Motorsport officials and police are continuing investigations into an accident which killed a Welsh co-driver and injured his driver in Scotland on Saturday. The Jim Clark Rally is a round of the keenly contested Probite British Rally Championship and based around the F1 legend’s home town of Duns was cancelled after the Hyundai i20 Rally2 car of Newcastle … [Read more...]
Welshman in race against time and rivals
Welsh rally driver James Williams and his Orange Amps Rally Team have a mountain to climb this week as they fight to repair and re-prep their Hyundai i20 Rally2 ahead of the next round of the Probite British Rally Championship this weekend. The 27-year-old last weekend embarked on a European adventure, as he and his team contested Rally Sierra Morena - the … [Read more...]
Williams begins bid for ERC crown this week
British driver James Williams will join Team MRF Tyres for the opening round of the FIA European Rally Championship in Spain this week as he expands his 2025 rallying calendar into Europe. Rally Sierra Morena - Córdoba Patrimonio de la Humanidad is the next challenge for the Welshman, with the three-day asphalt, sealed surface event around Córdoba in … [Read more...]
Williams swoops to Manx first win
Welshman James Williams won his first ever rally outright last weekend by sealing victory on the picturesque Isle of Man. The Orange Amps driver from Cenarth expertly guided by co-driver Ross Whittock dominated the two day rally in their Hyundai i20 Rally2, finishing the rally four minutes clear of their nearest rival. The Manx Rally was to play … [Read more...]
Welsh drivers victorious on Rali Ceredigion
Osian Pryce reminded fans why he is the reigning British rally champion by winning the biggest and most prestigious rally in the UK when he romped to victory on the 2023 JDS Machinery Rali Ceredigion based in Aberystwyth last weekend. It was the second time that the 30-year old driver had won the close road stage event, having clinched victory there in 2019 … [Read more...]
Cronin sweeps to Jim Clark Rally win
Four-time British Rally champion Keith Cronin put the hammer down for a fifth title bid last weekend, taking his Volkswagen Polo GTi to a sensational Beatson’s Building Supplies Jim Clark Rally victory in the Scottish Borders. Cronin and co-driver Mikie Galvin were a forced to be reckoned with all weekend long, opening up an unassailable forty second lead … [Read more...]
Welshman gets R5 trial
Last weekend both 2018 Junior British Rally Champion Steve Røkland and 2018 runner-up James Williams, of Newcastle Emlyn, experienced the next step of their rallying careers. Both the Norwegian and Welshman applied their trade in the Junior BRC last season in front-wheel-drive R2 cars and as a reward for their championship exploits, … [Read more...]
Williams and Whittock get Hyundai R5 test drive
Welshman James Williams and English co-driver Ross Whittock are the first recipients of a test with Hyundai Motorsport Customer Racing. Their prize is a test in the latest specification Hyundai i20 R5 for leading the Prestone MSA Motorsport News Junior British Rally Championship after the opening two rounds. The prizes, which are supported by Hyundai … [Read more...]
Edwards does the BRC double in Belgium
Welshmen Matt Edwards and Darren Garrod stretched their championship lead after an enthralling Prestone MSA British Rally Championship contest on the Renties Ypres Rally which finished on saturday. They claimed a last-gasp victory to seal their first BRC win on Tarmac – backing up their victory on the opening round of the series on gravel. … [Read more...]
