Eight-times WRC title takers Citroen Racing is pulling out of the series with immediate effect. Citroën Racing had a two year-commitment with its two C3 WRC and the crews Sebastien Ogier/ Julien Ingrassia and Lappi/Ferm 2019 - 2020. However, Citroën has taken the decision to pull out from its WRC programme without a first-class driver available to fight for a world title following … [Read more...]
Motorsport
The Glyn Memorial Stages
Anglesey Circuit will once again play host to the unique Glyn Memorial Trophy Stages rally this weekend. Organised by the Caernarvonshire and Anglesey Motor Club, the rally will conclude several championships including the Welsh Tarmacadam Rally Championship, Association of North Western Car Clubs Stage Rally Championship, Junior 1000 Rally Championship, Junior 1000 Ecosse Challenge and Senior … [Read more...]
Winter Race Day final this weekend
The British Racing & Sports Car Club make the final visit if the year to Anglesey Circuit next weekend to deliver another Winter Race Day and round off the 2019 season in style. Headlining the event will be the final rounds of the Avon Tyres Northern Formula Ford Championship, one of the most competitive regional single seater championships in British club motorsport today. With titles in the … [Read more...]
Welsh Forest Rally Championship decided
Matt Hirst and Declan Dear took the 2019 Pirelli Motorsport UK Welsh Forest Rally Championship in style on Saturday with outright victory on the final round, writes Peter Hughes. It was Russ Thompson and Andy Murphy who led the series going into the Winner Garage Wyedean Stages Rally, needing just a solid finish to take the title. When they retired on the very first stage of the rally, however, … [Read more...]
WRC 2019 series ends early
This year's FIA World Rally Championship has prematurely ended. It will not stage the 2019 season finale at Kennards Hire Rally Australia due to the serious bush fires affecting the New South Wales state close to the event's Coffs Harbour base. The organisers announced the news on Tuesday after widespread consultation with the State Government, the FIA, emergency services and the local … [Read more...]
Racing & remembering
One of the highlights of the UK motorsport calendar returns to Anglesey Circuit for the sixth year this coming weekend. Mission Motorsport’s unique Race of Remembrance features fifty teams in a 1,000km race. Although primarily a ‘clubman’ event, the Race of Remembrance attracts a diverse crowd of racers from novices to experts. Mission Motorsport beneficiaries play a huge part in the … [Read more...]
The unforgettable Silverstone Experience
How did a windswept WWI airfield become one of the world’s most iconic international Grand Prix circuits and the ‘Home of British Motor Racing? asks racer turned writer Ken Davies. Now you can discover this remarkable metamorphosis by visiting the newly opened £20M Silverstone Experience, charting progress from medieval farmland to international stardom, via an 18th century aristocratic estate … [Read more...]
Estonian Tänak takes WRC for drivers for first time
Ott Tänak became the first Estonian to win the FIA World Rally Championship in a tense finale to Spain’s Rally RACC Catalunya - Rally de España on Sunday afternoon. He snatched second place in the closing Wolf Power Stage to secure the 2019 crown with a round to spare, ending a 15-year French domination by the sport’s most successful drivers, Sébastiens Loeb and Ogier. It is Toyota’s first … [Read more...]
Pirelli series rolls towards thrilling climax
The Winner Garage Skoda Wyedean Rally and Forest of Dean Motor Club event provides a fitting climax to what has been a highly competitive season in the Pirelli Motorsport UK Welsh Forest Rally Championship, writes Peter Hughes. A few of the crews still in contention, however, have yet to enter the event. Both front running crews in the fight for the overall title, Russ Thompson/Andy Murphy and … [Read more...]
Turning back the competition clock
Rally fans turned back the clock even before summer time ends this weekend, writes Ken Davies. The second running of the Lombard RAC Rally retro 19/20 October proved more popular than the organizing team could ever have hoped, with resulting traffic jams caused by spectators queuing to enter the iconic stages rivalling those seen in period, 1976/80/83/86 and setting the perfect atmosphere on a … [Read more...]