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Three times British Rally Champion, Matt “The King Of British Rallying” Edwards returned to the British Historic Rally Championship scene in a Fiat Abarth 131 and ended the reign of the mighty MK2 Escort at the Rally North Wales.
The 2022 MRF Tyres sponsored BTRDA Rally Series began in the stunning Lake District with the 45th edition of the Malcolm Wilson Rally to open up the seasons’ proceedings.
Over the history of the World Rally Championships, whenever The Swedish has followed The Monte, the driver leading the Championships heading into the Winter Rally would be the first car on the road.
The second day of Rally Sweden reconvened for another full day of action out on the snow and ice in sub-zero temperatures. The day featured 6 stages which began with a 10km technical sprint through Brattby.
After more than 50 years of rallying moments, Rally Sweden bidded farewell to Värmland and headed North for the second round of the 2022 FIA World Rally Championships at its new home of Umeå. Since the start of the WRC back in 1973, Rally Sweden has been based in the Värmland region, however, in recent years, more specifically the 2020 event, the climate has changed in the region around February.
Johan Kristoffersson’s late charge helps Rosberg X Racing to back-to-back Extreme E wins in Saudi Arabia.
Johan Kristoffersson was able to come from 13 seconds behind Laia Sanz’s Acciona Sainz car to win the Desert X-Prix for Rosberg X Racing.
After teammate Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky had sustained cosmetic damage and fallen away from leaders Acciona Sainz and Team X44, Kristoffersson summoned the drive of his life to catch both cars.
Sebastien Loeb and Cristina Gutierrez built on their second-fastest individual run in qualifying one to then see off a stacked field in the five-car heat to earn their sixth consecutive top qualifier accolade.
The British Historic Rally Championship made a welcomed return to the British rallying calendar, with the Riponian Rally in North Yorkshire taking the honours as the opening event of the 2022 FUCHS Lubricants sponsored season for the first time.
When one sits back and considers the build-up to the 2022 Monte Carlo Rally and the first step into the new generation of Hybrid Rally cars, deep down we all kinda knew that the Puma offering from M-Sport Ford was always going to be a good package, didn’t we?