There was a dramatic end to the Plains Rally at the weekend. Defending Motorsport UK Pirelli Welsh Rally champion Matthew Hirst celebrated a third straight maximum points score of the 2023 season on the Plains Rally in his Pirelli-shod Delta Salvage/Witham Group Ford Fiesta R5 – although it was far from straightforward, as both he and arch-rival Perry Gardener hit problems in the afternoon, which … [Read more...]
Pryce plays it right on ERC debut
The aim was to finish the ORLEN 79th Rally Poland – after all, this was Osian Pryce’s first rally for seven months, in a new team, in a new car and with a new co-driver – and he achieved precisely that with a pitch-perfect, controlled, intelligent and drama free run to 16th on his FIA European Rally Championship debut out of 58 registered ERC drivers. As the reigning British rally champion, Pryce … [Read more...]
Surviving to drive
Netflix compelling and successful series ‘Drive to Survive’ is rightly credited with breathing new life into Formula One by creating a whole new audience, especially in the USA. But the fly-on-the-wall reality series has also discovered cult heroes among previously unknown paddock personalities, particularly in minnow teams and Gunther Steiner, sometimes outspoken principal of the HAAS team, has … [Read more...]
Mid-Wales prepares for Nicky Grist Stages
The Nicky Grist Stages returns to Builth Wells on Saturday 8 July, when crews from six major UK rally championships gather for the Quinton Motor Club-organised rally – which will be played out over 44 stage miles in the nearby classic mid-Wales forestry stages of Llyn Login, Monument, Halfway and Crychan. This year’s event celebrates the 14th consecutive year of title sponsorship from Nicky Grist … [Read more...]
Hirst aiming for triple on this week’s Plains Rally
Matthew Hirst will be aiming for his third straight 2023 Motorsport UK Pirelli Welsh Rally Championship victory on Saturday's Plains Rally – although this time he’ll be without his regular co-driver Declan Dear, who is on his long-awaited honeymoon. The defending Welsh champion and 2022 Plains Rally winner will be partnered for the first time by Mark Glennerster, who is stepping into Hirst’s … [Read more...]
Toyota Gazoo Racing triumph in the sun
Toyota Gazoo Racing World Rally Team’s Kalle Rovanperä is back on top of the FIA World Rally Championship after a dominant drive to win the Rally de Portugal for the second year in succession at the weekend. The victory is the first of the season for reigning world champions Rovanperä (above) and Jonne Halttunen. They have moved to the head of the standings by 17 points thanks to having also … [Read more...]
Elfyn Evans wants to build WRC lead this week
Toyota Gazoo Racing World Rally Team is preparing to enter a crucial run of gravel events as the closely contested 2023 season continues at the popular Rally de Portugal, 11-14 May. Portugal marks the first of seven consecutive events on gravel, a sequence that will stretch through to the start of October and pose a wide variety of challenges for the teams and drivers in their GR Yaris Rally1 … [Read more...]
Osian debuts in FIA series with Škoda Fabia Rally2
Reigning British rally champion Osian Pryce will make his debut in the FIA European Rally Championship driving a Škoda Fabia Rally2 on at least three rounds of this year’s international series. The 30-year-old Welshman will start his campaign at Rally Poland (20-21 May) – an event he has done three times before when it was a round of the FIA World Rally Championship. Osian (above) will … [Read more...]
Renewable fuels to be trialled in WRC
Building on WRC’s ground-breaking move to 100 per cent sustainable fuels, WRC Promoter has agreed a two-year partnership with FuelsEurope to collaborate in the promotion and awareness of renewable fuels being used in the FIA World Rally Championship. The WRC will be a major case study in FuelsEurope’s ‘Clean Fuels for All’ campaign, which explains the origin, the role and the potential of … [Read more...]
Seb tastes success again
Wales' Seb Morris produced a flawless performance at Brands Hatch Grand Prix Circuit over the weekend to celebrate three race victories with team-mate Gustavo Xavier during the second event of the GT Cup Championship season. Super-sub Xavier joined Marford, Wrexham racer Morris as a stand-in for his regular RAM Racing team-mate Charles Dawson, who is recovering from a broken back, and the pair … [Read more...]
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