Fuel prices are expected to rise over the coming months. Oil production cuts are beginning to be felt in the market but China is buying more and wholesale prices have been rising since New Year. Donington Park has been leased by MotorSport Vision, headed by Jonathan Palmer. He already controls Brands Hatch, Oulton Park, Snetterton, Cadwell Park and Bedford Autodrome and is expanding into … [Read more...]
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Pirelli roll-on with Welsh stage championship
Pirelli will continue as title sponsors of the MSA Welsh Forest Rally Championship in 2017, writes Peter Hughes. Welcoming the news, Championship co-ordinator Dave Evison said, “We are delighted to continue our relationship with Pirelli. “We view it as a tribute to everyone involved with the championship, including event organisers and competitors, that one of the world’s leading tyre … [Read more...]
Junior British Champion can scoop £30,000
The 2017 Junior British Rally Champion will take home a massive cash prize of £30,000 after a closed-season shake-up in the series’ tyre regulations. The organisers of the MSA British Rally Championship said the Junior BRC will adopt an open tyre format this year and offers the champion a cash prize of £30,000 to put towards their 2018 career development. … [Read more...]
Jann lines up this weekend in Dubai
Four winning graduates from the Nissan PlayStation GT Academy programme will team up this weekend for Nissan's assault on the Hankook 24H Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. Successful gamer-to-racer winners Jann Mardenborough (2011), Ricardo Sanchez (2014), Romain Sarazin (2015) and this year's international winner Johnny Guindi will compete in the SP3-GT4 class aboard a Nissan 370Z GT4 entered … [Read more...]
Pembrey Circuit development announced
Pembrey Circuit is being developed to improve its layout and racing. The new courses which will be available for track and rallycross use this season have been shown in a video on YouTube. which was posted last night. Circuit manager Phil Davies has been instrumental in pushing through the new plans with the British Automobile Racing Club and Llanelli Council, which lease the former RAF site … [Read more...]
Circuit of Wales to have world’s biggest Extreme centre
Extreme Sports Company has confirmed it will open the world’s largest action centre at the proposed Circuit of Wales site near Ebbw Vale. While Welsh Government has yet to decide if it will back the Circuit of Wales motor sports complex, Extreme chairman and ceo Alistair Gosling, Chairman and Chief Executive of Extreme, said they have a master-plan in place to introduce their facilities once … [Read more...]
Channel 4 confirms GP season coverage
Channel 4 today confirmed the ten Formula 1 Grand Prix it will broadcast live this year. They will include the 2017 British GP 16 July and the Monaco GP 28 May, marking the first time this iconic race will be shown live on free-to-air TV for five years. They will also include rounds in the Far and Middle East, Russia and America. As part of a three year-deal with Formula One World … [Read more...]
Elfyn Evans gets M-Sport WRC drive in Monte
Welshman Elfyn Evans is back in top flight WRC series. He will return to M-Sport's main squad for Rally Monte Carlo starting two weeks today. Evans spent the 2014 and 2015 seasons with M-Sport, and stayed with the team last year as he stepped down to the WRC2 class. The Welshman will return to the main class for the first round of the 2017 season with the Cumbria-based team, alongside … [Read more...]
Silverstone snatches World Rallycross Championship
The British round of the FIA World Rallycross Championship is moving from Lydden Hill to Silverstone next year. The move comes at a pivotal time in rallycross history with the sport due to celebrate its 50th anniversary this year and continue its rapid growth. The sport started at Lydden Hill in 1967 as a created for television event and the modern format dates from 2014. Paul Bellamy, … [Read more...]
Fowden’s fourth title is his finest – so far!
There is no stopping Llanelli rally driver Bob Fowden. He became the JD Tyres Welsh Tarmacadam Rally Champion again in 2016, his win a remarkable fourth title, that had not looked in doubt for some time but finally sealed with a dominant victory on the Peter Lloyd Stages Rally at the Pembrey Motorsports Centre. The Comline Auto Parts - Kumho Tyres - NGK backed Subaru Impreza WRC machine was … [Read more...]