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Ogier’s strange victory
Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia have won Rally Mexico for a record-equalling sixth time. It was their first victory with the TOYOTA GAZOO Racing World Rally Team and with it they have taken the lead in the FIA World Rally Championship. Yet Ogier said that it was a strange victory, as he believed the event should not have taken place. With an Read more... -
Solberg set for Škoda debut in Sweden
Oliver Solberg will drive a Škoda Motorsport-supported Fabia R5 evo on selected rounds of this year's WRC 3 series, starting at this weekend’s Rally Sweden. The 18-year old son of Petter, who became the youngest ever winner of an FIA European Rally Championship round last season, tested the Fabia R5 for the first time earlier this year. "Š Read more... -
Osian confirms Rali Bae Ceredigion comeback
Osian Pryce has confirmed that he will be fit enough to contest the Get Connected Rali Bae Ceredigion (Sunday 8 September) in a Melvyn Evans Motorsport-run Hyundai i20 R5. Pryce’s participation in the Aberystwyth University-based Rali Bae Ceredigion was put in doubt after a mountain ‘biking accident in the Mont-Blanc region of France left him Read more... -
Chadwick wins Lord Wakefield award
Jamie Chadwick has won the British Women Racing Drivers’ Club Lord Wakefield Trophy, presented annually in recognition of outstanding achievement by women in motorsport. Chadwick, aged 20 from Gloucestershire, made history in September 2018 by becoming the first woman to win a British F3 race. In 2015 she became the youngest driver and first Read more... -
Monte magic: six in a row for Ogier!
Sébastien Ogier has won Rallye Monte-Carlo for a sixth consecutive time, marking his return to Citroen with victory on the opening round of the 2019 FIA World Rally Championship. And having previously won the event in a Volkswagen Polo WRC (2014, ‘15 and ‘16) and in a M-Sport Ford Fiesta WRC (2017 and ’18), today’s victory in a Citroen C3 Read more... -
Nasser wins the Dakar!
Nasser Al-Attiyah has won the Dakar Rally for a third time, after a faultless performance in his Toyota Gazoo Racing Hulix. Superbly co-driven by Mathieu Baumel, the Qatari driver managed to avoid all the pitfalls and win three out of the 10 stages – all of which were located in Peru. “It’s fantastic. No mistakes during the entire rally. It Read more... -
Catie aims to continue good ERC form in Zlín
Having won the ERC Ladies’ category last time out in Italy, Catie Munnings is aiming to continue that good run of form on this weekend’s Barum Czech Rally Zlín. Co-driven by Alba Sánchez, Catie – who wears a Stilo WRC DES 8860 helmet supplied by Nicky Grist Motorsports – will drive her Saintéloc Junior Team Peugeot 208 R2 in the ERC Read more... -
Thompson on a charge in the CIK FIA European Championship
Harry Thompson celebrated his 14th birthday yesterday by finishing second in the CIK FIA European Championship race at the Circuit International Du Grand Ouest Essay. The Red Bull Junior kart racer, who wears a Stilo ST5 CMR helmet supplied by Nicky Grist Motorsports, enjoyed a magnificent race meeting in France – starting from pole and winning Read more... -
Eriksson on top in Canada
Oliver Eriksson re-established his advantage at the top of the RX2 International Series – which uses P1 Advanced Racewear as its official race suit suppler – standings as the championship sped across the Atlantic to Trois-Rivières in Canada at the weekend. Quickest from Q2 onwards, the championship leader’s success was assisted by lightning Read more... -
Nicky Grist to give HANS/FHR device advice at the Welsh Hill Rally
Nicky Grist and his team will be at the Welsh Hill Rally on Friday 6 July to give free advice ahead of a change in regulations that will see all Hill Rally Championship competitors wearing HANS/FHR device from January 2019 onwards. Nicky Grist Motorsports will be based at the Dakar Rally style bivouac at Walter’s Arena in the Vale of Neath – Read more...