2025 British & Irish Championships

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Good win for the M-Sport man and the team with Pearson in 3rd.

I wonder if Jurgenson benefitted from his later road position and if Creighton suffered from cleaning the road ?

[Steve Boyd]

I wonder if Jurgenson benefitted from his later road position and if Creighton suffered from cleaning the road ?

Quite possibly, but the passage control I was talking to at the end of SS4 was complaining about the dust - and that's after the stage so goodness knows what it was like in stage!

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Quite possibly, but the passage control I was talking to at the end of SS4 was complaining about the dust - and that's after the stage so goodness knows what it was like in stage!

Creighton comments...

“The stages were typically challenging for Kielder, fast, flowing, and unforgiving, but we were feeling good in the car. Whilst we had the benefit of no dust to follow running first on the road, that brought its own challenges and the very dry surface was particularly loose, meaning we were doing quite a bit of cleaning."

https://britishrallychampionship.co....pu71D9K8rBYlkQ

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Howard Davies at MEM Castrol Rally Team:

https://youtu.be/MjOJU8OUAdo?si=lhL1bCWDSGGwpIlc

[hutchie]

Good win for the M-Sport man and the team with Pearson in 3rd.

I wonder if Jurgenson benefitted from his later road position and if Creighton suffered from cleaning the road ?

If there was any event that would naturally suit Jurgenson I suspect it would be Kielder as a fast gravel rally. But to win i the manner he did was impressive especially knowing the Fiesta has been out-developed by the Yaris, Skoda and C3.

Will be interesting to see if he can keep the form up on Jim Clark.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Meirion Evans wasnt happy...

"It was a case of being in the wrong place at the wrong time when a car ahead of us came back onto the road after changing a puncture and then spun on the next corner, so we were stuck in his dust for ten miles. It was frustrating at the time, and it was disappointing that later on we weren’t given the time back. With the technology that we have at our disposal these days, with in-car cameras and trackers, you’d have hoped something could have been done to make it a bit fairer. It cost us three places and a chance to fight for a podium."

Why wasnt he given the time back ?

[Sal yet again]

https://www.rallies.info/webentry/20...ies.php?type=u

Early entry list for the JCMR. As per previous rounds no early sight of Creighton or Cronin but interesting to see an entry for Jonny Greer in his Yaris Rally 2

[Steve Boyd]

Why wasnt he given the time back ?

Did he ask for the time back?

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Did he ask for the time back?

He told me on FB that he did but was told it was 'Force Majeure' ..

Matt Edwards said: "Not the case these days. CofC has the authority and means to issue a fair time."

[Fast Eddie WRC]

The Circuit of Ireland starts today. A preview here:

https://rallyinsight.com/2025/04/17/...vGBY-0n44I3cHA