Russian and Belarus competitors, teams and officials will be suspended from motor sport events in Britain in the wake of the Ukraine invasion. Welsh-born David Richards CBE, Chair of Motorsport UK, along with the Board of the organisation, have considered the appropriate response to the ongoing acts of war and aggression conducted in Ukraine by Russia and … [Read more...]
Lighting up UK circuit safety
Motorsport UK, the British Motor Sports Training Trust and the UK’s largest race circuit owners are proud to announce that there will be a rollout of FIA High-Tech Light Panels across the top Motorsport UK licensed race circuits from this spring. Motorsport UK, the BMSTT and the UK circuit owners have agreed to work with leading motorsport safety solutions … [Read more...]
Welsh rally series gets boost for 2022
Ravenol UK becomes joint title sponsor of the Motorsport UK Pirelli Ravenol Welsh Rally Championship and increases incentives for clubmen in the Ravenol Welsh Challenge Ravenol UK will enhance its involvement within Welsh motorsport this year by becoming joint title sponsor of the 2022 Motorsport UK Pirelli Ravenol Welsh Rally Championship and increasing … [Read more...]
New rally award honours legend of the stages
This year’s Motorsport UK Pirelli Welsh National Rally Championship will include a new end-of-year award for competitors in the Historic classes and honour one of British rallying’s most loved and greatly missed drivers, David Stokes. The recipient of the David Stokes Historic Challenge award will be a driver who has most impressed the judging panel – which … [Read more...]
Pearson powers to Welsh National Championship
Garry Pearson is the 2021 Motorsport UK Pirelli Welsh National Rally champion after a stunning fightback on the final two stages of Saturday's Rallynuts Stages Rally saw him clinch the title by the smallest of margins and winning on a tiebreak. Co-driven by Niall Burns (below left), Garry lost 17 seconds on the opening stage through Myherin when the power … [Read more...]
Pirelli Welsh National Rally Championship is rolling
Registrations have flooded in for the 2021 Motorsport UK Pirelli Welsh National Rally Championship with vibrant new class structure designed to attract a wide variety of cars and drivers. This year’s Motorsport UK Pirelli Welsh National Rally Championship will feature 14 different classes including, by popular demand, a new category for Road Rally … [Read more...]
Chequered flag for UK club motorsport this year
Club motorsport is over for this year in Britain. Motorsport UK has consulted on the implications for motorsport in England with the Government’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport in respect of the plan to enter a four-week national lockdown on Thursday 5 November. The governing body confirms that following DCMS guidance it must suspend all … [Read more...]
Monza finale to WRC as UK round remains unclear
Italy’s ACI Rally Monza will host the final round of the FIA World Rally Championship after being added to the heavily disrupted calendar this year. The asphalt event on 4 - 6 December is based at the famous Monza race circuit near Milan and known as The Temple of Speed, in the north of the country. The itinerary will adopt the FIA WRC’s short format … [Read more...]
Wales’ forests rallying agreement signed
Motorsport UK and Natural Resources Wales have signed a new access agreement to allow competitive four-wheeled rallying for the next three years until 2023. For decades, NRW’s forests have played host to a range of motorsport, working effectively with Motorsport UK to stage events at every level of the sport, from grassroots to the iconic Wales Rally GB – … [Read more...]
Motorsport and COVID-19 protection
Motorsport UK has mandated two new roles – those of COVID-19 Officer and COVID-19 Medical Officer – as part of its systematic preparation for the resumption of motorsport from 4 July. The new roles are central to all aspects of medical and public health planning in relation to COVID-19 for events being held under the authority of a Motorsport UK Organising … [Read more...]
