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World championship legend set to return in a Ford

Posted by on Thursday, 15 December 2011 04:29PM

Francois Delecour is planning a shock return to the World Rally Championship when he contests Rallye Monte-Carlo, the opening event of the 2012 season. Delecour, who won the legendary Tarmac rally in 1994, is set to drive a Ford Fiesta RS WRC run by M-Sport, with whom he tackled 13 rounds of the world championship during the 2001 season. “I’m very, very super happy to have this... read more

Volkswagen chief wants two-time world champion to sample Polo R WRC

Posted by on Thursday, 15 December 2011 04:27PM

Volkswagen Motorsport chief Kris Nissen has vowed to get Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel behind the wheel of the German make's new-for-2013 Polo R World Rally Car. Speaking at the Autosport Awards in London on Sunday evening, Nissen also revealed his desire for Carlos Sainz, the double world rally champion, to take part in a competitive rally for Volkswagen before he calls time on... read more

Rallye Sunseeker offers Festival places

Posted by on Thursday, 15 December 2011 04:20PM

The opening round of the 2012 MSA British Rally Championship season, Rallye Sunseeker International, has teamed up with the Goodwood Festival of Speed to offer some excellent incentives on next season’s event. Organisers of the Dorset & Hampshire based rally, new to the BRC in 2011, are offering invitations to the world renowned motoring celebration for class winners on Rallye... read more

Rossi “outstanding” at Monza

Posted by on Tuesday, 13 December 2011 08:52AM

Valentino Rossi's run to second place at the Monza Rally Show in Italy last weekend has received huge praise after it emerged it came on the back of a short pre-event test. The MotoGP legend, who has contested three rounds of the World Rally Championship in the past, is a regular at the end-of-season event located at the Italian Grand Prix venue near Milan. Driving a Ford Fiesta RS WRC,... read more

Villagra makes it title number 10

Posted by on Tuesday, 13 December 2011 08:51AM

Federico Villagra, 13th in this year's World Rally Championship standings, has done something not even WRC ace Sebastien Loeb has managed: win his domestic title for a 10th time. Villagra, who drove a Munchi’s Ford Fiesta RS WRC on seven rounds of this year’s world championship, clinched the Argentine crown in his Maxi Rally-specification Fiesta last weekend. Such was... read more

Block keen on Finland debut

Posted by on Tuesday, 13 December 2011 08:49AM

The start of Neste Oil Rally Finland might be more than nine months away but that hasn't stopped Ken Block counting the days to the high-speed gravel spectacular, round eight of next year's World Rally Championship. WRC point-scorer Block, who has become an internet sensation through his Gymkhana driving videos, has never tackled the Jyvaskyla-based event before. Although the American has yet... read more

'Bulldog Briefing' Number 1

Posted by on Monday, 12 December 2011 07:32PM

:: 2012 date confirmed - 23/24 March. :: One Event - four individual rallies. :: Host Town - Welshpool, Powys. :: Rally HQ - Welshpool Livestock Sales. :: 17th consecutive year of sponsorship by Bulldog Security Products The date for 2012 Bulldog International Rally of North Wales is confirmed as Friday 23 and Saturday 24 March. The... read more

2012 BRC regulations now available

Posted by on Monday, 12 December 2011 04:21PM

MSA British Rally Championship organisers are pleased to announce that regulations and entry forms for 2012 are now available and can be downloaded from www.rallybrc.co.uk The publication of these regulations heralds the dawn of a new era for the British Rally Championship, as next year sees the introduction of the much-anticipated two-wheel-drive only formula. Now seen by many as a... read more

Rallye Sunseeker launches the 2012 British Rally Championship

Posted by on Tuesday, 06 December 2011 03:14PM

Rallye Sunseeker International will once again host the opening round of the 2012 MSA British Rally Championship next year, when the competing crews arrive in Bournemouth and Poole on 24th and 25th of February 2012. Recently awarded the prestigious title “2011 Rally of the Year” at the Dulux Trade MSA British Rally Championship awards, held in Manchester and voted for by the... read more

Sky Sports TV & new website for Twingo Trophy UK

Posted by on Tuesday, 06 December 2011 03:12PM

The Twingo Renaultsport Trophy UK has secured a dedicated slot on Sky Sports in 2012 as part of the MSA British Rally Championship’s British Rallyzone programme. Greenlight TV’s coverage from all six rounds of the championship will be shown in the Rallyzone programme with a dedicated fifteen minute slot for the Twingo R1 & R2 Trophies. The programme will also be shown on... read more

