PWRC: Arai secures crown, Pozzo misses out.

Crash.Net, December, 2007

Toshi Arai has won the 2007 FIA Production Car World Rally Championship title after Gabriel Pozzo - the only man that was still in contention heading into this weekend's Rally GB, was forced to withdraw.

Arai, who has had to sit out the final two PWRC events in Ireland and GB, as he had already taken in his six-nominated events, has had an anxious wait since the Rally Japan at the end of October, however in the end his 39-point haul will prove sufficient to give him his second PWRC title, to add to the one he took in 2005.

Pozzo went out on Friday in SS5, while running sixth overall. The off damaged the suspension on his Mitsubishi Lancer and although he was classified at the end of day 1, albeit in 17th place overall and more than 10 minutes of the PWRC leader, he...