Elfyn Evans is back in the WRC, but this time in a development role in the support Fiesta R5 programme. Elfyn Evans will take to the wheel of the new evolution Ford Fiesta R5 for a programme in the 2016 FIA World Rally Championship. Contesting the WRC’s principal support category, Evans’ appointment will prove the extensive upgrades M-Sport has … [Read more...]
Rallying
Sara’s Sahara shakedown
Welsh rally driver Sara Williams has been nominated to join 17 fellow female drivers and co-drivers to participate in a special cross country rally project next week. Sara is the only representative for Britain at this truly special event. Run by Qatar Motor and Motorcycling Federation in conjunction with the FIA Women in Motorsport Commission, Sara is … [Read more...]
Dylan’s delighted to win first Ravenol Welsh Challenge series
Following a battle that went all the way down to the final rally of the season, victory in the inaugural Ravenol Welsh Challenge has gone to Dylan Davies. Competitors in the Pirelli MSA Welsh Forest Rally Championship were eligible for points in the Challenge based on the number of rounds that they competed on and their performance within their class, … [Read more...]
Pirelli Welsh battle goes down to the wire in North Wales
The final round of the Pirelli MSA Welsh Forest Rally Championship saw Abergele driver Luke Francis take maximum points for the second time this season to claim third place in the drivers’ standing while Andy Bull, from Birmingham claimed the co-drivers’ crown to go with his driver, Bob Ceen’s already secured drivers’ title. Francis, and co-driver John H … [Read more...]
Network Q oversubscribed as clubmen flock to WRGB stages
This year’s battles on the highly praised ‘Road to Wales’ initiative have all now been settled with eight worthy winners now gearing up to pit their skills against the world’s finest on next month’s eagerly-anticipated Wales Rally GB 12-15 November. Introduced in 2013, the Road to Wales programme rewards Britain’s best rallying talent with free entries into … [Read more...]
Armchair rallying comes home
WRC 5, the official game of the 2015 FIA World Rally Championship, is now on sale from £24 to £45 depending on games platform. It allows players to drive 65 different special stages, five each from all 13 rounds of motorsport’s toughest championship for production-based cars including classics such as El Condor from Rally Argentina, Ouninpohja from Neste … [Read more...]
Pirelli Welsh series concludes this weekend
The Pirelli MSA Welsh Forest Rally Championship reaches its conclusion this saturday with the Llandudno based Cambrian Rally. The driver’s title has already been won by North Wales born Bob Ceen and he will be looking to round off the season with a victory on home turf. Although he now lives in Malvern, Bob was born on the Llyn peninsula and brought up … [Read more...]
Wales Rally GB will host a Big Bang
Next month’s Wales Rally GB will be the focal point for a number of initiatives aimed at inspiring the nation’s ambitious young talent. More than 1500 students from local educational establishments are expected to visit the ‘Big Bang’ Industry Awareness STEM Event being organised in the Wales Rally GB Deeside Service Park 12-15 November. Hundreds more … [Read more...]
Evans above its Wales on a new high
Welsh rugby and football is on a high and now Welsh rallying is on a similar high after Elfyn Evans scored an outstanding career-high second place in the Tour de Corse, the French round of this year’s FIA World Rally Championship. Earlier this season the 26-year-old from Dolgellau and his co-driver Daniel Barritt posted his maiden WRC podium when … [Read more...]
Welsh rallying legend dies
Motorsport lost an accomplished rally co-driver, event organiser, and results service provider on Wednesday 16 September, Hywel Thomas, writes Roger Gale. Affectionately known by many friends as “Hywel the Mac”, a term that arose from his early garb as a road rally navigator and stuck with him forever, passed away in the early hours after several months … [Read more...]
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