2025 British & Irish Championships

[Destra quattro]

It sounds good in theory but it's all about funding. In Portugal the Hyundai & Toyota importers are coughing up to pay for Meeke.

It seems there's no such interest in the UK and M-Sport are the closest but prefer to pay for young prospects. TBH the drives for Creighton, McRae, Pearson etc are better for the future of the sport in Britain.

"Prefer to pay for young prospect'
Don't think so....

[Sal yet again]

Creighton now announced to be in a Yaris so will be taking it to Cronin for sure

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Looking good !

[HKSjbg]

Looking good !

It was nice to see a retro Castrol-Toyota livery last year but this is cool. Would love to see it on that Rally2 version of the GR Corolla that was quietly rolled out at the recent Tokyo Auto Salon…

It sounds good in theory but it's all about funding. In Portugal the Hyundai & Toyota importers are coughing up to pay for Meeke.

It seems there's no such interest in the UK and M-Sport are the closest but prefer to pay for young prospects. TBH the drives for Creighton, McRae, Pearson etc are better for the future of the sport in Britain.

Of course, but my point is; what conditions make that feasible in Portugal? The BRC to its credit is enjoying a bit of a boom compared to recent years - without it being overhyped to disappoint or being a one-year wonder. It would be great if they can keep that going and perhaps tempt someone of Meeke’s stature to the championship.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

I totally agree, it would be great. But sadly the sport here just isn't at the level that it is in Portugal to give a return on a high investment.

TBH we're really lucky that we have M-Sport, and now Castrol, willing to put the money in to run a couple of actual Teams

[dck1989]

Did Creighton swap teams because there was no progression or prospect of another wrc2 campaign with m-sport or have castrol came up with a more attractive package and car?