M-Sport Offers Top Ford Finisher Test in Ford Puma Rally1

M-Sport offer top-placed Ford finisher at end of 2024 Protyre Asphalt season test in a Puma Hybrid Rally1

M-Sport will give the top-placed Ford finisher at the end of the 2024 Protyre Motorsport UK Asphalt Rally Championship a private test drive in a Ford Puma Hybrid Rally1.

The test in M-Sport’s FIA World Rally Championship car will take place at the M-Sport Evaluation Centre test track located at the team’s headquarters in Cockermouth, Cumbria.

In addition, if the top-placed Ford driver is driving a Fiesta Rally2, they will have the opportunity to bring their own car to M-Sport for the Rally2 support team to undertake a full systems check and shakedown, to ensure that the car is performing at its optimum and set up to the latest specifications.

“The popularity of asphalt rallying in the UK is developing at a fantastic pace, and the Protyre Asphalt Championship this year is made up of the best events the nation has to offer, each unique but very challenging,” said M-Sport Managing Director Malcolm Wilson OBE.

“With M-Sport being a UK-based company, the national championships are always close to my heart, and therefore it gives me a sense of satisfaction to offer one lucky winner the chance to experience the very top level of M-Sport WRC machinery. I wish all the competitors the best of luck and look forward to meeting the lucky winner later in the year!”

Neil Roskell, who finished third in the Protyre Asphalt Rally Championship in 2021 and a very close second in both 2022 and ’23, is one of the Ford drivers aiming to win the test in a Puma Hybrid Rally1, as he contests this year’s series in his ND Civils/Lomand Plant Hire/Hauraton Drainage Products/Witham Motorsport Fiesta Rally2.

“For M-Sport to offer a prize of a test in a Puma is really something very special and a chance in a million to drive a Rally1 car,” said Neil.

“It’s wonderful that M-Sport is supporting national rallying like this. To win the Protyre Asphalt title would be amazing, but to be the best-placed Ford driver at the end of the season and be rewarded with a go in a Puma would be the icing on the cake.”

“I cannot thank Malcolm Wilson and M-Sport enough for this brilliant prize,” adds Protyre Asphalt Rally Championship Co-ordinator, Paul Morris.

“This is a fantastic opportunity for the best placed Ford finisher to drive in a Puma Rally1, plus the opportunity of a systems check on their current car should the winner be driving a Fiesta Rally2. It’s what rally dreams are made of!”

The 2024 Protyre Motorsport UK Asphalt Rally Championship begins with the Legend Fires North West Stages (22/23 March).

More information on the Protyre Motorsport UK Asphalt Rally Championship is available at: asphaltrallying.com.

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