Chris Ingram and Alex Kihurani claimed victory on the opening round of the Probite Motorsport UK British Rally Championship, by taking the top spot at the Legend Fires North West Stages on Saturday. Ingram blasted his Michelin-shod Volkswagen Polo GTi (above) through the challenging lanes of Lancashire to four fastest times to secure his maiden BRC win, taking home maximum points in one of the … [Read more...]
Welsh Rally Championship decider this weekend
Matthew Hirst/Declan Dear are poised to become Motorsport UK Pirelli Welsh Rally champions for a record third time as they take an unassailable lead into the final round of the all-gravel series, the Wyedean Stages Rally on Saturday. The defending champions have led the series since the beginning of the season, winning the opening four rounds in their Delta Salvage/Witham Group Ford Fiesta … [Read more...]
Dramatic climax looms on final Welsh event
Russ Thompson and Stephen Link have kept alive the fight for the 2023 Motorsport UK Pirelli Welsh Rally Championship drivers’ and co-drivers’ titles well after scoring maximum points on the Visit Conwy Cambrian Rally last Saturday. Their first Pirelli Welsh win since the 2019 Woodpecker Rally – the year in which they finished runner-up in the championship – ensures that the titles won’t be … [Read more...]
French driver clinches Motorsport UK British Rally Championship
Frenchman Adrien Fourmaux added his name to a spectacular list of champions last weekend, by sealing the coveted Motorsport UK British Rally Championship title with victory at Trackrod Rally Yorkshire last weekend. The M-Sport factory ace (below right) and co-driver Alexandre Coria blitzed the opposition throughout the two-day event, returning a flawless performance behind the wheel of his … [Read more...]
Aberystwyth hosts Rali Ceredigion this weekend
Less than two weeks after the Motorsport UK British Rally Championship disembarked from the Modern Tyres Ulster Rally, the series hotfoots it to Wales for the first time this season as the JDS Machinery Rali Ceredigion 2-3 September plays host to the final asphalt round of 2023. Coupled with lashing rain and storm-force winds, the challenging lanes around Newry tested the BRC contenders to the … [Read more...]
Hirst and Dear win Get Jerky Rally North Wales
Matthew Hirst and Declan Dear made a flying start to the defence of their Motorsport UK Pirelli Welsh Rally Championship title by winning the opening round of the 2023 series, the Get Jerky Rally North Wales last weekend. Using a new Pirelli tyre compound to excellent effect, especially in the morning’s wet and muddy conditions, the 2019 and 2022 champions established a healthy lead after the … [Read more...]
Hirst reopens his locker in Mid-Wales
Matthew Hirst will begin the defence of his Motorsport UK Pirelli Welsh Rally Championship title when he contests the opening round of the 2023 series, the Get Jerky Rally North Wales, on Saturday 25 March. The event has proven to be a successful launching pad for Hirst and co-driver Declan Dear, as both times they have won Rally North Wales (in 2019 and 2022) they have gone on to clinch the … [Read more...]
Autosport show goes on a diet of desire
After a two-year hiatus, Autosport International bounced back to deliver its traditional preview of the coming season. Perhaps, understandably, the scale of this year’s show was smaller than usual and for sure it lacked that international "je ne sais quoe" made easy for visitors by access to Birmingham airport, nevertheless it made a welcome return to the calendar after its last showing way back … [Read more...]
Seven-round sizzler for 2023 Welsh series
World’s greatest gravel forest stages to host seven round 2023 Motorsport UK Pirelli Ravenol Welsh Rally Championship. Many of the world’s greatest gravel forest stages – like Myherin, Sweet Lamb, Dyfnant, Hafren and Crychan – will come together to form the 2023 Motorsport UK Pirelli Ravenol Welsh Rally Championship, with an exciting seven-round calendar planned for next year. Organised by the … [Read more...]
Welsh rally decides titles
Ruairi Bell ticked an important box in his rallying career this weekend, taking the Motorsport UK British Rally Championship victory at the Visit Conwy Cambrian Rally last weekend. After standing on the BRC podium no less than three times this season, the London-based rally driver had never managed to take his Pirelli-shod Skoda Fabia onto the top step. But a stellar performance across the … [Read more...]