David extends his championship lead
David Higgins has reinforced his British Rally Championship lead on home ground today after taking third place in the points on Rally Isle of Man.
As the crew continued to develop their Subaru Impreza N14 Manxman David, and co-driver Ieuan Thomas, had run as high up the rankings as second in the BRC points on leg two of the event.
“We spent a lot of the weekend working on suspension and changing things,” said David. “Having never been on the island in the car before we learned a lot and have left with great data for next year’s event which will also help us out a lot on the next round of the championship in Ulster.
“The conditions on the island were hard when it was wet, and it was disappointing not to have more speed to race Mark [Higgins] and Guy [Wilks], but we had good speed against the others. I don’t have a good finishing record on the event, so it’s always fantastic to finish there – and we still have the championship lead with four rounds to go.”
During the event the crew faced difficulties when they suffered problems jacking up the car to change a slow puncture, instead they were forced to drive three stages on the soft tyre. They finished over four minutes ahead of the next BRC finishing car of James Wozencroft.
David now leads the points table with 48 points, with his brother Mark second with 40 points. TQ.com team mates Hugh Evans and Iestyn Williams finished 11th in the BRC points on the event, leaving Hugh 12th in terms of the drivers’ championship.
The TQ.com team was the only one to get both cars to the finish without using superally rules, a credit to the work of Hugh's FX Motor Sports squad which is running cars for the first time in the BRC this year. David and Hugh’s finishes leave TQ.com second in the BRC teams’ championship, only five points behind TEG Sport.
The next round of the British Rally Championship is the asphalt Ulster International Rally which kicks off at the Armagh City Hotel in Northern Ireland on August 22nd.
As the crew continued to develop their Subaru Impreza N14 Manxman David, and co-driver Ieuan Thomas, had run as high up the rankings as second in the BRC points on leg two of the event.
“We spent a lot of the weekend working on suspension and changing things,” said David. “Having never been on the island in the car before we learned a lot and have left with great data for next year’s event which will also help us out a lot on the next round of the championship in Ulster.
“The conditions on the island were hard when it was wet, and it was disappointing not to have more speed to race Mark [Higgins] and Guy [Wilks], but we had good speed against the others. I don’t have a good finishing record on the event, so it’s always fantastic to finish there – and we still have the championship lead with four rounds to go.”
During the event the crew faced difficulties when they suffered problems jacking up the car to change a slow puncture, instead they were forced to drive three stages on the soft tyre. They finished over four minutes ahead of the next BRC finishing car of James Wozencroft.
David now leads the points table with 48 points, with his brother Mark second with 40 points. TQ.com team mates Hugh Evans and Iestyn Williams finished 11th in the BRC points on the event, leaving Hugh 12th in terms of the drivers’ championship.
The TQ.com team was the only one to get both cars to the finish without using superally rules, a credit to the work of Hugh's FX Motor Sports squad which is running cars for the first time in the BRC this year. David and Hugh’s finishes leave TQ.com second in the BRC teams’ championship, only five points behind TEG Sport.
The next round of the British Rally Championship is the asphalt Ulster International Rally which kicks off at the Armagh City Hotel in Northern Ireland on August 22nd.
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