RAF Motorsport uses in-house World Rally Championship experience to nurture future talent

Second only to Formula One, the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) is the most accessible, action packed, and closely contested form of motorsport on the globe. Such is its gruelling and unforgiving nature; few are able to reach the level of performance and lifetime dedication required to reach the pinnacle of the sport.

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MH Motorsport ensure team finish at Wales Rally GB

Hampshire based MH Motorsport overcame a “difficult” four days to ensure all three cars in the team finished the penultimate round of the FIA World Rally Championship, Dayinsure Wales Rally GB (26-29th October).

After a successful season in the Prestone MSA British Rally Championship where they secured the hotly contested Cadet Cup in the hands of Ford Fiesta R2 pilot Josh Cornwell and a podium in the Junior category thanks to Norwegian Oscar Solberg, MH Motorsport would field a three-car squad in one of the hardest events in the WRC calendar.

Tejpar takes Wales Rally GB finish on WRC debut

Maldon rally driver Nabila Tejpar secured a solid finish on her World Rally Championship debut at last weekend’s Dayinsure Wales Rally GB (26-29th October).

Overcoming not one but two transmission failures during the arduous rally, Tejpar and co-driver Richard Bliss were able to cross the finish ramp in Llandudno on Sunday evening, finishing the event in 65th overall and 11th in class RC4.

Tejpar takes on World Rally Championship at Wales Rally GB

Prestone MSA Ladies British Rally Champion Nabila Tejpar will take on the biggest challenge of her short career this month when she contests her very first FIA World Rally Championship event, the Dayinsure Wales Rally GB (26-29th October).

In just her second year in the sport, Tejpar has enjoyed a progressive season in the British Rally Championship, piloting her Dunkin Donuts and Pump Technology backed Ford Fiesta R2 to the Ladies title, narrowly missing out on a Cadet Cup podium along the way.

Strong finish for MH Motorsport squad in Ulster

MH Motorsport enjoyed a successful weekend at the penultimate round of the Prestone MSA British Rally Championship (BRC) by not only securing the Cadet Cup title but by also taking a Junior BRC podium spot at the Ulster Rally (18/19 August).

All four of the MH Motorsport run Ford Fiesta’s made the finish and with an exceptionally high attriction rate on the tough Ulster lanes, made up three quarters of the total BRC Junior and Cadet Cup finishers in the event.

MH Motorsport aim for glory in Ulster

British rally team MH Motorsport will field a four car squad at this weekend’s Ulster Rally (18th/19th August) and will be hoping to take victory in both the Junior and Cadet category of the Prestone MSA British Rally Championship (BRC).

MH Motorsport dominate Cadet Cup podium at Nicky Grist

Hampshire based British rally team MH Motorsport enjoyed a successful weekend at the fifth round of the Prestone MSA British Rally Championship (BRC), scoring a Cadet podium lock-out at the Nicky Grist Stages in Wales (8th/9th July). In the process, they edge just a few points away from securing the Cadet Cup title.

With the Cadet category providing the opportunity for progressive youngsters to hone their skills in older specification R2 cars, the series was always set to provide close competition this season and MH Motorsport’s Josh Cornwell & Richard Bliss have dominated proceedings in each round so far. A third place last weekend was enough to bring them within a stone’s throw of the Cadet Cup honours with two rounds remaining.

Cadet challenge for MH Motorsport in Wales

Just a fortnight after the Ypres Rally in Belgium, they have been working hard to ready not only the two Ford Fiesta 1.0litre R2T Junior BRC cars for the event but the three Cadet Ford Fiesta 1600cc R2 challengers too. They will also undoubtedly be aiming to repeat their 100 per cent finishing record from the European event.

Thanks to Josh Cornwell and Richard Bliss, the team currently lead the Cadet category thanks to a dominant performance all season long by the pairing in their Ford Fiesta R2. A win this time out in Builth Wells should seal the title for the duo with two rounds to spare.

MH Motorsport on top in Belgium

Facing undoubtedly the toughest challenge of their careers so far, the three-strong MH Motorsport Cadet category runners each completed to the notorious event, ensuring a 100% finishing record for the Hampshire-based squad. The 1.6 litre Fiesta R2 a weapon of choice for each crew.

Round four of the British Championship saw crews head across the English Channel to contest the notorious closed-road Ypres Rally.

MH Motorsport Cadets face tough Ypres Rally

The MH Motorsport Prestone MSA British Rally Championship (BRC) Cadet squad will face their toughest encounter yet, as the series heads to Belgium for the Ypres Rally this week.

The Hampshire-based preparation firm will once again field three Ford Fiesta 1.6litre R2’s in the Cadet category of the series. Designed as a stepping stone into the Junior BRC, it has been dominated so far this season by MH Motorsport’s Josh Cornwell and Richard Bliss.