Osian Pryce is looking forward to the remaining rounds of the British Rally Championship after opening his 2021 series account with a tight and strong third place finish at the Neil Howard Stages in his Rocked-!T-backed Volkswagen Polo GTI R5. The event was Osian’s first rally for eight months, his first at the Oulton Park motor racing circuit and his second outing in the Melvyn … [Read more...]
Osian begins 2021 BRC title bid on monday
Osian Pryce returns to the British Rally Championship this year in a Rocked-!T-backed Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 with his title challenge beginning at the opening round of the 2021 series, the Neil Howard Stages at Oulton Park Circuit in Cheshire on Monday. This year’s BRC campaign marks Osian’s return to full time top-level competition for the first time since 2017, when he scored maximum BRC points … [Read more...]
Evans moves closer to WRC lead
Welshman Elfyn Evans is lying second in this year’s WRC after winning the Vodafone Rally de Portugal on Sunday afternoon to claim his fourth career victory in the FIA World Rally Championship. He put behind him the disappointment of defeat by fractions of a second at the previous round in Croatia to climb to second in the drivers' standings. He sits two points behind Toyota Gazoo Racing … [Read more...]
Warming up for this year’s British Rally Championship
It has been a long 15 months since the BRC circus left the town of Llandudno following the Visit Conwy Cambrian Rally in February 2020. It is now only 11 days until the 2021 campaign starts.There are over 45 crews registered for the series with competitors from all around the UK and Ireland in a variety of machinery; from historic to the very latest in cutting-edge technology handed down from … [Read more...]
You can take Lewis Hamilton’s place for over $5,000,000
Lewis Hamilton’s inaugural GP winning McLaren will be auctioned at this year’s British GP. Formula 1 together with RM Sotheby’s have announced the 2010 McLaren Mercedes MP4-25A Formula 1 Race Car which began his unequalled championship career in Turkey, has an estimate: $5,000,000 - $7,000,000 value and will be sold on the Saturday afternoon of the race weekend. In keeping with the series of … [Read more...]
Retro Rides return to Goodwood for car lovers
Retro Rides is gearing up for the first Retro Rides Weekender since the easing of the UK lockdown, which will be held over the 29 and 30 May at Goodwood Motor Circuit in Chichester. Featuring a whole host of iconic machinery as static displays and track action, the Retro Rides team has tickets for both days available. Unique paddock displays featuring restomods, rally cars, drift cars and … [Read more...]
Newslines 7 May
The Super SUV Lamborghini Urus’ high-speed record set on the ice of Russia’s Lake Baikal during the Days of Speed in March 2021 has been formally registered by the Russian Automobile Federation, a member of the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile. Russian racer and journalist Andrey Leontyev, 18-time record holder of Days of Speed on Baikal Ice, reached a top speed of 185.17mph from a … [Read more...]
Pirelli Welsh National Rally Championship is rolling
Registrations have flooded in for the 2021 Motorsport UK Pirelli Welsh National Rally Championship with vibrant new class structure designed to attract a wide variety of cars and drivers. This year’s Motorsport UK Pirelli Welsh National Rally Championship will feature 14 different classes including, by popular demand, a new category for Road Rally cars. With points awarded to the top 22 … [Read more...]
Bennetts British Superbike Championship launches on tv
Ahead of the start of its 2021 season, the Bennetts British Superbike Championship has launched a dedicated channel on Motorsport Network’s OTT platform Motorsport.tv. The channel will bring fans behind-the-scenes of the bike series, delivering insights from the paddock and highlights from every round of the championship. Rider interviews and updates from the world of British Superbikes will … [Read more...]
Racing lines 15 April
Bentley is testing renewable fuels for future models. It will evaluate the green biofuel petrol in its Continental GT3 Pikes Peak hillclimb car in June, as the luxury car maker seeks alternatives to battery power adoption in future ranges. The Two Rivers Tour rally planned by Forresters CC for the end of May has been postponed. Uncertainty over when Welsh Government Coronavirus Rules … [Read more...]