Winner - WRC Academy, BRC R2 class and FST International Shootout...
It was winning the UK Fiesta series that saw Elfyn qualify to take part in the Shootout, alongside young driving talent from across Europe – all winners of their respective Fiesta championships....
Accompanied for the first time on an Academy round by new co-driver Seb Marshall, Elfyn made a cautious start to the year’s only mixed-surface rally....
Subject to official FIA confirmation, Elfyn secured the WRC Academy title on the recent Rallye de France Alsace, but is targeting his fifth successive Academy rally victory on the final round of the season, the mixed-surface Rally de Espana which takes place less than a...
Following back-to-back victories in Greece, Finland and Germany, Elfyn arrived in France with a lead of 35 points in the series....
The French WRC round is based in the city of Strasbourg, not very far away from the stages of the ADAC Rallye Deutschland. The two events are very different, though, with narrow French lanes replacing the wide-open military roads of the Baumholder complex....
Elfyn, who competes in an R2-specification Ford Fiesta, was given the opportunity to see one of the team’s Fiesta RS WRC cars at close hand and was able to observe the engineers and mechanics in action as they worked through the day’s test programme....
Prior to the event, the Rallye Deutschland organisers were forced to suspend the Shakedown stage after an incident involving another car, which meant Elfyn and Phil were unable to confirm their final set-up....
Evans was incredibly consistent throughout the 14 stages, winning one stage and setting a string of second and third fastest times on the others....
Victory on the previous round – the Acropolis Rally in Greece – meant that the Welsh pair started Rally Finland in second place in the Academy. As part of their preparations for the event, Elfyn and Phil tackled a round of the Finnish Championship in...
