia WRC but lost time off the road, and then delayed wirth snow in the radiator.

Ketomaa won the third round in Finland
Jari Ketomaa won his second Finnish championship rally in two weeks but his Subaru teammate Teemu Aarminen went off the road on the first stage. Second was Jussi Valimaki in a Lancer Evo IX. Ketomaa is leading the championship by 46 point, followed by Yalimaki with 37, Salo and Katajamaki with 24 point and Kristian Sohlberg 20 points.

Toyota private team in loosing
Simon Evans (Mitsubishi) won both heats in the Australian championship Canberra Rally, each time beating Neal Bates who is now driving his Toyota Corolla S2000 on a private basis. Dusty conditions hampered Bates badly, who is actively engaged in trying to run the previously official Toyota cars on a private basis for the rest of the season. .

Alejandro Cancio is the leader
After finishing fifth place on the opening round of the FIA Zone Codasur championship, the Curitiba Rally, Alejandro Cancio leads the series on his Mitsubishi, followed by the Barattero team Subaru N14s of Raul Martinez, Gustavo Saba and Sebastian Abramian. All these drivers are Argentine exception the Paraguayan Saba.

Flodin wins in Russia
Swedish driver Patrik Flodin won his third successive round of the Russian championship in his Subaru, his second this year, when he beat Andrej Zhigunov on the snowy Lahdenpohya Rally.

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