BRC prizes top £200,000

With the recent announcement from the Citroën Racing Trophy, the MSA British Rally Championship, NGK Spark Plugs BRC Challenge, sponsors and support series, are now offering around £200,000 worth of prizes.

Probably the biggest prize comes from Pirelli in the form of the Pirelli Star Driver competition. This year’s winner from the end of season shootout will receive funded support for 2013 and although the details have not been published, it will be a similar value to previous years.

The Citroën Racing Trophy’s on-event prize money is split over the five reaming events in the BRC calendar, but it is further incentivised with a drive for the winner on Rallye du Var, the final round of the French Rally Championship.

Prologue stage for Tour Britannia

For the first time in the event’s eight-year history, Tour Britannia will feature a prologue stage on the evening of Wednesday 6 June ahead of the start of the three-day classic race and rally tour.

Scrutineering and documentation will be held at the event headquarters, the Rudding Park Hotel in Harrogate, during the late afternoon of Wednesday 6 June. Once the formalities are complete, competitors will tackle a 0.75-mile special stage in the grounds of the hotel.

A new era begins for Audi at Sebring

- Premiere of the FIA World Endurance Championship WEC
- Le Mans winning Audi R18 TDI modified for season opener
- First run for new signing Loïc Duval

McNish hungry for Sebring success to bag valuable World Championship points

- “Flying Scotsman” aims for a fourth Sebring 12 Hour race win

Allan McNish bids to get his FIA World Endurance Championship aspirations off to a flying start in Florida on Saturday (17 Mar).

The Scotsman competes in the Sebring 12 Hours sharing his diesel-powered “works” Audi R18 TDI with Tom Kristensen (Denmark) and Dindo Capello (Italy).

Rider & Goodman to front ITV’s coverage of 2012 BTCC season

ITV Sport has confirmed that Steve Rider and Louise Goodman will continue to present its extensive coverage of the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship in 2012.

Gran Canarias podium would please Mikkelsen

Škoda UK Motorsport’s Andreas Mikkelsen believes that a podium finish on the forthcoming Rally Islas Canarias El Corte Inglés (15-17 March) would be another significant step in the defence of his Intercontinental Rally Challenge (IRC) drivers’ title, after his recent victory on the opening round in the Azores.