Local driver takes Mull Rally win on i20 R5 debut In his first start at the wheel of an i20 R5 Paul MacKinnon scored a fantastic overall victory on the Mull Rally (October 14-16), in the car’s first start on the 50th running of the Scottish island’s event. He won more than half of grueling tarmac stage, putting his local knowledge to good use to build an advantage ahead of a final loop – including a 50km challenge that became the longest in the history of the event – conducted in darkness on Saturday night. MacKinnon and co-driver Paul Beaton had to manage their pace through the final competitive runs of the weekend, but their earlier pace had given them enough of a margin to hold on for the overall victory. Elantra N TCR drivers take top ten finishes from TCR Europe finale Elantra N TCR customer team Target Competition clinched second in the teams’ standings at the final round of the TCR Europe season at the Circuit de Catalunya-Barcelona (October 14-16). Top tens in both races from Nicola Baldan, as well as a stunning performance from the back of the grid to ninth in Race 1 by Josh Files, who himself secured third in the drivers’ points, helped the Italian squad to the runners-up position. There were also final round top tens for Customer Racing Junior Driver Jáchym Galáš – who, in sixth in his Janík Motorsport entry, led the Elantra N TCR runner in Race 1 and Spanish driver Pepe Oriola for Team Aggressive Italia. Alejandro Geppert, Oriola’s countryman scored a best finish of 11th on his debut in TCR Europe for Teo Martin Motorsport. |