Rally the Globe is now gearing up for the return of competitive adventure and convivial camaraderie for teams crewing evocative vintage and classic cars with a revised calendar of much-needed, inspirational events confirmed for this year and over the next two years. The action recommences in the UK swiftly after the lifting of national lockdown protocols, … [Read more...]
Motorsport
Oulton Park will open British Rally Championship
The iconic Oulton Park Circuit will provide the Motorsport UK British Rally Championship with a history-making opening round of the 2021 season as the series commences with the Neil Howard Stages in association with Graham Coffey & Co. Solicitors on 31 May. Despite announcing its six-round calendar of events just last week, British Rally Championship … [Read more...]
BRC returns with overhaul of events
The prestigious British Rally Championship will return in 2021 with a revised calendar of events after a radical overhaul from the originally planned schedule. With ongoing restrictions forcing a change to the provisional programme set out last December, the first three qualifiers, the Circuit of Ireland Rally, Corbeau Seats Tendring and Clacton Rally and … [Read more...]
Race begins to find UK’s next rally star
Motorsport UK has announced its involvement in the FIA Rally Star programme, an initiative to find the next generation of World Rally Champions. FIA Rally Star is a worldwide detection programme that will take the best undiscovered talent from around the globe from rallying at home to the FIA World Rally Championship – with the ultimate prize of a … [Read more...]
Eight championships swell one rally
The Nicky Grist Stages will host eight prestigious championships and include a lucrative tyre incentive by Cooper Tires when the event comes to Builth Wells on Saturday 10 July. The Welsh Historic Rally Championship is the latest series to add the Nicky Grist Stages as a points-scoring qualifying round. It had been its reserve event, but has now been given … [Read more...]
Welsh car’s F1 safety role
The St Athan made Aston Martin DBX SUV will be adapted as the F1 medical car when the 2021 championship opens in Bahrain at the end of this month. An adapted and highly tuned Vantage sports car will run ahead of the racers as a safety car when directed by race control. Tobias Moers, Chief Executive Officer of Aston Martin Lagonda said, "Together … [Read more...]
Newslines 8 March
Maria Teresa de Filippis was the first woman to qualify for a Formula 1 Grand Prix, behind the wheel of a Maserati 250F and her story of passion and audacity has inspired Maserati to celebrates her achievements on the occasion of International Women’s Day, 8 March. Born in Naples in 1926, in 1948 she participated in her first race winning the 10 km … [Read more...]
Obituary: Hannu Mikkola 1942 – 2021
Finland's Hannu Mikkola, who died on 26 February aged 78, was one of the most successful and versatile international rally drivers during a 31-year career in a variety of cars from Volvo PV544 to state-of-the-art Group B Audi S1 and a few others in between, writes Ken Davies. Born 24 May 1942 at Joensuu, Finland, like many Scandinavian drivers of his … [Read more...]
Legend Fires Tour of Epynt dampened
Port Talbot Motor Club is disappointed to announce the further postponement of the Legend Fires Tour of Epynt 2021. It follows notification from Landmarc Support Services at Sennybridge Camp that both the proposed July and August dates for the rally are no longer available after the event had already been postponed from Spring. The club understands that … [Read more...]
Edwards aims for third BRC win – now in Polo R5
Twice British Rally Champion Llandudno’s Matt Edwards will return in 2021 in a bid to secure his third title in a row, but switches to a Volkswagen Polo R5 for his potential history-making campaign. Backed by global battery giant Yuasa, who returns as title sponsor for the second consecutive season, Edwards will mark his first full BRC season outside of the … [Read more...]
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