UK rally news: Malton Forest Rally returns with Payne chasing a fourth win
The Malton Forest Rally runs on Sunday for the first time since 2024, with Elliot Payne and Patrick Walsh heading a field of 98 crews. Protyre has extended its Asphalt championship title sponsorship to 2029, the BRDC Driver Academy has opened its rally intake, and Castle Combe closes entries for seeding on Friday.
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UK rally news: Malton Forest Rally returns with Payne chasing a fourth win
The Malton Forest Rally runs on Sunday for the first time since 2024, with Elliot Payne and Patrick Walsh heading a field of 98 crews. Protyre has extended its Asphalt championship title sponsorship to 2029, the BRDC Driver Academy has opened its rally intake, and Castle Combe closes entries for seeding on Friday.
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UK rally news: Three-way British title fight goes to the Cambrian
Max McRae, Meirion Evans and Osian Pryce take the British Rally Championship to the Cambrian on Saturday, the Scottish Rally Championship will crown its champions at P&J Live, the Down Rally has won the Asphalt Rally of the Year award, and the HRCR Open Day returns to Gaydon.
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Three drivers, one rally: the Cambrian decides the British title
Three drivers can win the British Rally Championship at the Cambrian Rally on 24 October, and a win for any of them would settle it. Max McRae leads on 103 points from Meirion Evans on 96 and Osian Pryce on 83, but each carries a different discard into the 1.5x final round.
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MacCrone's Escort wins Mull, the first two-wheel-drive win since 2014
John MacCrone and Kirsty Riddick won the Mull Rally on 9 to 11 October 2026 in a Ford Escort Mk2, 39.0 seconds ahead of Hugh Hunter's Ford Fiesta Rally2. It is the first win in the Mull Rally for a car without four-wheel drive since 2014.
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UK rally news: Rally Scotland confirms 2027 dates as Brands Hatch stands down
Rally Scotland will run over six days from 28 September to 3 October 2027 with Aberdeen as its base, Chelmsford Motor Club has stood the Brands Hatch Winter Stages down for a season, and Jack Bowen has taken the Protyre Asphalt co-drivers' title by three points.
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Protyre Circuit Rally Championship 2026/27 calendar
The 2026/27 Protyre Circuit Rally Championship will run from November 2026 to April 2027, using nine one-day circuit-based stage rallies across six race circuits. Competitors will count their best seven scores from nine rounds.
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One family's Lancia Stratos: back to the British stages
From Steve Perez's early forest rallies to Seb's Ceredigion finish, the family Stratos has survived fire, rebuilds and two unfinished RAC campaigns.
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Meeke wins Rali Ceredigion as Suninen is crowned European champion
Kris Meeke won Rali Ceredigion by 38.6 seconds for his first FIA European Rally Championship victory, while runner-up Teemu Suninen clinched the 2026 ERC title with a round to spare. Ville Vatanen sealed the ERC3 crown and Timo Schulz took a Junior ERC win double.
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Meeke leads ERC charge as McRae wins BRC Saturday at Rali Ceredigion
Kris Meeke leads Rali Ceredigion’s FIA European Rally Championship field by 20.5 seconds after Saturday, while Max McRae and Cameron Fair won the British Rally Championship contest and moved into the points lead.
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Suninen leads Meeke by 0.9s after Ceredigion night stages
Teemu Suninen and Antti Haapala lead the JDS Machinery Rali Ceredigion by 0.9 seconds after Friday's four night stages, while Max McRae and Cameron Fair lead the British Rally Championship runners by two seconds.
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McRae wins the Ceredigion opener to seize the BRC lead
Max McRae and Cammy Fair won the Friday-and-Saturday British Rally Championship contest at Rali Ceredigion, turning a 10-point deficit into a two-point lead over Osian Pryce before Sunday's separate round. Evans third; wins for Graffin, England and Hammond in the support classes.
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Rally Scotland to bring the WRC back to the UK in 2027
The World Rally Championship will return to the UK in 2027 with Rally Scotland, a new Aberdeen-based gravel round on a three-year deal from 2027 to 2029. The project cleared an FIA observer assessment at the Grampian Forest Rally in August 2026.
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Rali Ceredigion 2026 brings ERC, BRC and a new Historic round to Aberystwyth
The JDS Machinery Rali Ceredigion runs 4–6 September 2026 from Aberystwyth — a counting round of the FIA European Rally Championship and the British Rally Championship, and for the first time a round of the FIA European Historic Rally Championship.
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