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...]
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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...]
WRGB historic win by Welshman Elfyn Evans
Welsh rally ace Elfyn Evans swept to victory on WRGB today, ending a 17 year gap since it was last won by a British driver. It was the best drive of his career after less than a second robbed him of a maiden WRC win in Argentina. Evans, son of another Welsh and British legend Gwyndaf Evans from Dolgellau, and co-driver Dan Barritt swept out … [Read more...]
Go Elfyn go….into history
Elfyn Evans gave the huge crowds lining the Welsh forests plenty of reason to cheer today becoming the first British driver to lead on home soil for 16 years as he established a commanding advantage of almost 25 seconds on the opening leg of Wales Rally GB. Having set the pace on yesterday’s Shakedown, Evans headed into today’s action – held in the famous … [Read more...]
Welsh schoolboy’s a winner on WRGB
Toyota GAZOO Racing star Jari-Matti Latvala and Welsh Cabinet Secretary for Economy & Infrastructure, Ken Skates, uncovered a Toyota GT86 sports car in the prize-winning livery of local school pupil Rheinallt Jones at Deeside Rally Village today. Twelve-year-old Rheinallt – a Year 8 student at Ysgol Gyfun Llangefni on Anglesey – was the creative force … [Read more...]
Motor sports show takes to WRGB stages
The M-Sport World Rally Team cars will be wrapped in a special Autosport International livery at Wales Rally GB this week. The unique collaboration also marks the announcement that M-Sport will be exhibiting at the show in January. The Wales Rally GB weekend is a decisive one for the M-Sport team. The British outfit are within striking distance of the … [Read more...]
Keep Welsh eyes on Elfyn Evans, says David Llewellin
Wales’s most successful rally driver, David Llewellin, is tipping his fellow countryman Elfyn Evans for great success and even an historic victory on Wales Rally GB 26-29 October. Although a number of Welsh co-drivers have won Britain’s classic round of the FIA World Rally Championship, no Welsh driver has ever stood on the podium let alone won … [Read more...]
Motorsport ban looms after tomorrow
All motorsport is under threat from the European Court, and your action today can help save it, writes Guild of Motoring Writers committee member Laura Platman. This is a serious threat not just to competitors and the motorsport industry but also to journalists and media organisations producing coverage of the sport and EU consultation closes tomorrow, 20 … [Read more...]
Sara shines in showers
Welsh rally driver Sara Williams and co-driver Mark Glennerster returned to the Clio R3T France Trophy battle last week, and returned with their best performance of the year. On the Rally Coeur De France they put in a steady drive in atrocious conditions and set some very fast times as they climbed up to fifth in the series. … [Read more...]
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