Chesterfield born British rally champion Rhys Yates is ready to tackle the first rally event in the UK post-lockdowns as he enters the M-Sport Back to Rally Stages event this weekend
44 cars built by M-Sport will take part in the Return to Rally Stages event next weekend, which is set to be the first rallying event in the UK following the coronavirus pandemic.
Esapekka Lappi will enter AUK Jämsän Äijät Ralli with a current generation Ford Fiesta WRC ran by Finnish outfit JanPro Racing.
Among the 80 cars entered at the Rally di Alba this weekend, there are 32 Hyundai cars featuring many well-known WRC drivers such as Ott Tänak, Thierry Neuville, Dani Sordo, Craig Breen and Ole Christian Veiby.
The 25 year old Frenchman’s day went from bad to worse with a massive roll that ended his rally in Italy.
A podium is the target for the 25 year old as he gets ready to make his ERC debut next week in Italy
M-Sport will host a one-off rally in August to demonstrate how the sport can restart following the COVID-19 pandemic.
M-Sport will field a WRC car and a R5 car for the ERC season-start at the Rally di Roma Capitale.
The manufacturers who are producing R5 cars have now reached 1057 cars sold world-wide before COVID-19 crisis
Teemu Suninen is challenging the rally leader Sébastien Ogier after day two, Gus Greensmith is not pleased with his performance as he is sitting in sixth place and Lappi had to retire as his car burned down to the ground!
Deividas Jocius will be missing Rally Mexico, Barry McKenna from Ireland will move-up from National class to the WRC3 and take Jocius’ start number.
Rhys Yates is ready for the second round of the 2020 British Rally Championship which takes place in Ireland next week.
Greensmith: “Mexico is my Favourite WRC Event”
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Gus Greensmith is preparing to compete on his second event in the 2020 FIA World Rally Championship next weekend.
Teemu Suninen is looking to kick start his 2020 FIA World Rally Championship campaign on next weekend’s Rally Mexico.
Esapekka Lappi has had a strong start to the 2020 FIA World Rally Championship going into the third round of the season next weekend.
Alberto Heller is joining M-Sport for seven rounds in the 2020 WRC3 Championship.
It was the same results for M-Sport in Rally Sweden as in Monte-Carlo; the team are now hoping for stronger results in Mexico.
