Just Tyres have released new research breaking down what goes into making a Formula 1 winner with the season now in full swing. It found: The UK is home to the drivers who have competed in and won the most races, with homegrown talent claiming 284 wins since F1 began Drivers from Argentina have won 10.83% of their races - the highest percentage of any other country Ferrari leads the … [Read more...]
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Coming and going on Wales Rally GB
Fan favourite Petter Solberg, one of the FIA World Rally Championship’s most charismatic drivers, will end his professional career at this year’s Wales Rally GB 3-6 October driving Volkswagen Motorsport’s Polo GTI R5. The 2003 World Rally Champion is no stranger to Britain’s WRC encounter; he’s started it 15-times and won four times. Between 2002 and 2005, he and Welsh co-driver … [Read more...]
Ogier to promote electric SUV series
Legendary French rally driver, six-time World Champion Sébastien Ogier, will become an Official Ambassador of the cutting-edge off-road electric SUV racing series. The incumbent World Rally Championship title-holder has thrown his weight behind Extreme E, and his expertise will be utilised across the board by Extreme E organisers in the lead-up to its inaugural season – set to get underway in … [Read more...]
Thompson triumphs as Llewellin leads Welsh Forest RC
None of the front-running crews enjoyed a totally trouble-free run on the latest round of the Pirelli Motorsport UK Welsh Forest Rally Championship. It was Russ Thompson and Andy Murphy who overcame their tribulations on the Builth Wells based Nicky Grist Stages, organised by Quinton Motor Club, to take maximum championship points while Tom Llewellin retained his overall series lead. Scott … [Read more...]
Fabulous Anglesey weekend for HSCC racers
The Historic Sports Car Club’s inaugural race meeting at the spectacular Anglesey track in North Wales last weekend delivered fabulous racing as drivers loved the track and its coastal setting. The first Tom Pryce Memorial Meeting featured 20 races, a total entry of more than 170 cars and a very special tribute to the life of Welsh racing driver Tom Pryce. The weekend also included the first … [Read more...]
EV with attitude and all-road ability
If you think evs are boring, drool over this stunner. It has been built for the forthcoming radical electric SUV off-road racing series by ABT Sportsline, the world market leader for tuned Volkswagen Group automobiles and title-winning Formula E outfit. Acceleration is truly stunning with a 0-62mph time of 4.5sec and maximum over 120mph. It has a battery range of up to 180 miles but its shrinks … [Read more...]
Thorburn hopes to clinch BTRDA Series this weekend
The Nicky Grist Stages on Saturday has received a bumper 130 car entry, with top seeds Euan Thorburn/Paul Beaton hoping that a good result on the eight stage Mid-Wales forestry event will clinch them the prestigious 2019 Jordan Road Surfacing BTRDA Rally Series title. The Scottish duo (right) has been unstoppable so far this year with four wins out of four in their Ford Focus WRC. But … [Read more...]
Tom Pryce memorial takes shape for Anglesey weekend
The life of Welsh racing driver Tom Pryce will be celebrated at the Anglesey Circuit this coming weekend, 13 & 14 July, during the first historic racing festival at the North Wales track. The Historic Sports Car Club’s first race meeting at the spectacular track is dedicated to the famous Welsh Formula 1 racer and will feature a fine array of over 160 single-seaters, … [Read more...]
Champions clean sweep in Ypres
Last year’s British Rally Champion Matt Edwards and co-driver Patrick Walsh in their Pirelli-backed Ford Fiesta R5 took a dramatic win on the classic Renties Ypres Rally – the exciting overseas round for the British Rally Championship. For Edwards and his M-Sport team they repeated their 2018 win in fine style to take maximum BRC points, sixth overall and with it the Tony Pond Award for the … [Read more...]
Welsh Enduro maintains tough tradition
The lakeside at Llandrindod Wells was the headquarters for the annual International Welsh 2-Day Enduro with the event again receiving the maximum entry of 500 motorcycles plus a reserve list for the ever-popular event in Mid-Wales, writes Gary Jones. With a lap over over 130 miles each day comprising of some nine checkpoints and 3 timed special tests on private land the first of the sidecars … [Read more...]