A magnificent charge over the final stage of the Phil Price Memorial Woodpecker Stages last Saturday rewarded Rob Wilson/Richard Crozier with a thrilling Motorsport UK Pirelli Welsh Rally Championship win and maximum points, as the Mitsubishi Evo 7 crew finished a very impressive third overall. The Ledbury driver had arrived at the eighth and final stage four seconds behind Russ Thompson/Stephen … [Read more...]
Toyota 1st & 2nd on WRC Greece
Kalle Rovanperä scored his third victory of the season in Greece on Sunday afternoon to tighten his grip on this year’s FIA World Rally Championship while Welshman Elfyn Evans is close behind. The 22-year-old (above) had looked set to bring up the rear of the podium at this 10th round but found himself topping the standings by more than two minutes after Saturday’s penultimate leg when former … [Read more...]
Greek tragedy or triumph awaits WRC teams
The pressure is steadily mounting on FIA World Rally Championship leader Kalle Rovanperä as the Toyota Gazoo Racing star aims to keep his team-mate Elfyn Evans at bay during this week’s EKO Acropolis Rally Greece staring today and running until Sunday. Rovanperä, who made history in 2022 as the youngest-ever WRC champion, had his points advantage significantly reduced after a dramatic exit from … [Read more...]
Welsh drivers victorious on Rali Ceredigion
Osian Pryce reminded fans why he is the reigning British rally champion by winning the biggest and most prestigious rally in the UK when he romped to victory on the 2023 JDS Machinery Rali Ceredigion based in Aberystwyth last weekend. It was the second time that the 30-year old driver had won the close road stage event, having clinched victory there in 2019 and a short distance from his home in … [Read more...]
Aberystwyth hosts Rali Ceredigion this weekend
Less than two weeks after the Motorsport UK British Rally Championship disembarked from the Modern Tyres Ulster Rally, the series hotfoots it to Wales for the first time this season as the JDS Machinery Rali Ceredigion 2-3 September plays host to the final asphalt round of 2023. Coupled with lashing rain and storm-force winds, the challenging lanes around Newry tested the BRC contenders to the … [Read more...]
Ken Rees career rallyman
Championship winning Welsh co-driver turned successful WRC team manager Ken Rees recalls working with Prodrive, Colin McRae, Petter Solberg and … shaved heads! Success achieved in motorsport is the sum of many parts, not least of which is effective team management and slick organization and for these two key aspects of success the focus is firmly on the ‘backroom boys’ who perform these crucial … [Read more...]
Rally.TV launched for fans
In an era where innovation meets adrenaline, WRC Promoter continues to set new benchmarks for rally broadcasting. It pushed the envelope in 2018 by providing more live content than ever thought imaginable and will soon introduce Rally.TV: Your 24/7 home of rally and rallycross that promises to reshape the landscape of motorsport coverage worldwide. Just launched, the revolutionary Rally.TV app … [Read more...]
Great names return for Silverstone Festival
Two of the most successful teams in British Grand Prix history in recent decades – Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS and Williams Racing – will be supporting Silverstone’s 75thanniversary celebrations at Silverstone Festival over the Bank Holiday weekend 25-27 August. Williams famously won its first-ever Grand Prix win at Silverstone in 1979 and since then has racked up seven further victories with star … [Read more...]
Evans takes second Finnish win & closes on WRC lead
Elfyn Evans stormed to victory at Secto Rally Finland on Sunday afternoon to keep alive his chances of fighting for this year’s FIA World Rally Championship title. A dramatic crash for WRC-leading team-mate Kalle Rovanperä propelled Evans into the lead on Friday afternoon and the Welshman reeled off a stunning seven back-to-back stage wins on Saturday to leave closest challenger Thierry Neuville … [Read more...]
Racing lines 10 August
Visitors to this summer’s Silverstone Festival 25-27 August will be treated to the sensational sounds of BRM’s incredible V16 – widely hailed as the greatest sounding F1 engine of all time. It will be the first time Silverstone has reverberated to the mind-blowing wail of BRM’s fearsome supercharged 1.5-litre power plant in public for more than a generation and is yet another highlight among the … [Read more...]
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