With schools closed for the foreseeable future, Wales Rally GB is launching an innovative competition to entertain, incite and, potentially, reward pre-University students currently learning from home. In partnership with Toyota GB, the UK’s round of the FIA World Rally Championship has introduced a special ‘Design a Rally Car Livery’ initiative open to all those enrolled at UK schools and … [Read more...]
WRGB returns to Deeside from Llandudno
Wales Rally GB round of the globe-trotting FIA World Rally Championship will return to its former base in Deeside, Flintshire 29 October – 1 November. The familiar location on land adjacent to the Toyota Engine Plant in the busy Deeside Enterprise Zone was home to the popular international motor sport spectacle for six years between 2013 and 2018, following its revitalising switch to north … [Read more...]
Welshman Elfyn Evans drives into rallying history
Mid-Wales driver Elfyn Evans leads the 2020 FIA World Rally Championship after rewriting the history books with an outstanding victory on this weekend’s Rally Sweden. The Welshman not only becomes the first-ever British driver to win the wintry Scandinavian classic but also is the first Briton to top the WRC points table since the heady days of Colin McRae and Richard Burns nearly 20 years ago at … [Read more...]
Coming and going on Wales Rally GB
Fan favourite Petter Solberg, one of the FIA World Rally Championship’s most charismatic drivers, will end his professional career at this year’s Wales Rally GB 3-6 October driving Volkswagen Motorsport’s Polo GTI R5. The 2003 World Rally Champion is no stranger to Britain’s WRC encounter; he’s started it 15-times and won four times. Between 2002 and 2005, he and Welsh co-driver … [Read more...]
Rallylines 1 November
Wales Rally GB has been presented with the coveted Tom Pryce Memorial Trophy 2018. The award commemorates Wales’ greatest racing driver who tragically lost his life during the 1977 South African Grand Prix and is presented annually by the Welsh Motoring Writers to an individual or undertaking with a relationship to Wales for an outstanding contribution in the world of transport: land, sea or … [Read more...]
Blockbuster blast-off begins
Billed as a blockbuster, this week’s Wales Rally GB 4-7 October really has it all, writes Gary Jones. Tonight there’s a dramatic opener under floodlights, challenging new tests in legendary Welsh forests and a stunning finale with cars racing through the closed streets of Llandudno – the first free-to-attend WRC stage in the UK for more than 20 years. Then there’s the added excitement of … [Read more...]
Osian Pryce is talking shop for Ralïo’s 450th milestone
Rising rally star Osian Pryce will swop steering wheel for microphone when he joins the Ralïo TV broadcast team for S4C’s biggest ever coverage of Wales Rally GB 4-7 October. The 450th Ralio programme will see three stages broadcast live, a preview and nightly highlights package, and seven hours of rally coverage. Ralïo will broadcast eight shows in five days, and it will be the … [Read more...]
Six round Prestone BRC 2019 outlined
As the fast-paced 2018 series gears up for an exciting climax, the Prestone MSA British Rally Championship has confirmed its 2019 calendar. In 2019, Britain’s top-tier rallying series will feature six rounds in six territories, with events across the UK in Wales, England, Northern Ireland and Scotland, while Wales Rally GB 2019 is scheduled as a reserve round with the date to be fixed. The … [Read more...]
Is it a bird, is it a plane? No it’s a car
A spectacular flying car sequence has been created to promote Wales Rally GB this autumn. Organisers of the event teamed up with Zip World and Slate Mountain to put a car on Europe’s longest zip wire and send it down the mountain overlooking Bethesda for the #Skydriver sequence. The internationally known venue provided the perfect backdrop for one of the world’s best known rallies taking … [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...]
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