Castrol, a global leader in lubricants, announced today its partnership with Melvyn Evans Motorsport (MEM) UK, to form the new Castrol MEM Rally Team, that’s set to compete in the 2024 Probite British Rally Championship (BRC).
The team will showcase their talent with a pair of Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 cars adorned in the iconic Castrol rally livery.
Meirion Evans, along with co-driver Jonathan Jackson, will pilot the first car in the UK’s premier rally series – beginning with the North West Stages this weekend (22/23 March).
After strong performances in Ireland on asphalt in recent years, Meirion tried his hand at the Wyedean Stages Rally in the Forest of Dean last year and showed equally good speed on gravel. This has resulted in the Welshman stepping up to concentrate on the BRC in 2024.
The second car is slated for delivery ahead of the third round and will be driven by the 2019 FIA European rally champion Chris Ingram and co-driven by the American ace Alex Kihurani.
The cars have been built by Toyota Gazoo Racing in Finland and will be maintained and run in the UK by Melvyn Evans Motorsport – a two-time BRC Teams champion.
Elsewhere Osian Pryce says that he’s looking forward to a fresh start as the 2022 British rally champion returns to the series for a part-programme with a new car (a Ford Fiesta Rally2), a new team (Dom Buckley Motorsport) and with his best friend Rhodri Evans co-driving.
Since winning the British Rally Championship title, the 31-year old Machynlleth born driver became 2023 Tour European Rally champion, contested selected rounds of the FIA European Rally Championship in a Škoda Fabia R5, won the JDS Machinery Rali Ceredigion (for a second time) in a Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 and led the Roger Albert Clark Rally driving a Group 4 Ford Escort Mk2.
A return to the BRC has always been on the cards for Osian, and the announcement that the Probite-backed series will be broadcast on ITV4 this year has provided the platform for him to engage with old and new partners.
Whilst he won’t enter all the events, Osian will contest enough rounds to offer him a chance of once again challenging for the title.
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