The superstars of the FIA World Rally Championship’s ground-breaking new hybrid era will rip the wrapping from the 2022 season at a spectacular year launch in Austria next weekend. For the first time, the WRC’s dramatic new-generation Rally1 cars from the three manufacturer teams will be together in Salzburg’s innovative Hangar-7 museum as the series’ new-look sustainable future is unveiled on … [Read more...]
Loeb joins Fourmaux in Ford Puma WRC team
M-Sport says Adrien Fourmaux and Sébastien Loeb will join Craig Breen and Gus Greensmith in Monte Carlo in a fleet of all-new Ford Puma Hybrid Rally1 cars. Frenchman Fourmaux joins Breen and Greensmith to form M-Sport’s trio of drivers for a full 2022 World Rally Championship campaign as the sport enters its new and exciting hybrid era. Fourmaux began his rally career a mere five years ago, … [Read more...]
Hyundai WRC drive for top British junior driver
The winner of the 2022 Motorsport UK Junior British Rally Championship will be offered a career-defining opportunity to contest a round of the FIA World Rally Championship, behind the wheel of a Hyundai Motorsport Customer Racing-built i20 N Rally2. For the third time since its inception in 2019, a collaboration between the British Rally Championship and Hyundai Motorsport Customer Racing will … [Read more...]
Ferrari lead on track days’ experiences
With the home stretch to 2022 just around the corner, a leading driving experience provider has revealed which supercar package has been their most sought after this year, with the prancing horse that is Ferrari galloping to victory. TrackDays.co.uk's booking data shows that the Italian thoroughbreds were a favourite among Brits, selling twice as many as the second most popular package, the … [Read more...]
Sportslines 25 November
Ticket sales for The Classic 2022 open today – one month ahead of Christmas – and all those booking their tickets before midnight on the opening day will be in with a great chance of winning some absolutely amazing prizes. Lucky winners could be rewarded with a pair a of weekend tickets to the 2022 Formula 1 British Grand Prix 1-3 July also hosted at Silverstone, a stunning Silverstone … [Read more...]
Sportslines 11 November
Williams Advanced Engineering and Castrol have entered into a five-year technical partnership to co-develop high performance Electric Vehicle Fluids. As part of the agreement, Castrol will become the official supplier of EV Thermal Fluids for WAE’s growing electrification programmes and motorsport activities such as Formula E, Extreme E, ETCR and LMdH and supply EV Thermal Fluids that are … [Read more...]
Hybrid era arrives in WRC 2022 calendar
New Zealand will make an exciting return to an enlarged FIA World Rally Championship in 2022 after the sport’s first hybrid-era calendar was unveiled. The country’s flowing North Island gravel roads near Auckland will feature for the first time since 2009 as the WRC celebrates its 50th season. The Land of the Long White Cloud’s 32nd WRC appearance, round 11 of the year, will take place on 29 … [Read more...]
Nicky Grist Stages figures in BRC 2022 series
Next year’s Nicky Grist Stages on Saturday 9 July, will host a round of the British Rally Championship for the fourth time in the event’s history. The Quinton Motor Club organised forestry event, which dates back to 1980, first hosted a round of the BRC in 2016. Elfyn Evans/Craig Parry won the event that year in a Ford Fiesta R5, a result which helped them go on to become British rally … [Read more...]
Breen and Puma spearhead Ford WRC bids
M-Sport Ford has announced that Craig Breen and Paul Nagle will spearhead the World Rally team’s attack on the 2022 and 2023 FIA World Rally Championship, behind the wheel of the all-new M-Sport Ford Puma Hybrid Rally1 car. With all-new technical regulations being introduced for 2022, the WRC moves to a new era of competition and sees the introduction of a space frame chassis for the Puma … [Read more...]
WRC enters the plug-in era in 2022
Top flight rallying will forever change at the end of this year, but it's not going fully electric yet. The WRC has fundamentally revised its technical regulations from next season. The top-tier Rally1 class for manufacturer teams will bring a substantial gain in crew safety, as well as more equality between competitors, due to a new design approach. An even bigger revolution concerns the … [Read more...]