Rallying

Good news for Welsh rally fans

17 January 2019

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 … [Read more...]

Elfyn Evans leads M-Sport attack in 2019

10 January 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 … [Read more...]

Rallynuts National Tour of Epynt plans

27 December 2018

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 … [Read more...]

Welsh Forest Rally Championship gets additional sponsor

20 December 2018

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 … [Read more...]

Sara signs off French season on a high

13 December 2018

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 … [Read more...]

West Wales rally driver dies after IoM crash

6 December 2018

A Welsh rally driver has died more than three weeks after being injured in a crash on the Isle of Man. Ammanford MC member Mark James was flown to Liverpool's Aintree Hospital with head injuries in the crash during the Pokerstars Rally on 10 November. Mr James' co-driver, Hefin Jenkins, was not injured in the crash, which happened near Andreas … [Read more...]

Championship of note in 2019

22 November 2018

For the 2019 the Pirelli MSA Welsh Forest Rally championship has joined forces with “onthepacenoteUk”, a new partnership set up by 2016 BRC Champion co driver Craig Parry and Irish co-driver and established route note producer Killian Duffy. The partnership will be the preferred note suppliers for each round of the Championship, offering registered … [Read more...]

Celebrity finale in Oz for FIA WRC

15 November 2018

The closest FIA World Rally Championship battle in a generation comes to a compelling conclusion in Australia this weekend when three drivers face the ultimate title shootout. Sébastien Ogier, chasing a sixth consecutive crown in his farewell drive for the M-Sport Ford team, has erased a 23-point deficit in two rallies to head longtime leader Thierry … [Read more...]

Rally lines 8 November

8 November 2018

Autosport International will launch the 2019 FIA World Rally Championship on the first public day at Birmingham’s NEC on Saturday 12 January. In what will truly be a WRC Super Saturday, all of the drivers, co-drivers and team principals will be in one place and on hand to talk about the 2018 championship and share their opinions before the season-opener … [Read more...]

Osian makes dream debut for R4 car