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 will consist of representatives from … [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 steering failed on his Pirelli-shod … [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 cars. With points awarded to the top 22 … [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 non-elite motorsport until 2 December. … [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 schedule, featuring about 220km of … [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 – Britain’s round of the FIA World Rally … [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 Permit. The COVID-19 Officers will be … [Read more...]
Motor Sport UK steps up with PPE for event officials
Motorsport UK, the governing body for four-wheeled motorsport in the UK, has announced the provision of a complimentary supply of Personal Protective Equipment to the value of £50,000 to support events through the initial phase of motorsport’s restart from 4 July. The PPE will be distributed to all Motorsport UK licensed Rescue and Recovery units, and to registered clubs with an event permit … [Read more...]
UK Motorsport returns this summer
Motorsport UK will be restarting in the UK from 4 July and inviting online permit applications from 1 June. Motorsport is currently suspended throughout the UK until 30 June 2020. Following ongoing positive dialogue with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and having set out its strategy and anticipated conditions for restarting motorsport disciplines, the governing body is now moving to … [Read more...]
Motorsport look to post lockdown changes and rules
Motorsport UK has announced how it proposes restarting competition across its eleven sporting disciplines. Motorsport is currently suspended throughout the UK until 30 June 2020. Although it is understood there will continue to be levels of government restrictions and social distancing in place for a considerable period, Motorsport UK has been considering how to restart the sport, within the … [Read more...]