The cathedral awaits Chesterfield rally star Rhys

Chesterfield World Rally Championship star Rhys Yates will complete his season with an entry at this week’s spectacular Monza Rally Show in Italy. The 27-year-old will face some of the fastest drivers in the world at an event which traditionally brings the season to a close in the unusual confines of a racetrack. But Monza’s
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Tough test for Chesterfield’s world rally star Rhys Yates

After competing on some of the world’s toughest rallies in his rookie WRC 2 season, last week’s Wales Rally GB turned into something of a bittersweet experience for Chesterfield driver Rhys Yates. Rhys and co-driver James Morgan switched from their usual RYR ŠKODA Fabia R5 to tackle Britain’s biggest motorsport event in a Hyundai i20
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Rally star Rhys ready for Britain’s biggest and best motorsport event

Chesterfield’s World Rally Championship driver Rhys Yates will swap his ŠKODA Fabia R5 for a Hyundai i20 R5 ahead of one of the biggest events of his season, next week’s Wales Rally GB. Rhys has admitted the switch could compromise his performance on his home round of the world series, but in terms of longer-term
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Hyundai power for Rhys’ Wales Rally GB bid

British driver Rhys Yates will make his first World Rally Championship start aboard a Hyundai i20 R5 at Wales Rally GB (October 3-6). Rhys has switched from his regular ŠKODA Fabia R5 in search of broader experience of R5 machinery competing in WRC2. The Chesterfield star made his debut aboard a Hyundai at last week’s
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Rally star Rhys goes around in circles… and loves it

Ordinarily, donuts are avoided by athletes like Chesterfield’s World Rally Championship regular Rhys Yates.  Ordinarily.  Last week in Poland, Rhys couldn’t help himself. He couldn’t get enough donuts. Every time he finished one, the crowd went wild and cheered until he did started another. Courtesy of American rally superstar and internet sensation Ken Block, donuts
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Rhys looking forward to Gymkhana debut alongside Sir Chris Hoy

Rhys Yates and six-time British Olympic champion Sir Chris Hoy will both hire and drive Hyundai i20 R5s at Gymkhana GRiD in Warsaw, Poland on Saturday. Before discussing GRiD – the brainchild of Monster Energy-backed American internet sensation Ken Block – Rhys talked about the potential to work close to one of the world’s greatest
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World championship challenger Yates impresses on German debut

Military roads designed to test American tanks to their very limits are tough enough, but combine them with some of the most technical tracks through the toweringly steep Mosel vineyards and complete the package with a fast and furious run through the German country lanes and you’ve got ADAC Rallye Deutschland. Little wonder it’s one
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Rhys continues his World Rally Championship education in Germany

Chesterfield driver Rhys Yates will return to World Rally Championship (WRC) action at next week’s ADAC Rallye Deutschland – and the 27-year-old has been counting the minutes until this moment. Rhys and his Rhys Yates Rallying (RYR) team were forced out of the last WRC round in Finland after an accident in Belgium caused too
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Strongest showing yet as Rhys leads the Brits in Belgium

Chesterfield driver Rhys Yates delivered a brilliant performance to lead the latest round of the British Rally Championship, the Renties Ypres Rally in Belgium this week. Rhys’ best-of-British performance came courtesy of a string of fastest times down the Belgian lanes, where not even the locals could keep up with the flying RYR ŠKODA Fabia
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Rhys revels in Renties Ypres Rally qualifying

Third fastest – behind Craig Breen and Kevin Abbring – and top ŠKODA from the Ypres Rally qualifying stage. I’m happy with that. I’ll take that. Before the stage, we were looking at the data and I was picking out some places and corners, saying: “We can probably nick a little bit here and take
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