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 year. It was Dylan Davies (above) who took … [Read more...]
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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 manufacturer. A throttle sensor problem … [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 and paid for by BT Sport. Under the … [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 Evans, Jari-Matti Latvala, Kris Meeke and … [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 National Tarmacadam Championship, the Promotive … [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 Elfyn Evans was confirmed as the lead … [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 what promises to be another epic … [Read more...]
Rallynuts National Tour of Epynt plans
Port Talbot Motor Club has reached agreement with a new sponsor for it’s long established and successful Tour of Epynt, writes Roger Gale. The special stage rally that last year opened the revitalised Protyre MSA British Asphalt Rally Championship, and will do so again in 2019, and on 10 March it will run as the Rallynuts National Tour of Epynt. The business has evolved into a … [Read more...]
Welsh Forest Rally Championship gets additional sponsor
The organisers of the Pirelli MotorsportUK Welsh Forest Rally Championship have announced that North Wales based motorsport retailer Lightninghouse.net has teamed up with the series for 2019 to support their two-wheel-drive challenge. Throughout the season drivers and co-drivers participating in the challenge will get the chance to win pairs of HRX racing gloves, unique to lightninghouse.net … [Read more...]
Sara signs off French season on a high
Welsh rally star Sara Williams – a literal title as the double winner of the British Women Racing Drivers Club Gold Star Elite award – rounded off her attack on the Renault Clio R3T France Trophy Cup rally series, again teamed with Patrick Walsh as co-driver. Their ASM Motorsport Clio gave them a mixed event, on the rally that ran through tortuous asphalt overlooking the Gulf of St. Tropez in … [Read more...]