Welshman Meirion Evans hasn’t contested a rally since the beginning of February due to the Covid-19 pandemic putting the brakes on motorsport events around the world. But his unplanned enforced break ends Sunday when he contests the Aarova Rally, Belgium. The 25-year old driver was all set to challenge for the Irish Tarmac Rally Championship title this … [Read more...]
Motorsport
Wales’ forests rallying agreement signed
Motorsport UK and Natural Resources Wales have signed a new access agreement to allow competitive four-wheeled rallying for the next three years until 2023. For decades, NRW’s forests have played host to a range of motorsport, working effectively with Motorsport UK to stage events at every level of the sport, from grassroots to the iconic Wales Rally GB – … [Read more...]
Northern Ireland awaits decisions on holding WRC round
Northern Ireland will get UK Government funding if it replaces Wales Rally GB in the WRC calendar, according to media reports this week. The rally following in Ireland is huge and the region has been trying to get the event for a number of years after it has been run in Wales for two decades, moving from South to North Wales in that time. It is cancelled … [Read more...]
Seb faces ‘Ring challenge weekend
British Racing Drivers’ Club Superstar Seb Morris gets his 2020 season back underway this coming weekend, 5th/6th September, when the Nurburgring in Germany hosts round two of the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup. Bentley factory driver Morris, from Marford near Wrexham, has been placed with French squad CMR to assist the outfit with its development … [Read more...]
Williams F1 team sold to US business
The struggling Williams F1 team has been sold. Dorilton Capital is a New York-based private investment firm in sectors such as healthcare, engineering and manufacturing and will finance the team which continues with its current racing plans and it also has a separate engineering business. … [Read more...]
Wales’s £10M loss as RallyGB was cancelled
The immense and far-reaching benefits delivered by Wales Rally GB have been highlighted in a new infographic depicting many of the widespread rewards generated by last year’s staging of the UK’s annual round of the FIA World Rally Championship, writes Peter Hughes. Now that 2019’s final figures have been verified, it is possible to judge the full … [Read more...]
Breaking news: F1 teams agreement
The top ten teams in F1 have committed to the sport for the next five years. The agreement with rights holder Liberty Media will change governance and prize money allocation and ensure a better spread of revenue down the grid. … [Read more...]
Laverbread Nouveau Enduro taste for adventure
A weekend rally traversing some great French driving roads, promoting Wales and its gastronomic products while also generating a record amount of money for a worthy charity, was the idea. On refection, there was nothing not to like about the 1984 Laverbread Nouveau Enduro. Born out of a fertile marketing alliance between Wales … [Read more...]
Morris eyes Imola this weekend
Almost six months since his last race in a Bentley Continental GT3, Seb Morris will finally get back to competitive action this weekend at Imola, Italy when the opening round of the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup takes place. Welshman Morris, who will be the ‘Pro’ driver in the No.107 CMR entered Bentley Continental GT3 alongside French … [Read more...]
Bring It On 4 Ben goes virtually racing
Automotive industry charity, Ben, is launching its first ever series of virtual challenges, as part of Bring It On 4 Ben. The first of the charity’s virtual challenges to run this year, Formula Ben Silverstone VGP, starts on 2nd August and is inspired by the Formula 1 British Grand Prix at Silverstone. After the last few months of uncertainty, the Formula … [Read more...]
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