A star-studded entry, made up of competitors from six major UK championships and several of the top Probite British Rally Championship drivers who are using the classic mid-Wales stages as a gravel test, will gather in Builth Wells this weekend for the Nicky Grist Stages Saturday 13 July. The quality of the Quinton Motor Club-organised event’s entry has been enhanced by the Castrol MEM Rally … [Read more...]
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Toyota first and second in WRC Poland
Kalle Rovanperä claimed one of the most remarkable victories in FIA World Rally Championship history at ORLEN 80th Rally Poland on Sunday. Reigning world champion Rovanperä, who is undertaking a selected programme of events in 2024, had never even planned to start this rally but was called upon by his Toyota GAZOO Racing team to replace Sébastien Ogier at the final hour. Ogier was sidelined by an … [Read more...]
Sébastien Ogier accident forces him out of Rally Poland start
Kalle Rovanperä has been given just 48 hours to prepare for ORLEN 80th Rally Poland 27 – 30 June after he was called in to replace Toyota team-mate Sébastien Ogier late on Tuesday. While this week’s fixture did not originally form part of the Finnish youngster’s part-time 2024 WRC schedule, a dramatic Tuesday leading up to the event resulted in Rovanperä and his co-driver Jonne Halttunen boarding … [Read more...]
Paraguay joins WRC in 2025
Paraguay will become the 38th country to host a round of the FIA World Rally Championship when the South American nation joins the calendar in 2025, but the precise date is to be agreed. The announcement was made in the Paraguayan capital Asunción by President Santiago Peña at the Ceremonial Start of Petrobras Rally Transchaco 2024 – the third round of the Paraguayan national … [Read more...]
Welsh Champion will lead Nicky Grist Stages
Matthew Jackson, the 2022 Pirelli Welsh Rally Championship R2 champion, will drive a Bowler Defender as course opening zero car on this year’s Nicky Grist Stages 13 July. The 32-year old driver from Stratford-upon-Avon works for Jaguar Land Rover as a product engineer in its interior trim department, and his rallying experience has been called upon in recent years to give Bowler Defender … [Read more...]
Solberg pulls off double in Sweden
Oliver Solberg is a double BAUHAUS Royal Rally of Scandinavia winner after he outpaced his rivals in a high-speed battle for FIA European Rally Championship glory last weekend. The 22-year-old from Sweden began the second day of ERC action with a narrow 3.3sec lead over Hayden Paddon. But while Paddon admitted to “pulling the commitment down” due to having “no feeling or grip” during the morning … [Read more...]
Family fight flies to Sweden
Two members of one of rallying’s most famous dynasties will face off for FIA European Rally Championship glory in Sweden this week 13 - 15 June when they join a star-studded field for the ultimate father-versus-son battle. Petter Solberg, the winner of the FIA World Rally Championship in 2003 and two-time FIA World Rallycross champion, is taking on his hugely talented son Oliver over BAUHAUS … [Read more...]
Entries flow for Nicky Grist Stages in July
Chris Ingram will make his Toyota rally debut on the Nicky Grist Stages Saturday 13 July when he contests the event in a GR Yaris Rally2 – joining his Castrol MEM Rally Team stablemate Meirion Evans, who will also contest the mid-Wales event as a gravel test ahead of the next round of the Probite British Rally Championship. Chris and co-driver Alex Kihurani (above and below) started the BRC in a … [Read more...]
Shock victory at Rally Italia Sardegna
Ott Tänak claimed a shock victory at Rally Italia Sardegna on Sunday afternoon after late agony for long-time leader Sébastien Ogier. The Estonian, driving a Hyundai i20 N (above), celebrated his maiden success of the season when a damaged tyre in the final rough road speed test denied Ogier a third consecutive FIA World Rally Championship victory. Having traded blows with Tänak early in … [Read more...]
Rally Italia Sardegna gravel challenge
Toyota Gazoo Racing World Rally Team face another tough gravel challenge this week at Rally Italia Sardegna, the sixth round of the 2024 FIA World Rally Championship. After victories in the last three events in Kenya, Croatia and Portugal, the team are targeting another strong result on the Italian island of Sardinia, looking to fight back in the championship where they trail the leaders in the … [Read more...]
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