Citroën Racing’s development of 2017 World Rally Car accelerates in Finland

Citroën Racing chose the roads of Finland for the third development test session of its 2017 World Rally Car. Running at maximum speed on the famous jumps, Kris Meeke and Craig Breen were able to test the car’s aerodynamic performance.

With its large, fast and rolling roads, Finland is among world rallying’s most revered venues. Due to the high speeds and the difficulty to “read” the road, it is one of the toughest terrains to grasp, with the drivers needing to concentrate on the jump approaches that send the cars flying into the air.

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Yvan Muller picks up podium place in rainy Russia

Yvan Muller’s car was the best performing Citroën C-Elysée, finishing third in the opening race at the rain-affected FIA WTCC races at Moscow Raceway.  Despite a winless weekend, Citroën and José María López have extended their respective leads in the Manufacturers’ and Drivers’ World Championships.

Next TV date for 2016 BHRC

The TV coverage of the fourth round of the Mintex MSA British Historic Rally Championship, the Severn Valley Historic Stages, will first be screened on Friday 17 June at 9.35pm on Motors TV.

Filming and TV production for the 2016 BHRC is being handled by the team at Special Stage and the championship will enjoy dedicated 60-minute programmes on Motors TV.

Hyundai Motorsport scores victory as Thierry Neuville shoots the winner in WRC Rally Italia

– Hyundai Motorsport has taken its third WRC win as Thierry Neuville stormed to victory at WRC Rally Italia Sardegna
– Dani Sordo finished in fourth place for the fourth rally in a row, and moves up into second place in the 2016 Drivers’ Championship
– New Generation i20 WRC is once again proven as a performance oriented and a class-leading competitive rally machine

Hyundai Motorsport has secured its second victory of the 2016 FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) season with a dominant performance by the Hyundai Motorsport team’s Thierry Neuville in WRC Rally Italia Sardegna (June 9~12).

Ignition brings the sound and fury of Formula 1 to Scotland

– F1 cars old and new take to the streets of Glasgow
– See and hear Grand Prix cars in action
– Red Bull, Williams, Benetton, Lotus and BAR star

Formula 1 cars formally driven by champions including Sebastian Vettel, Michael Schumacher, Nelson Piquet, Keke Rosberg and Jenson Button, will form the centrepiece of a remarkable history of Grand Prix racing at Scotland’s brand new IGNITION Festival of Motoring.

Bakkerud makes rallycross history with Focus RS RX win

The new Ford Focus RS RX has won its first FIA World Rallycross Championship event after just five races.

Factory-backed Hoonigan Racing Division driver Andreas Bakkerud piloted the #13 Ford Focus RS RX to the top of the podium on Sunday in Hell, Norway, having taken part in just four races, previously.

Mayes and Mactavish score sensational Safari Rally podium

Safari guide and wildlife photographer Geoff Mayes and Scottish born Jamie Mactavish successfully guided their SPV class V8 rally raid car to a top twenty overall position and third in class on the just finished KCB Safari Rally.

This years event saw crews face two and a half challenging days in the Great Rift Valley over terrain more suited to a Dakar event than a flat out motor rally. Attrition was high as cars succumbed to rocks, ruts, dust and even encounters with wild animals but through it all the Landrover continued. Mayes and Mactavish did have their own dramas, an unmarked ditch in the organisers notes saw the raid car flung into the trees at high speed, emerging with body damage but only minimal time loss.

Ford’s 2016 Jim Clark Award honours oldest motorsport venue in Scotland

The Association of Scottish Motoring Writers has awarded this year’s Ford-sponsored Jim Clark Memorial Award to the Bo’ness Hill Climb Revival.

Bill Drysdale and Kenny Baird, who collected the trophy, represent the committee that helped to re-establish the original track for competition use for the Bo’ness Hill Climb Revival, which is now in its ninth year.

MEPC moves to ‘Next level’ at Silverstone Park with new 125,000 sq ft industrial unit development

– Construction of new speculative buildings has commenced
– Metrology facility to add to appeal for high-tech cluster
– Development due to complete at the end of the year

MEPC, the asset manager and developer of Silverstone Park, has revealed artist’s impressions of how it will develop the business estate on land next to the Silverstone Formula 1 Grand Prix circuit.

Henry takes overall victory on DMACK Carlisle Stages

Irish crew Desi Henry and Liam Moynihan scored an emphatic victory on the DMACK Carlisle Stages (Saturday 11 June) after a superb field of cars battled over five special stages in the Newcastleton region of Kielder forest.

The rally, organised by the Roger Albert Clark Rally Motor Club, was a round of the Ravenol BTRDA Rally Series, the MSA English Rally Championship, the BTRDA Rally Challenge, the S G Petch Association of North East and Cumbria Car Clubs Stage Rally Championship, the Motoscope Northern Historic Rally Championship and the Association of Northern Car Clubs Forest Challenge.