Fresh from his dominant maiden victory in the British GT Championship a week ago at Oulton Park in Cheshire, Bentley Continental GT3 racer Seb Morris cannot wait to be back on track so soon after the history-making win when round five takes place at Silverstone this weekend. With the joyous celebrations from the round four victory – the first in British GT for the Continental GT3 – still … [Read more...]
Motorsport
Builth blast for Rallynuts
Competitors in the Pirelli MSA Welsh Forest Rally Championship start the second half of their season this weekend with the Builth Wells-based Rallynuts Motorsport Severn Valley Stages, reports Peter Hughes. Luke Francis and John H Roberts holding the lead in the overall driver’s and co-driver’s categories, the Rhuddlan based driver and his Colwyn Bay team-mate … [Read more...]
Sporting lines
Team Parker Racing’s Rick Parfitt Jnr and Seb Morris secured theirs and Bentley’s maiden British GT Championship victory at Oulton Park last weekend thanks to a commanding performance in the second hour-long race. Wrexham-born Seb Morris, Team Parker Racing Bentley Continental GT3 driver said, “I pushed really hard, to the absolute limit in fact all the way through the stint. The car was … [Read more...]
Welsh racer brings battle closer to home
Oulton Park will host the first double-header race meeting of the British GT Championship season this Bank Holiday weekend, and Welsh challenger Seb Morris will make his first competitive appearance on ‘home’ soil at the Cheshire track since 2013. From Marford, near Wrexham, 20-year-old Seb, has for the past couple of years has been racing in Europe and on the international … [Read more...]
Entries open for two-in-one multi-championship rally
Entries are now open for the Nicky Grist Stages 9-10 July – with the official event regulations and entry forms on-line at http://www.nickygriststages.co.uk. This year celebrates the 36th running of Quinton Motor Club’s forest stage rally, the 29th consecutive year of it hosting a round of the BTRDA Rally Series, the sixth year of title sponsorship from Nicky Grist Motorsports and its maiden … [Read more...]
Records fall at Welsh sand speed event
Many new British records were set during the Straightliners event at Pendine last weekend. It was the first time that the Bonneville vehicle classification system was used on sand in the UK and many records were established. Despite the unpredictable weather of the first day over 40 riders from as far a field as France turned up for action. The range of vehicles stretch from the most up to … [Read more...]
Fuel cell first in British motor sport
Motorsport history will be made at Gurston Down Speed Hill Climb outside Salisbury on the bank holiday weekend. The most unusual, certainly the quietest and probably the “greenest”, of the cars taking part in the British Hillclimb Championship event will be a Toyota Mirai, which has no engine but produces energy for it's electric motor through a hydrogen fuel cell. No such car has ever … [Read more...]
Pain and pleasure on Plains Rally
Luke Francis took maximum points on Saturday’s Plains Rally to claim the lead at the mid-way point of the 2016 Pirelli MSA Welsh Forest Rally Championship. There was disappointment, meanwhile for early season leader and junior front-runner Andrew Jones. With the Welshpool based event run in glorious sunshine, Rhuddlan driver Francis and co-driver John H Roberts, from Colwyn Bay, outpaced … [Read more...]
Alex steps onto 2016 podium
Bridgend-born Alex Morgan gave a hard fought performance at the historic Silverstone circuit, for the second round of SEAT León Eurocup. Following a frustrating start to the season in Estoril, the Reading-based driver had his sights set on promising results in front of his home crowd. Alex gave a strong performance finishing 3rd he claimed his first podium of 2016, and secured a well-earned … [Read more...]
Lucky Severn Valley Stages goes ahead
The organisers of the Pirelli MSA Welsh Forest Rally Championship have welcomed news that the fifth round of their series, the Rallynuts Motorsport Severn Valley Stages, will go ahead as planned. The news follows a temporary agreement being reached between National Resources Wales and the sport’s governing body, the MSA. The current agreement over fees for using NRW roads for motorsport … [Read more...]