The iconic Oulton Park Circuit will provide the Motorsport UK British Rally Championship with a history-making opening round of the 2021 season as the series commences with the Neil Howard Stages in association with Graham Coffey & Co. Solicitors on 31 May. Despite announcing its six-round calendar of events just last week, British Rally Championship organisers have since been offered the … [Read more...]
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BRC returns with overhaul of events
The prestigious British Rally Championship will return in 2021 with a revised calendar of events after a radical overhaul from the originally planned schedule. With ongoing restrictions forcing a change to the provisional programme set out last December, the first three qualifiers, the Circuit of Ireland Rally, Corbeau Seats Tendring and Clacton Rally and Beatson’s Building Supplies Jim Clark … [Read more...]
Race begins to find UK’s next rally star
Motorsport UK has announced its involvement in the FIA Rally Star programme, an initiative to find the next generation of World Rally Champions. FIA Rally Star is a worldwide detection programme that will take the best undiscovered talent from around the globe from rallying at home to the FIA World Rally Championship – with the ultimate prize of a seat in the FIA Junior World Rally … [Read more...]
Eight championships swell one rally
The Nicky Grist Stages will host eight prestigious championships and include a lucrative tyre incentive by Cooper Tires when the event comes to Builth Wells on Saturday 10 July. The Welsh Historic Rally Championship is the latest series to add the Nicky Grist Stages as a points-scoring qualifying round. It had been its reserve event, but has now been given full championship status. This means … [Read more...]
Obituary: Hannu Mikkola 1942 – 2021
Finland's Hannu Mikkola, who died on 26 February aged 78, was one of the most successful and versatile international rally drivers during a 31-year career in a variety of cars from Volvo PV544 to state-of-the-art Group B Audi S1 and a few others in between, writes Ken Davies. Born 24 May 1942 at Joensuu, Finland, like many Scandinavian drivers of his period, Hannu started competing in a Volvo … [Read more...]
Legend Fires Tour of Epynt dampened
Port Talbot Motor Club is disappointed to announce the further postponement of the Legend Fires Tour of Epynt 2021. It follows notification from Landmarc Support Services at Sennybridge Camp that both the proposed July and August dates for the rally are no longer available after the event had already been postponed from Spring. The club understands that backlogs of military training that need to … [Read more...]
Edwards aims for third BRC win – now in Polo R5
Twice British Rally Champion Llandudno’s Matt Edwards will return in 2021 in a bid to secure his third title in a row, but switches to a Volkswagen Polo R5 for his potential history-making campaign. Backed by global battery giant Yuasa, who returns as title sponsor for the second consecutive season, Edwards will mark his first full BRC season outside of the M-Sport Ford marque since joining the … [Read more...]
Chiller thriller for WRC crews this week
Three days of Arctic WRC action puts drivers’ skills to the test this week. The plans are for the Rovaniemi round of the WRC to be driven as a three-day event: the action starts on Friday 26 February with a shakedown in the morning. The first special stages of the rally proper will be driven on Friday evening and the competition continues on Saturday 27 February with three stages that will all … [Read more...]
Welsh rallying return hoped for this summer
Fingers are crossed that rallying can return to Wales this summer. This year’s Nicky Grist Stages 10 July remains on course to host rounds of several championships. The event will be based in Builth Wells town centre, with the service area located on the Builth Wells RFC pitch. Rally headquarters will be in the magnificent Strand Hall on Strand Street, both the start and finish ceremonies will … [Read more...]
Hopes dampen for Legend Fires Tour of Epynt
Plans have been dampened to hold the Legend Fires Tour of Epynt this spring. Port Talbot MC said today that their round of the MSUK Protyre National Asphalt Rally Championship, has been postponed due to the Covid Pandemic restrictions. Organisers had liaised with the MOD over the original April date, but this week's Welsh Government Minister for Health briefing on Pandemic restrictions advising … [Read more...]