The final event of the 2019 rallying year for the Bob Fowden Motorsport Team was Sunday's Carmarthen MC WWRS Jaffa Stages at Pembrey Mototorsport Centre, writes Roger Gale. It began well for the Comline Auto Spares & NGK backed Subaru Impreza WRC taking a seven-second lead on the opening stage of five, the Llanelli driver again having his grandson Mathias co-driving, the pair winning a … [Read more...]
Ogier on Toyota and Elfyn Evans rematch
The 2020 World Rally Championship campaign will be the first time since 2014 that Sébastien Ogier will not start the season in Monte-Carlo as reigning champion, but despite rumours of a potential retirement or hiatus from the WRC, Ogier isn’t going anywhere and is hungry for success with a new team. Read what the 6-time WRC champion (above) has to say on his hopes for reclaiming the title in … [Read more...]
Rallyday arrives early at control
Next year’s Rallyday will shift from September to June to avoid a World Rally Championship clash and secure some of the sport’s biggest stars and cars. Rallyday will celebrate its 20th anniversary with a Saturday June 20 date in 2020 and this year will feature the latest sporting vehicles from MS-RT in Pontypool. M-Sport Ford World Rally Team principal Richard Millener says the change of date … [Read more...]
WRGB 2020 secured as Irish bid flops
Wales Rally GB organiser Motorsport UK says the FIA World Rally Championship will be returning to Wales in 2020. Talks to move it to Irealand next season broke down when agreement couldn't be reached although the global governing body of motor sport, the FIA, has indicated it's not happy with Wales holding onto the event. Appealing to the purists, the UK’s round of the WRC will move back to a … [Read more...]
New-look WRC in 2020
Japan, Kenya and New Zealand will return to the FIA World Rally Championship for 2020 in a refreshed calendar displaying a more global profile. A decade after it last featured in the WRC fixture list, Japan marks mainstream Asia’s first appearance in the series since then. The addition of Kenya’s iconic Safari Rally, one of global motorsport’s legendary contests, means the WRC … [Read more...]
Maesteg DMC secure next year’s rally challenge
A new sponsorship deal has been secured for the Maesteg DMC promoted Rally Challenge in 2020. The new title is to be the Independent Paint Supplies Rally Challenge, with support from the same enthusiastic backers for the past seven years, as the Directors of FMP Motor Factors have sold the successful business whilst retaining the large paint supply arm. They have set up this new venture … [Read more...]
Hyundai electric race car to be shown
Hyundai Motorsport is gearing up to unveil its first-ever electric race car at the International Motor Show (IAA) in Frankfurt next week. The car, designed and built at the company’s headquarters in Alzenau, will make its debut appearance during the annual motor show’s media day on September 10. The IAA’s slogan, ‘Driving Tomorrow’, makes it the perfect platform for Hyundai Motorsport to … [Read more...]
Ogier to promote electric SUV series
Legendary French rally driver, six-time World Champion Sébastien Ogier, will become an Official Ambassador of the cutting-edge off-road electric SUV racing series. The incumbent World Rally Championship title-holder has thrown his weight behind Extreme E, and his expertise will be utilised across the board by Extreme E organisers in the lead-up to its inaugural season – set to get underway in … [Read more...]
EV with attitude and all-road ability
If you think evs are boring, drool over this stunner. It has been built for the forthcoming radical electric SUV off-road racing series by ABT Sportsline, the world market leader for tuned Volkswagen Group automobiles and title-winning Formula E outfit. Acceleration is truly stunning with a 0-62mph time of 4.5sec and maximum over 120mph. It has a battery range of up to 180 miles but its shrinks … [Read more...]
Nitro World Games will explode in Wales next year
The Nitro World Games are coming to the UK in 2020. The games which will move from its US home for the first time next year and take place in the Wales. Three motocross riders pulled off a string of incredible gravity-defying tricks in quick succession 35 foot in the air as they jumped a staggering 75 foot in distance. It's just a small taste of the adrenaline-charged scenes you can expect at … [Read more...]