Elfyn Evans stormed to victory at Croatia Rally on Sunday afternoon, soaring to the top of the FIA World Rally Championship standings in the process. The Toyota Gazoo Racing driver and co-driver dedicated their win (below) to their friend and fellow competitor Craig Breen, who tragically lost his life in the build-up to the event. Scott Martin sat alongside Breen as co-driver between 2014 and … [Read more...]
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Toyota Gazoo Racing return to asphalt in Croatia
Toyota Gazoo Racing World Rally Team head to the Croatia Rally this week, the fourth round of the 2023 FIA World Rally Championship 21-23 April. They arrive in Croatia with heavy hearts following the death in testing last week of Craig Breen. Toyota Gazoo Racing send their deepest condolences to his family and to his team, Hyundai Motorsport. Considered the first pure asphalt round of the … [Read more...]
Hirst cracks the Rallynuts Stages
Matthew Hirst and Declan Dear extended their lead in the 2023 Motorsport UK Pirelli Welsh Rally Championship after scoring maximum points on the second round of the series, the Rallynuts Stages Rally on Saturday 15 April. It was a perfect day for rallying, with glorious sunshine and some of the best stages Wales has to offer in excellent condition – although the event ran in a somewhat sombre and … [Read more...]
Unique racer rises from scrapyard
The 1927 Alvis Grand Prix car, one of the first of its kind to use front wheel drive, has been extensively restored 96 years after a retirement at Brooklands curtailed the factory effort. Abandoned in a Warwickshire scrapyard after its race career ended, the sole surviving Alvis Grand Prix is highly original, having not been subjected to years of competition. It has been revealed at Automobile … [Read more...]
Craig Breen dies in rally test session
World Rally Championship driver Craig Breen has died following crash testing for next week’s Rally Croatia. The factory Hyundai driver went off the road during a team test on asphalt roads in Croatia today and succumbed to injuries but co-driver James Fulton was unharmed in the crash. The 33-year-old Irishman finished second at Rally Sweden in February which marked his first WRC start of … [Read more...]
Hirst starts on a high this Saturday
Matthew Hirst will be aiming to make it two wins from two starts when he contests Round 2 of the 2023 Motorsport UK Pirelli Welsh Rally Championship, the Rallynuts Stages Rally, on Saturday 15 April. Co-driven by Declan Dear, Hirst won the event last year in his Pirelli-shod Delta Salvage Ford Fiesta R5 by a very impressive 34 seconds – having been an incredible 24 seconds faster than his nearest … [Read more...]
Weekend roadtest: GWM Funky Cat 1st Edition
The UK’s electric car revolution is becoming a bloody affair. From initially resisting the new technology on cost grounds including writing off established investments in petrol and diesel engine technology and having to develop hybrid or pure electric powertrains, along with making tens of thousands of workers redundant, manufacturers have struggled to convince buyers into showrooms or on-line … [Read more...]
Newslines 6 April
Welsh government is very unlikely to see £7.35m it spent on an ill-fated Circuit of Wales racetrack project, it has told the BBC. Officials say there is "little chance" of getting it back from the insolvent company behind the £433M Circuit of Wales after the project fell apart in 2017 when the Welsh government rejected a request to guarantee almost half its funding after it discovered there were … [Read more...]
Grand Prix legends return to Silverstone
An incredible grid of legendary front-engined Grand Prix cars will be one of the standout highlights at Silverstone Festival 2023 from 25-27 August which this summer is celebrating the world famous circuit’s 75thanniversary in spectacular style with special races, parades and displays. As ever, the three-day event will feature an unrivalled line-up of retro races but this year the bill will be … [Read more...]
Welshman Morris steps onto podium
Former British GT Champion Seb Morris, from near Wrexham, delivered an impressive showing on his racing return at Donington Park over the weekend with an excellent podium finish just reward for a sparkling debut in the GT Cup Championship. Even though having been away from competitive track action for 10 months, and with the fresh challenge of a new car – the Mercedes-AMG GT4 – a new team … [Read more...]