Three members of Maesteg MC this weekend begin a challenge across Europe in a 25 year old car. Padrig Wakefield-Newberry, Rhys Ford and Ben Davies - all in their 20s - are tackling the 2,700 miles round trip from Northern France to Prague via the Alps and skirting the Mediterranean. Their challenge was to find a car for under £500 to take part in the Motoscape Rally covering 12 countries in 7 … [Read more...]
Pryce in Hyundai R5 seat for Sunday thriller
Osian Pryce will contest the Get Connected Rali Bae Ceredigion on Sunday in a Melvyn Evans Motorsport-tuned Hyundai i20 R5 – which will mark his return to competition in a fully-homologated R5 car after an absence of two years. The event, which will be the first closed road stage rally to be held in Wales, will be Pryce’s first rally in a fully-homologated R5 car since he contest the 2017 British … [Read more...]
Sporting lines 5 September
Following the outstanding success of Asif Kapadia’s award-winning documentary on Formula 1 driver SENNA we have upcoming documentary Rapid Response out in UK cinemas 6 September, which looks at revolutionary safety in motorsports. Rapid Response is a fast-paced documentary that tells the story of medical and safety professionals who refused to accept the high mortality rate among race car … [Read more...]
Colwyn Bay stage of WRGB eagerly awaited
Colwyn Bay is gearing up for its evening in the World Championship motorsport spotlight on Saturday 5 October. As confirmed earlier in the summer, this year’s eagerly-anticipated Wales Rally GB is coming to the popular resort in Conwy County Borough with the world’s top drivers and the sport’s fastest ever cars racing against-the-clock on the town’s recently regenerated waterfront … [Read more...]
Chips are down for Woodpecker Stages
Competitors in the Pirelli Motorsport UK Welsh Forest Rally Championship start the penultimate round of the series, the Eventsigns Woodpecker Stages, with most of the overall and class awards still to be settled this weekend, writes Peter Hughes. The overall driver standings are headed by Tom Llewellin (above) but the top six in the table all retain at least a mathematical chance of taking the … [Read more...]
Thrills for thousands in UK first low carbon rally in Wales
Thousands of shoppers, holidaymakers and sports enthusiasts saw some of the world’s most advanced cars in Swansea at the weekend for Britain’s first exclusively low carbon rally, writes Robin Roberts. Fuel cell models lined up with a wide range of battery electric vehicles from nearly every manufacturer selling in Britain to compete in the Green Dragon EV Rally and Show. Streets … [Read more...]
Swansea welcomes a UK first
Some of the world’s most advanced cars will be gathering in Swansea today for Britain’s first exclusively low carbon rally. Toyota and Hyundai fuel cell models will line up with a wide range of battery electric vehicles from nearly every manufacturer selling in Britain to compete in the Green Dragon EV Rally and Show on Saturday. Streets around Castle Square will be filled with … [Read more...]
Thundersport GB Moto Super Prix of Wales
The bank holiday weekend of 24 – 26 August sees Anglesey Circuit hosting the annual visit of Thundersport GB and the Moto Super Prix of Wales. Thundersport GB, commonly hailed as 'The Home Of Sportsman Racing', offers an absolute plethora of magical diversity when it comes to motorcycle racing, with 32 races over Sunday and Monday. From the now famous BTS GP3 Superteens that spawned the likes of … [Read more...]
Lost Hero: The Tom Pryce story
The story of how a young Welshman rocketed to fame on the Formula 1 racing circuit before his life ended in a tragic crash at the age of 27 is set to be retold on screen. Tom Pryce will be featured in the upcoming three-part BBC documentary series “Mavericks: Sport’s Lost Heroes” which will follow the rise of Welsh sporting heroes from humble beginnings to the peak of their sport before meeting … [Read more...]
Wales to host Britain’s greenest ever motorsport event
Britain’s greenest-ever rally is taking place in Wales next weekend. The Green Dragon EV Rally is exclusively for hydrogen and pure electric cars and is based in Swansea, where Sir William Robert Grove invented the fuel cell in the 1840s. The event also breaks ground as it’s not only the first low carbon rally to be held in Britain, but it also allows any driver with a battery electric vehicle … [Read more...]