Spaniard says John Cooper Works WRC is close to being a winner

Posted by on Tuesday, 06 December 2011 03:11PM

MINI WRC Team ace Dani Sordo believes it won't take much to make his employer's John Cooper Works World Rally Car a winner in 2012. Sordo impressed with a brace of podium finishes for MINI during a six-round campaign with the Prodrive-run squad this season, while team-mate Kris Meeke bagged the Power Stage win on RallyRACC-Rally de Espana in October and challenged for a podium finish on the... read more

Former world champion vows to continue in global series

Posted by on Tuesday, 06 December 2011 03:09PM

Petter Solberg has revealed that he has no intention of calling time on his World Rally Championship career despite conceding that he has no deal in place for 2012. The 2003 world champion was speaking at the Autosport Awards event in London last night where he was one of the star guests from the WRC. He said: “It’s my passion and I really want to be back next year. I was the... read more

Breen wins WRC Academy

Posted by on Friday, 02 December 2011 08:23AM

(Dulux Trade MSA British Rally Championship) driver Craig Breen has won the inaugural WRC Academy Cup title and with it a scholarship of 500,000 Euros following a thrilling finish to the young-driver class on Wales Rally GB this afternoon. Breen needed to win the final stage and claim the bonus point that put the title beyond the reach of Egon Kaur, who had led the standings from the opening... read more

MacCrone delivers double world class win

Posted by on Friday, 02 December 2011 08:21AM

Rally Team Scotland’s John MacCrone put in the drive of his life this weekend to take an incredible class win and finish top two-wheel-drive car on Wales Rally GB – the final round of this year’s FIA World Rally Championship (WRC). Battling with the world’s best young rally drivers, Dulux Trade MSA British Rally Championship crew MacCrone and co-driver Stuart Loudon... read more

Rallye Sunseeker International awarded Rally of the Year 2011

Posted by RallyBRC on Wednesday, 30 November 2011 08:22PM

Rallye Sunseeker International was awarded the prize of "Rally of the Year" at the year-end prize-giving on Saturday 19th November, for the Dulux Trade MSA British Rally Championship held at the Hallmark Hotel Manchester. Voted for by Drivers, Co Drivers and Officials through the year, the award came as a bit of a surprise to the members of Southern Car Club, the organisers, and Rallye... read more

The new 2012 MSA British Rally Championship

Posted by on Wednesday, 30 November 2011 07:29PM

The MSA British Rally Championship is renowned as the best national rally championship in the world, with half its mileage on gravel and half on tarmac and open to the latest breed of dynamic two wheel drive rally machinery from a wide range of leading manufacturers, it offers an arena for driver development and a true test of skill and ability. The championship, through its professional... read more

Monster Sport Europe Ltd appointed UK Renault Sport dealers

Posted by Monster Sport Europe on Wednesday, 30 November 2011 07:28PM

Monster Sport Europe Ltd is proud to announce its appointment as the UK’s Renault Sport dealer for rally products and as technical partner to the Twingo Renaultsport R1 and R2 Trophy UK. The Milton Keynes based company has spent the last few months developing the Renault Twingo R1 on gravel for its debut in the 2012 MSA British Rally Championship. Its success was proven with the... read more

Rally Class is go for 2012

Posted by on Wednesday, 30 November 2011 04:04PM

A five-event campaign in a Subaru Impreza R4 awaits the winner of the inaugural Rally Class category, which will support six rounds of next year's World Rally Championship. Rally Class is a joint initiative between Belgian preparation expert Symtech Racing, which ran Hayden Paddon to Production Car World Rally Championship glory in 2011, and WRC promoter North One Sport. The partnership is... read more

Jukka Korhonen Elected 2012 Pirelli UK Star Driver

Posted by Pirelli UK Media on Wednesday, 30 November 2011 04:01PM

Up-and-coming Finnish rally driver Jukka Korhonen has been elected by a distinguished panel of judges as the Pirelli UK Star Driver for 2012. Korhonen, the first Finn to win the award in its four-year history, will receive a fully-funded drive on next year’s British Rally Championship in a Škoda Fabia R2 run by TEG Sport. The car will run in a unique Pirelli Star Driver livery,... read more

2011 BRC One-make series reviews on Sky Sports

Posted by on Wednesday, 30 November 2011 01:13PM

Coverage of the Dulux Trade MSA British Rally Championship's Fiesta SportTrophy and Citroen Racing Trophy will air on Sky Sports' 2 & HD2 British Rallyzone programme tomorrow (Wednesday 30th November) at 6pm. If you can't get to a set to watch it, why not set your Sky Plus box to record the repeats at 22:00hrs (SS2 & HD2) or 13:30 & 15:30hrs (SS3 & HD3) on Thursday (1st... read more

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