by Peter Hughes The Plains Rally saw nearly 50 crews battling it out for points in the Pirelli MSA Welsh Forest Rally Championship and after six challenging forest stages it was Ruthin driver Hugh Hunter who claimed maximum points for the second time this season. Hunter and co-driver Andy Marchbank, from Little Sutton (above) took the lead on the … [Read more...]
Motorsport
WRGB not yet confirmed for 2016
Wales Rally GB has not yet been scheduled in next year’s WRC calendar. The traditional end of year round to the international series is not among the nine events so far included for 2016. WRC Promoter, who compile the calendar, said they were talking to possible new events organisers around the world and hoped to finalise the look of the 2016 series by … [Read more...]
Plains Rally marks half-way point in Welsh Forest Rally Championship
The 2015 Pirelli MSA Welsh Forest Rally Championship reaches its halfway point with the Welshpool based Plains Rally. The series has seen a big surge in registrations and has so far produced three different winners on the opening three rounds. Heading the drivers’ standings going into this weekend is Bob Ceen in his Subaru Impreza World Rally Car. … [Read more...]
Jann is back on the attack
Nissan’s Jann Mardenborough has recovered from a serious sports car crash and made a successful start to his GP3 season last weekend with a podium finish at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona, ahead of Sunday’s Formula One race. The young British racer headed straight to Spain after returning from Nissan’s LM P1 Test in the U.S. last week and … [Read more...]
Alex fortunes spill in SEAT Leon Eurocup
Bridgend-born Alex Morgan clinched a sixth-place finish in the second outing of the 2015 SEAT Leon Eurocup after a hard-fought battle at Portuguese circuit Estoril on 9-10 May 2015. Securing another finish in the points, the Baporo Motorsport driver now living at Reading is running eighth in the drivers’ standings in his debut season in the series after … [Read more...]
Ben gunning for victory in North Wales forests this weekend
The British Cross Country Championship visits Radnor Forest this weekend with championship debutant Ben Duckworth looking to build on his opening round victory. Following a tense weekend long battle he beat defending champion Mike Moran on the opening round at Pike’s Peak by just two seconds. Third place went to Neil Davey as he returned to Britain’s … [Read more...]
Top Rallycross returns to Pembrey
Pembrey is next up on the schedule for the 2015 MSA British Rallycross Championship in association with the Shannon Group on Sunday 10 May. The MSA Supercar class is the headlining attention-grabber, with no fewer than 12 flame-spitting, four-wheel-drive, turbocharged 600bhp beasts all vying for the same piece of gravel or asphalt – and all capable of … [Read more...]
Welsh driver will start F1 support race this weekend
Wales multiple motor racing champion Seb Morris is just days away from his eagerly awaited race debut in FIA Formula One World Championship support category GP3, and the 19-year-old says he is as well prepared as possible ahead of the season curtain-raiser at the Circuit de Catalunya in Spain. Rounds one and two of the championship, which will be screened … [Read more...]
Power shortlisted for world series knock-out
Mid Wales racing driver Ben Power has been named a finalist in the World Rallycross Championship’s RX Talent Search programme. Power, aged 25, from Guilsfield, near Welshpool, is one of 12 who has been shortlisted from an entry of 120, to compete for a place in the RX Lites Cup category at the World RX round in Turkey. He joins some of the biggest … [Read more...]
Bowler Challenge series in its element in Wales
In unseasonable and unexpected snow storms, the second round of the 2015 Defender Challenge by Bowler took place at the Sweet Lamb complex in Mid Wales at the weekend. Despite the near freezing temperatures, spirits remained high amongst the 10 teams competing, taking the sleet, snow and rain in their stride and even remarking how well the adverse … [Read more...]
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