Motorsport

Morris ends frustrating first season with new team

19 November 2020

Bentley Continental GT3 racer Seb Morris experienced a frustrating conclusion to the 2020 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup season at Paul Ricard in France on Sunday when superb pace went unrewarded following an unfortunate accident for team-mate Nelson Panciatici. While retirement early in hour two of the six-hour race halted a realistic charge … [Read more...]

Driving Combe for Christmas ideas

19 November 2020

As Lewis Hamilton clinched his seventh World Drivers' F1 Championship crown, Chippenham’s Castle Combe Circuit has unveiled an array of thrilling experience days and gifts aimed at providing local motorsport enthusiasts with presents they’ll never forget this Christmas. The local race track has been a hub of high-speed petrol-infused action for over 70 … [Read more...]

Evans leaps towards WRC crown

12 November 2020

Elfyn Evans has moved another step towards becoming the first Welsh driver to be crowned FIA World Rally Champion following the cancellation of this month’s Renties Ypres Rally Belgium. Belgium was due to host the FIA World Rally Championship for the first time but, following rising COVID-19 infections in the country, directions from regional government … [Read more...]

Morris races to South of France this week

12 November 2020

Welsh racer Seb Morris heads to Paul Ricard in the south of France this week for the final round of the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup season. The Bentley factory ace will be pushing as hard as ever to battle for a big result as his 2020 European campaign draws to a close. Round four, the six-hour 1,000-kilometre Paul Ricard race, carries a lot of … [Read more...]

Newslines 9 November

9 November 2020

Vauxhall has released prices and specifications for the new Crossland with order banks now open. The new Crossland will start from £19,060 on-the-road in SE trim, with first customer deliveries of the compact SUV starting in early 2021 with a range of petrol and diesel engines, including automatics. Valmet Automotive is extending the battery plant in … [Read more...]

Seb Morris all go for Greenlight

5 November 2020

British Racing Drivers’ Club Superstar Seb Morris has welcomed an exciting development for his professional motor racing career after this week signing with Greenlight Sports Management, the new company established by successful endurance racers Andy Meyrick and Guy Smith. Welshman Morris, a works driver for Bentley Motors, is one of the first to join the … [Read more...]

Chequered flag for UK club motorsport this year

5 November 2020

Club motorsport is over for this year in Britain. Motorsport UK has consulted on the implications for motorsport in England with the Government’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport in respect of the plan to enter a four-week national lockdown on Thursday 5 November. The governing body confirms that following DCMS guidance it must suspend all … [Read more...]

Welshman shrugs off Spa disappointment

29 October 2020

Bentley Continental GT3 Welsh racer Seb Morris showcased his customary determination, tenacity and speed at Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium over the weekend, after mounting an impressive recovery with the CMR team during the rain-impacted Total 24 Hours of Spa. With Pierre-Alexandre Jean and Nelson Panciatici in the CMR-run No.107 Bentley, the Wrexham driver … [Read more...]

Osian impresses at Goodwood

22 October 2020

Osian Pryce made a successful return to rallying after a coronavirus restriction-enforced eight-month layoff by finishing runner-up on the Goodwood SpeedWeek Super Special Stages at the weekend. Contesting his first event in a Volkswagen Polo GTI R5, and without any pre-event testing, the 27-year old Machynlleth born driver set second … [Read more...]

Hyundai i20 N Rally2 unveiled