Welsh star Elfyn Evans was cruelly robbed of a second win in the FIA World Rally Championship in a dramatic and heart-breaking finale to last weekend’s Tour de Corse, the campaign's first round staged on asphalt. Known as the ‘Rally of Ten Thousand Corners’, the Corsican classic lived up to its billing producing plenty of twists and turns, and ultimately despair for Evans. Having … [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...]
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...]
Ireland’s finest is back for 2019
Kris Meeke is back in the World Rally Championship as Esapekka Lappi makes the move to Citroën Racing. Meeke was replaced at Citroen midway through the current season but has been handed a WRC lifeline by Toyota Gazoo Racing boss Tommi Mäkinen for 2019. Lappi, meanwhile, is seen as one of the sport’s rising stars and leaves Toyota Gazoo Racing after the current campaign in a bid to learn … [Read more...]
Weekend roadtest: BMW X4 2.0d M Sport
BMW has been in the driving seat of the SUV sector for a number of years, notably in America but also in Europe, writes Robin Roberts. It has gradually spread its experience through all sizes of cross-over models but it’s arguably in its element with the X4, the bigger stablemate to the X3 and without going into the higher priced and larger X5 family series. Up to now it’s range … [Read more...]
Ogier slides to historic WRGB win
Sebastian Ogier clawed his way into the record books as the most successful driver in the WRC series this year with a hard earned win on Wales Rally GB at the weekend, writes Gary Jones. He secured his fifth victory following an enthralling final leg duel through the north Wales forests with Jari-Matti Latvala, reigniting his bid for a sixth consecutive FIA World Rally Championship crown after … [Read more...]
Flying Welshman Edwards wins the Ulster Rally
Matt Edwards and Darren Garrod continue their excellent run of form as the Welsh pairing won the John Mulholland Motors Ulster Rally at the weekend. The M-Sport crew mastered the mixed conditions to win three events from three this season to firmly cement their place at the top of the Prestone MSA British Rally Championship standings going into the second half of the season. The BRC reached … [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. What’s more, the M-Sport crew lifted the … [Read more...]
Welsh duo hope to sweep up in Ypres
The action-packed Prestone MSA British Rally Championship heads overseas to Belgium for the legendary Renties Ypres Rally, the latest round of the pulsating series 22-23 June. Leading the championship after the first round in England are Matt Edwards and Darren Garrod in their M-Sport prepared Ford Fiesta R5. The Welsh pairing claimed the opening BRC event on the gravel of the Pirelli … [Read more...]
Elfyn Evans claws way onto Portugal podium
Elfyn Evans has returned to the FIA World Rally Championship podium with an impressive second place finish on last weekend’s Vodafone Rally de Portugal, round six of this year’s WRC series. It was the first time the 29-year-old Welshman and co-driver Daniel Barritt have stood on the podium since sensationally winning last October’s momentous Wales Rally GB to become the first Welsh driver in … [Read more...]