WRGB has confirmed plans for this year’s National Rally running as part of the WRC event in North Wales 12-15 November. As has proved so successful in recent years, the National Rally’s three-day competitive itinerary will shadow the WRC route with single runs through all 13 timed sections. The WRGB National Rally fills the gap between the two passes of WRC crews through the legendary … [Read more...]
Motorsport
Seb scoops points in Austria GP meeting
Status Grand Prix driver Seb Morris delivered his best race performance of the season at the weekend. During round four of the GP3 Series supporting the GP event at the Red Bull Ring in Austria on Sunday the Wrexham driver put in an outstanding drive to fifth place from 19th on the grid – securing his first points of the year. Next on the schedule is Seb’s home event, the annual visit to … [Read more...]
Elfyn’s inspired fight for the future
M-Sport World Rally Team’s Elfyn Evans fought back to secure a strong fourth place at last weekend’s Rally Italia. Team mate Ott Tänak had been on course for a podium finish until an issue with the transmission dropped him outside the top-ten on Saturday afternoon. Rally Italia is an event that demands respect, and that is something that Evans and co-driver Daniel Barritt fully understand. … [Read more...]
Jann’s Le Mans run prematurely ends
A disappointed Cardiff driver Jann Mardenborough had to pull out of the classic Le Mans 24 hrs race on Sunday just an hour from the end. His GT-R LM Nismo racer was dogged with a clutch problem after Saturday’s start and it succumbed to suspension failure after 23 hrs, saying, “I was gutted to have to retire the car with just an hour to go. I tried everything I could to get going again but #23 … [Read more...]
Red Dragon fires up this Saturday
Port Talbot MC runs the Hall & Roche Logistics Red Dragon Rally on Saturday 20 June, based at the Walters Arena complex above Glynneath. The event includes special awards from Nick Bradbury Motorsport Photography, who is continuing his previous association with the rally. The first of five stages begins at 11.00 am, spectators welcome via the signposted entry road off the A4109, admission … [Read more...]
Welsh agency develops talent in motor-sport
Wales based specialist motor sport photographers, Virtual Motorpix has taken on three new cameramen to meet the growing need for images in the publishing industry and to contribute to its growing motoring and motor sport photography archive. The motoring photographic agency currently works with a number of photographers from the UK, Europe and the USA and with the addition of Roland Harrison, … [Read more...]
Alex reaches podium at Silverstone
Alex Morgan claimed his first podium finish in the 2015 SEAT Leon Eurocup, finishing second after a strong and determined drive in round six at Silverstone on Sunday. The fantastic result followed a fourth-place finish in Saturday’s round five of the series, giving the Baporo Motorsport Bridgend-driver (left) a 13-point haul from the weekend in his series campaign. … [Read more...]
Wales Rally GB 2015 route released
Two night stages are included in this year’s Wales Rally GB in North Wales, the organisers announced yesterday. The event in November will also see the return of famous Myherin and iconic Great Orme stages. Advance tickets will offer up to 25 per cent savings on 2014 prices and a new e-ticketing system simplifies buying. This year’s Wales Rally GB 12-15 November is once again the … [Read more...]
Welsh championship hots up in Severn Valley Stages
With all the podium places on Saturday’s Severn Valley Stages being claimed by Pirelli MSA Welsh Forest Rally Championship contenders, outright victory and their first maximum points haul of the season went to Malvern driver’s Bob Ceen and co-driver Andy Bull, from Birmingham, in their Subaru Impreza World Rally Car. It was the crew’s second victory on the event, the previous win having come in … [Read more...]
Jann’s the man for marketing potential says media
GT Academy 2011 winner Jann Mardenborough has been announced as the fiftieth most marketable athlete in the world joining a list of superstars such as Messi, Bolt and Hamilton. Jann, who has progressed through the ranks of motorsport since his victory in 2011 NISMO PlayStation® GT Academy, is predicted to be in the top 50 most marketable athletes in the world over the next three years. The … [Read more...]