Round-2Australia
26-28 May 2017
| 1. | 28-30 | APR | New Zealand |
| 2. | 26-28 | MAY | Australia |
| 3. | 07-09 | JUL | China |
| 4. | 11-13 | AUG | Malaysia |
| 5. | 15-17 | SEP | Japan |
| 6. | 24-26 | NOV | India |
News Review
OC Veiby’s time to shine
28 May 2017 - Event Release
Team MRF has taken out the top two spots in the second round of the Asia-Pacific Rally Championship, the Australian National Capital Rally, with Jari Ketomaa taking out third place and a stage win.
27 May 2017 - Event Release
It has been a battle all day between the two Team MRF Skoda’s as day one of the National Capital Rally draws to a close with Norway’s Ole Christian Veiby leading Gaurav Gill from India by 11 seconds.
25 May 2017 - Team Release
A bitterly disappointed Mike Young has been forced to withdrawal from this weekend National Capital Rally after a mechanical failure resulted in a high speed crash in testing yesterday.
25 May 2017 - Team Release
A new challenge awaits Team MRF drivers Gaurav Gill and Ole Christian Veiby this weekend when they tackle Australia’s National Capital Rally for the first time.
24 May 2017 - EVEN Management AS
Ole Christian Veiby is in Australia for the second round of the FIA Asia-Pacific Rally Championship (APRC) this weekend. "I will be disappointed if I'm not fighting for the victory" he said.
30 Apr 2017 - Event Release
Starting today’s final leg of the two-day International Rally of Whangarei second on the road, Gaurav Gill and co-driver Stéphane Prévot took a comfortable win in the final stages of the New Zealand based event.
29 Apr 2017 - Event Release
Norway’s Ole Christian Veiby and co-driver Stig Rune Skjarmoen have emerged comfortable leaders after the first full day of competition at the International Rally of Whangarei.
28 Apr 2017 - Event Release
Norway’s Ole Veiby and co-driver Stig Rune set fastest time of 47.2seconds in the ŠKODA Fabia R5 at this morning’s shakedown test ahead of the weekend’s 28-30 International Rally of Whangarei.
28 Apr 2017 - Event Release
The International Rally of Whangarei, part of the Whangarei Festival of motorsport, will include defending APRC champion and last year’s rally winner Gaurav Gill from India. New for 2017 are the two-car Swedish based Mitsubishi team that include former World Rally Championship (WRC) driver Jari Ketomaa.
The FIA Asia Pacific Rally Championship is spread through a diverse range of countries, climates, cultures and a huge population base of over 2.5 billion people.
In 2017 six events make-up the championship starting in New Zealand with the fast and smooth roads of Rally of Whangarei, followed by Australia’s Canberra Rally, running through dusty forestry roads on the outskirts of the nation's capital city.
The APRC then heads to Zhangye, West China near the Mongolian border for the championship's 'desert' rally. From the dry desert heat and in complete contrast, the fourth event of the championship is the very hot and humid Malaysian Rally run through the Palm Oil Plantations of Johor.
Japan is next and the fast forestry and public roads of Rally Hokkaido, followed by the final event of the year - the India Rally, held on the coffee plantations roads of Chikmagalur.
APRC.TV Ltd has been the official television producer for the championship since 1999 and in 2016, 351 million households in 196 countries watched coverage of the APRC.
Leading international broadcasters include: FoxSports/STAR Sports Asia, FoxSports Australia, Guangdong TV China, CCTV-5 China, Sima.com China, Outdoor Channel Asia, TEN Sports (Indian sub-continent), Motors-TV Europe and Duke TVNZ, New Zealand.