Last weekend was the twelfth round of the 2017 World Rally Championship at Wales Rally GB (27th-29th October) was won by M-Sport World Rally Team driver Elfyn Evans in his Ford Fiesta WRC for Evans first WRC win and for DMACK as a tyre manufacture.
While, Thierry Neuville finished second in the works Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC, Neuville was thirty-seven seconds behind Evans at the end of the rally.
Meanwhile, M-Sport World Rally Team driver and current WRC champion Sébastien Ogier finished third in his Ford Fiesta WRC, Ogier was fourty-five seconds behind Evans at the end of the rally; and enough to give Sébastien Ogier the 2017 WRC title, contracts to Sébastien Ogier and co-driver Julien Ingrassia for winning their fifth WRC drivers title and becoming the second WRC driver to win five WRC drivers' championships in a row.
With M-Sport's one-three finish, it was also confirmed with a rally to spare, that M-Sport have won this years WRC Manufacturers title, M-Sport (Ford) first since 2007, congrats to M-Sport for winnings this years title.
While in the WRC Trophy (crews entering World Rally Cars used between 2011 and 2016), that was won by Jourdan Serderidis in his own backed Citroën DS3 WRC. Jean-Jourdan Serderidis finished in forty-third place overall, he was forty-five minutes behind Evans at the end of the rally.
Meanwhile in WRC-2 class (Group R5, R4, Super 2000 and Group N4 spec cars), that was won by Škoda Motorsport driver and current WRC-2 Champion Pontus Tidemand in his Škoda Fabia R5. Pontus Tidemand finished in eleventh place overall, he was ten minutes behind Evans at the end of the rally.
While in WRC-3 class (Group R1, R2 and R3 cars) that was won by Raphaël Astier in his own backed Peugeot 208 R2. Raphaël Astier finished in fourty-fifth place overall, he was forty-eight minutes behind Evans at the end of the rally.
Highlights of the rally bellow, enjoy.
Next stop, Round Thirteen and the final round of the 2017 WRC season for Rally Australia in three weeks time.
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