The Pirelli MotorsportUK Welsh Forest Rally Championship gets underway on saturday with the Llandudno-based Visit Conwy Cambrian Rally, writes Peter Hughes. With the return of Pirelli as title sponsors, along with RAVENOL’s continued support of the Clubman competitors, the Championship looks to follow up its thriller 2018 season with another bumper … [Read more...]
Motorsport
Welsh racer’s eastern delight
Former Welsh video gamer Jann Mardenborough continues his incredible career as a professional motorsport racer for Nissan in 2019 – his eighth season taking on and beating some of the world’s best drivers on the real world stage. Mardenborough won Nissan’s GT Academy competition in 2011, beating thousands of gamers from around the world to earn a drive at … [Read more...]
WRC 2019 begins in dramatic style
Sébastien Ogier overcame late drama to secure his sixth consecutive Rallye Monte-Carlo victory in a spellbinding final stage shootout on Sunday afternoon. He fended off Thierry Neuville by 2.2s in the closest Monte Carlo finish in history to clinch an emotional debut win on his return to Citroën. It marked the 100th world rally success for the French … [Read more...]
Ralio overtaken by BT Sport for WRC coverage
BT Sport has overtaken Welsh programme maker Tinopolis as the channel for the World Rally Championship in a multi-million-pound deal. Tinopolis has covered the series over 15 seasons and used it as a platform to cover other motor sport events in Wales and the UK but the free-to-air programme maker couldn't compete with the breadth of coverage proposed … [Read more...]
Junior WRC opportunity for best young driver
The British Rally Championship, in partnership with M-Sport Poland and Pirelli, is offering the highest placed Fiesta R2T runner in the Junior BRC a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to step into the FIA Junior WRC Championship. Britain’s premier rallying series is a well-known proving ground for rallying stars. Recent BRC graduates include Elfyn … [Read more...]
Mighty Minis and RWD Astra among Rallynuts
Regulations and entry forms are available for the Rallynuts National Tour of Epynt Rally on the military roads above Sennybridge on 10 March. For 2019 Port Talbot MC welcomes a new sponsor to the event, Rallynuts Motorsport of Redditch . The rally is the opening round of the 2019 Protyre Motorsport UK Asphalt Championship, the JD Tyres Welsh … [Read more...]
Good news for Welsh rally fans
The organisers of the Pirelli MotorsportUK Welsh Forest Rally Championship have confirmed that they will continue to enjoy the support of the market leading tyre manufacturers as title sponsors while also unveiling their calendar for the 2019 series, writes Peter Hughes. It was also good news at the Autosport Show when Mid-Wales driver … [Read more...]
Pembrey wins major rallycross rounds
Most of the British Rallycross championship this season will be contested at the acclaimed Pembrey circuit. The venue between Llanelli and Kidwelly underwent a major privately funded investment three seasons ago and competitors have praised the Pembrey team, led by Phil Davies, for the course and the challenge it presents. The calendar for the … [Read more...]
FF1600 championship’s golden anniversary
Half a century of Castle Combe’s circuit-based Formula Ford 1600 championship will be celebrated at the opening race meeting of the 2019 season on Easter Monday 22 April. Formula Ford racing has been an incredibly important part of the Wiltshire track’s story since the late 1960s. 50 years after the opening race in the Castle Combe Formula Ford … [Read more...]
Elfyn Evans leads M-Sport attack in 2019
Whetting appetites for this year’s Wales Rally GB, the eagerly-anticipated 2019 FIA World Rally Championship launched today at Autosport International (10-13 January). New liveries and new driver line-ups will all be unveiled at Birmingham’s NEC on what has been dubbed ‘Super Saturday’, giving British rally fans and show visitors a unique insight into … [Read more...]
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