Fresh from his history-making victory on last month’s Wales Rally GB, comes confirmation that Welsh rally star Elfyn Evans will be promoted within the title winning M-Sport team for the 2018 FIA World Rally Championship. Ending weeks of speculation, the Cumbrian-based outfit has announced that the 28-year-old from Dolgellau has been rewarded for an … [Read more...]
Motorsport
Sponsors rally to Protyre asphalt championship next year
The 2018 Protyre MSA Asphalt Rally Championship will give significant class awards and incentives for competitors. The 2018 Protyre MSA Asphalt Rally Championship will include a fantastic array of cash and product prizes throughout the classes – ranging from a total of 102 free tyres courtesy of Protyre, Mintex brake pads, £300 worth of vouchers and a … [Read more...]
Sporting lines: F1 return for Alfa Romeo
After a 30 years gap, Alfa Romeo returns to F1 next season. It will run with the Swiss Sauber team and use Ferrari engines from its stablemate in the FCA group and there is no cut-off for the deal which rekindles memories of world champion Juan Manuel Fangio in 1951. … [Read more...]
Bumper entry for 2018 Historic Monte Carlo from UK
A bumper entry has been confirmed for the start of the 2018 historic rally run to Monte Carlo. It’ll be the fifth time Paisley –the only shortlisted Scottish entry for the title UK City of Culture 2021 – will be the only British start point of six European cities for a range of historic cars to make the 1500-mile trip to the South of France. Close to … [Read more...]
MINI prepare for Dakkar with two new models
MINI and the X-raid Team have launched into the final preparation phase for the Dakar Rally 2018 with the presentation of their current racing cars. For the first time MINI and X-raid will face the challenges of the most demanding long-distance rally in the world using two different types of drive. In addition to the further advanced version of the … [Read more...]
Rallies calendar unveiled for 2018 Welsh season
The Calendar for the 2018 Pirelli MSA Welsh Forest Rally Championship has been unveiled, featuring the return of an old favourite along with a new event to the series. The Championship will kick off once again with the Cambrian Rally before the return, following a one year absence, of the Grooms Garage Mid Wales Stages. Rally North Wales is round 3 of … [Read more...]
Black hits purple patch to clinch Welsh championship
A fourth maximum points score in as many rounds contested has secured the 2017 Pirelli MSA Welsh Forest Rally Championship for Callum Black, says Peter Hughes. With treacherously slippery conditions greeting competitors on the morning stages of the Winners Garage Wyedean Stages Rally, the Brackley driver and co-driver Elliott Edmondson were among many to … [Read more...]
Racing lines 16 November
A long standing tradition of raising money for mainly locally based charities has generated over £44k from spectators and drivers at the Castle Combe circuit this year. The circuit’s charity raising started in earnest in 1989 by the late circuit boss Howard Strawford, from Swansea, who instigated the donation of gate receipts from its car boot sales to … [Read more...]
Dramatic finale looms in Welsh forest series
Contenders in the Pirelli MSA Welsh Forest Rally Championship face the final round on 11 November with the Winners Garage Skoda Wyedean Stages Rally. In the absence of Surrey’s Wug Utting, it’s a straight two horse race for the overall driver’s title. Callum Black has only contested a limited programme of championship rounds this season but he … [Read more...]
VW will return to WRC
Volkswagen will return to the WRC in 2019. A tantalizing sketch of the car it will be testing from the middle of next year was released this week. With the Polo GTI R5, Volkswagen returns to rallying under a new guise. In the second half of 2018, Volkswagen will make the 270 hp rally version of the Polo available to professional teams and aspiring … [Read more...]
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