Two rounds to go – and just two drivers remain in the FIA World Rally Championship title fight as the destiny of the 2022 crown reaches a potentially decisive point in Spain this weekend. Sébastien Ogier can seal his eighth drivers’ title in nine seasons at RallyRACC - Rally de España (14 - 17 October) and the only man who can deny him and take the battle into a final round decider in Italy … [Read more...]
Motorsport
Welsh duo dominate Mull Rally
Osian Pryce secured his first British Rally Championship victory since 2013 at the weekend, scooping maximum points at round five of this year’s series, the demanding Beatson’s Building Supplies Mull Rally last weekend. Pryce and co-driver Noel O’Sullivan took their Melvyn Evans Motorsport Volkswagen Polo GTi to a long-awaited BRC win, as teammates Matt Edwards and Darren Garrod faltered on the … [Read more...]
Historic Mull Rally will test BRC crews
The Motorsport UK British Rally Championship will face arguably its toughest challenge of 2021 this week, as it heads to the Isle of Mull for the very first time in its 63-year history, for the gruelling Beatson’s Building Supplies Mull Rally 8-10 October. Round five of Britain’s premier rally series will see the battle for the coveted title starting to take shape, but not before tackling over … [Read more...]
Breen and Puma spearhead Ford WRC bids
M-Sport Ford has announced that Craig Breen and Paul Nagle will spearhead the World Rally team’s attack on the 2022 and 2023 FIA World Rally Championship, behind the wheel of the all-new M-Sport Ford Puma Hybrid Rally1 car. With all-new technical regulations being introduced for 2022, the WRC moves to a new era of competition and sees the introduction of a space frame chassis for the Puma … [Read more...]
Pryce is right on top again as Welsh dominate rally
Osian Pryce leads the British Rally Championship after a stunning drive on the final stage of the Trackrod Rally Yorkshire saw him take second in his Melvyn Evans Motorsport-prepared Volkswagen Polo GTI R5. The 28-year old Machynlleth born driver, who last led the BRC in 2017, was third, two seconds behind Matthew Wilson, going into the sixth and final Trackrod stage, which was a repeat run … [Read more...]
Rallyday – such a great day!
Since inaugurated in 2001, Castle Combe-based Rallyday has established itself as the ‘Go to’ event for rally fans and it's bounced back last weekend. As a result, the organisers of Europe’s biggest one-day 2021 rally show were determined to show rally fans what they’d missed for the last two years. Undoubted star of the show was Hyundai Shell Mobis WRC team driver Craig Breen, fresh from two … [Read more...]
Historic racing and the best British eccentricity
Opened September 1948 and closed in July 1966, Goodwood’s world-famous racing circuit was resuscitated in 1998 with an annual Revival meeting and almost 25-years later, 17th-19thSeptember, has grown to become not only a parody of its former self, but also the most successful UK motor racing meeting held annually, outside the British Grand Prix. That astute Revival light-bulb moment came from … [Read more...]
Tough Trackrod Rally will test BRC teams
The Motorsport UK British Rally Championship will make a return to the iconic Dalby forest for the first time since 2013, as the Trackrod Rally Yorkshire 24-25 September hosts round four of Britain’s premier rally series. With stages draped in history from across the decades, the super-fast Yorkshire forests will provide the longest gravel encounter of the season, with 56 hard fought miles … [Read more...]
Legends align for memorial event
Two of the world’s greatest motoring institutions are uniting to honour the 125th anniversary of the famous Emancipation Run next month. It was on a wet Saturday 14 November 1896 that a group of intrepid early motorists set off from London to Brighton to celebrate the passing into law of the Locomotive on the Highway Act. This seminal government legislation increased the speed limit from … [Read more...]
Craig Breen at Castle Combe Rallyday
Rally enthusiasts are delighted that Rallyday, the UK's premier rally car show, returns to Castle Combe on Saturday 25 September. Backed by VP Fuels and Motor Sport News, the rally fans favorite event will feature hundreds of rally display cars on show, a large number of major car clubs together with non-stop rally car action on the track and rally field. Among international rally … [Read more...]