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Northern
Ireland’s Mark Donnelly and Welsh co-driver Dai Roberts lead
Renault UK’s assault on the MSA British Manufacturers Rally
Championship on this weekend’s Pirelli International Rally.
Undeterred
after a high speed crash in Wales and after a huge effort by his team
to repair the car, the youngster will pilot his 250HP Clio
Renaultsport R3 in an attempt to emulate his stunning first round
victory on February’s Rallye Sunseeker International. However,
Renault’s second position in the manufacturers’ tables is not
just down to one driver, as the top two cars from each of the
registered marques score on every event.
It
was Cumbria’s Peter Taylor, accompanied by Newcastle’s Andrew
Roughead, who bagged top Renault UK points in Wales, having ably
assisted Donnelly to put Renault atop the tables in Bournemouth. The
affable 20 year-old should arguably arrive at the Carlisle start most
refreshed, living just ten miles from the Carlisle Racecourse rally
HQ.
Nick
Allen could argue that he has travelled the furthest to contest the
infamous Kielder Forest stages, although it has been several months
since the Californian left San Francisco to take part in the 2012
British Rally Championship. Now living in the north east of England,
it was he and Solihull’s Andy Bull who helped keep Renault UK’s
manufacturer title hopes alive, second Renault home on round two of
the BRC.
Driving
a brace of Twingos, Chris Ingram and Garry Pearson might be fighting
for their respective R2 and R1 Twingo Trophies, but they are keen to
be involved in the fight for Manufacturers’ honours and will push
as hard as they dare this weekend.
The
Pirelli International Rally gets underway with a parade of cars in
Carlisle City Centre this Friday (27th
April) from 5pm. Drivers will be on hand from 6pm to sign autographs
and the flag drops from 7pm before two evening forest stages. The
bulk of the mileage takes place on Saturday, finishing around 7pm
back at the rally’s headquarters at Carlisle Racecourse.
Keep
up to date with rallying from Renault UK and the Twingo Renaultsport
Trophy UK at www.renaultsport.co.uk
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