Mini adventure ends in retirement for Brown in Belgium

Rapid Nissan Micra Kit Car pilot Steve Brown was forced to make a last minute switch to a Historic specification Mini Cooper last week, just days ahead of his trip to Rallye Salamandre in Belgium (22nd April).

The Rochdale rally driver was due to use the Nissan to kick off his second assault in as many years on the Flanders International Rally Challenge (FIRC), but less than a week before he was due to leave, Brown was informed the car would not be ready in time and he was faced with the possibility of not competing at all.

MH Motorport secure Solberg for Junior BRC campaign

Hampshire based preparation firm MH Motorsport will mount a three-car assault on this year’s Junior Prestone MSA British Rally Championship as Norwegian ace Oscar Solberg announces he will re-join the team ahead of the opening round of the series, the Pirelli International Rally (28th April).

Solberg, son of World Rally Championship legend Henning, will drive an MH Motorsport Ford Fiesta and will be co-driven by Patrick Barth. The duo will join his already confirmed team mates Josh McErlean/Aaron Johnson and Alex Waterman/Harry Thomas. They will all compete in identical 1.0litre EcoBoost R2T’s.

Audi in Formula E: Through the city of love with electric power

– Round eight of the electric racing series in France’s capital
– Champion Lucas di Grassi most recently on podium twice
– Audi e-tron Vision Gran Turismo thrills the fans

Formula E continues its European tour. On Saturday, April 28, Team Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler will stop in Paris. In the race around the Dôme des Invalides, the drivers Daniel Abt and Lucas di Grassi intend to continue their strong run of results. The futuristic Audi e-tron Vision Gran Turismo will be part of the program again. Used as a race taxi, it previously thrilled fans and guests in Rome.

Avon Tyres announced as official tyre supplier to Series Elite

Avon Tyres is the official tyre supplier to the newly launched Series Elite, which has been unveiled this week.

Series Elite is a new one-make racing series that has been designed to allow amateur and more experienced drivers to compete on a level playing field. The sports car selected for the championship is the new Jaguar F-TYPE SVR in GT4 specification, with an anticipated field of 20 cars for the first full season to be held in 2019.

Hall returns to top-flight seat in New Zealand

After competing in Corsica and Paraguay in recent weeks, busy co-driver Phil Hall will make a return trip to New Zealand in the next few days, where he will compete alongside rapid national driver Rhys Gardner at the International Rally of Whangarei (4th – 6th May).

Just days after narrowly missing out on a podium spot in South America at the Super Rally del Nanduti alongside Skoda Fabia R5 pilot Miguel Garcia, Hall will embark on a trip to New Zealand to partner Gardner in a top-flight Mazda 2 AP4+.

Jordan fuels British interest at eagerly-anticipated Speedmachine

Andrew Jordan will give British fans plenty to cheer about when he returns to the FIA World Rallycross Championship presented by Monster Energy at Silverstone next month, as he prepares to trade the microphone for the steering wheel at the inaugural Speedmachine festival (26/27 May).

Jordan will join forces with 2014 World Championship runner-up Toomas ‘Topi’ Heikkinen in a two-car line-up for MJP Racing Team Austria at WRX of GB, in a brace of all-new 2018 Ford Fiesta ‘LionRX3’ Supercars.