Perfect drive puts rally star Rhys on top in Cumbria

Rhys Yates stepped back aboard a Ford Fiesta R5 for the first time in six months to win his class and finish second overall on the M-Sport Back to Rally Stages on Saturday.  It was like the last half a year had never happened; like the Chesterfield star had been competing just last week. The
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Rhys gets real to help bring rallying back to life

During the coronavirus lockdown, Chesterfield rally driver Rhys Yates beat the best of the rest in the World Rally Championship’s two eSports WRC competitions. Watched by tens of thousands of fans from all around the world, he stood on top of the world. Virtually. On Saturday, it’s back to reality. The sport of rallying will
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Rhys wins Portugal to remain on top of the world

Chesterfield driver Rhys Yates is getting used to drinking his tea out of his shoe. The 28-year-old won his second successive eSports WRC Shootout on Sunday, beating the World Rally Championship’s best gamers at the Vodafone Rally de Portugal event. Along with the rest of the world’s fastest rally drivers, Rhys was scheduled to have been
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Rhys on top of the world after beating the best in the world

RYR driver Rhys Yates has beaten drivers from around the world to win the FIA World Rally Championship’s eSports WRC Shootout this week. The Chesterfield star, who drives for the M-Sport Ford World Rally Team in the real-time WRC, took on and beat the world’s best up and coming rally talent on a simulator-based Rally
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Rhys heads west to find British Rally Championship riches

Rhys Yates will chase a maiden British Rally Championship win at next week’s West Cork Rally in Ireland (March 13-15). The Chesterfield star is combining his assault on this year’s World Rally Championship – where he drives for the M-Sport Ford World Rally Team in the WRC2 class – with the pursuit of the biggest
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More performance, points and progress for Yates at Rally Sweden

Chesterfield rally star Rhys Yates continued to level his learning curve at the sport’s highest level with another superb, points-paying finish in the World Rally Championship. Despite horribly mixed conditions on what was the mildest ever running of the WRC’s winter round, the M-Sport Ford World Rally Team driver came within 7.7 seconds of equalling
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Podium start for Rhys’ British title tilt, now for Sweden

It’s a demonstration of how much Rhys Yates has developed as a driver that he came away from the opening round of the British Rally Championship (BRC) a little disappointed with a podium finish on the Cambrian Rally. The Ford Fiesta R5 MkII driver finished Saturday’s North Wales opener in third place, but barely has
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Rhys looks to double the Yates’ British title tally with BRC entry

Fresh from a solid season-opening fourth place (WRC 2 class) at the Monte Carlo Rally, Rhys Yates has confirmed he will dovetail his world championship effort with a shot at home glory in the British Rally Championship. The Chesterfield driver made his debut with world champion squad M-Sport Ford World Rally Team in Monte Carlo
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Rhys moves up in the world for Rallye Monte-Carlo

Monte Carlo. One of the most famous places in the world. A place famed for the finer things in life. And for rolling the dice and taking the odd gamble. Especially in January. And especially in a rally car.  When Rhys Yates arrives in the principality for the ceremonial start of Rallye Monte-Carlo on Thursday
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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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