Hayden Paddon had a comfortable win on the New Zealand championship Wairarapa Rally after rival Richard Mason crashed. Paddon heads the NZ series by 58 points in front of Emma Gilmour.

Travis Pastrana beat his Subaru teammate Ken Block on the New England round of the US America series. Block led the rally earlier before a spin and then a puncture.

Local Mitsubishi driver Nicolas Fuchs was the comfortable leader of the Huancayo Codasur championship rally in Peru, until the two final superspecial stages. There was then a fierce fight for the lead. Fellow Peruvian Raul Orlandini eventually beat Argentine driver Juan Marchetto by 0.4 second.

Another Porsche win in Germany! Olaf Dobberkau won the asphalt Eifel Rallye in his 911 GT3 in very changeable conditions, while third overall winning his class was veteran Belgian driver Bruno Thiry in a Citroen C2 R2 Max.

Stig Blomqvist finished second overall in the Midnight Sun revival rally for classic cars, at the wheel of a Ford. Arne Backstrom was the winner in an Audi. The Midnight Sun was the name of Sweden’s premier rally before it turned into a winter event. Seven times Swedish Rally winner Stig never won the old Midnight Sun.

Marcus Dodd won the British Pirelli MSA gravel rally championship for the fifth time. He finished second on the Swansea Bay Rally after suffering turbocharger problems.

Italian driver Elwis Chentre won the San Martini di Castrozza Rally in a Citroen Xsara WRC. Ott Tanak won the South Estonia Rally in a Subaru.

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photo 1: Paddon - Mitsubishi in NZ
photo 2: Dobberkau - Porsche