Motorsport

Evans gambles on winning for TGR in Monte Carlo this month

11 January 2024

Top Welsh driver, 28-year-old Elfyn Evans starts this season in Monte Carlo WRC opening round for Toyota Gazoo Racing World Rally Team, who have confirmed their star-studded driver line-up for the 2024 FIA World Rally Championship season. Kalle Rovanperä this year became the youngest winner of back-to-back WRC drivers’ titles, aged 23, and has signed a new … [Read more...]

Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 homologated

4 January 2024

Toyota Gazoo Racing World Rally Team (TGR-WRT) said the GR Yaris Rally2 was been granted homologation by the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA), from January 1, 2024. The GR Yaris Rally2 has been developed for customer rallying and is now set for official competition, beginning with the famous Rallye Monte-Carlo later this month. Toyota Gazoo … [Read more...]

Female racer development programme begins

4 January 2024

Global independent motorsport initiative, More than Equal is thrilled to announce it is accepting public applications for its inaugural female driver development programme. From today, applications for the More than Equal Driver Development Programme’s 2024 cohort may be submitted online through the More than Equal website. Selection criteria include … [Read more...]

ERC is backdrop to Fiesta Rally3 Trophy

21 December 2023

The FIA European Rally Championship is gearing up to provide an exciting platform for the all-new Fiesta Rally3 Trophy, which will be contested over five ERC events in 2024 and offer a hugely attractive package of incentives. Partnering with Pirelli and Gulf Race Fuels in establishing the Fiesta Rally3 Trophy, M-Sport Poland has identified the ERC as the … [Read more...]

Watch to look out for in WRC 2024

14 December 2023

Toyota Gazoo Racing has unveiled new liveries for their cars in the FIA World Rally Championship and World Endurance Championship next season. There are two design concepts for the new matt-black finishes for the GR Yaris Rally1 Hybrid and the GR010 Hybrid: “Speed,” representing the team’s hate-to-lose spirit, and “Prototype,” which expresses how Toyota … [Read more...]

Autumn Classic leaves others standing

7 December 2023

Amazingly, the august RAC Club has been celebrating and championing motoring achievements for more than 125 years and their glitzy clubhouse in exclusive Pall Mall is home to some of the most spectacular motoring trophies, including the British Grand Prix and Tourist Trophy. Now in their fifth year, the prestigious RAC Historic Awards annually celebrates … [Read more...]

Classics go futuristic

7 December 2023

Goodwood's 2024 Revival will serve as a landmark moment in motorsport history, as the entire weekend of historic racing is set to take place exclusively using sustainable fuel. Already an event that champions second-hand sustainability, today’s announcement sees the Revival further extend its Revive & Thrive ethos with sustainable fuel ensuring the … [Read more...]

Aberystwyth to host European Rally Championship

30 November 2023

Aberystwyth will host one of Europe's major motor sport events next year when Rali Ceredigion brings the FIA European Rally Championship to Wales. Drivers and teams aiming to build their experience and achieve success in the FIA European Rally Championship will be put through their paces on eight events across the continent in 2024 in one of the biggest … [Read more...]

Three times champions celebrate after Wyedean Stages win

23 November 2023

Matthew Hirst/Declan Dear clinched the Motorsport UK Pirelli Welsh Rally Championship title for a record-equalling third time at the weekend after winning the Wyedean Stages Rally in their Delta Salvage/Witham Group Ford Fiesta R5. Recent heavy rain had left the Forest of Dean stages very wet and slippery, and despite a cautious start Hirst admitted to a … [Read more...]

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