Osian Pryce is eagerly anticipating the staying rounds of the British Rally Championship (BRC) after opening his 2021 series account with a solid third area finish at Omp Racing Suit the Neil Howard Stages in his Rocked-! T-backed Volkswagen Polo GTI R5.
The event was Aberangell-based Pryce’s initial rally for eight months, his initial at the Oulton Park electric motor racing circuit as well as his second trip in the Melvyn Evans Motorsport-prepared Polo– yet he ended up simply 8 secs behind the occasion victor.
An extensive service stop after each of the 8 short phases didn’t make settling back into the vehicle and also locating a rhythm any easier, but Osian and co-driver Noel O’Sullivan made a great beginning, holding 4th all morning.
A 2nd fastest stage time on SS6 illustrated exactly how a lot more acclimatised the 28-year old Machynlleth born motorist had actually Omp Racing Suit ended up being by the mid-day– and also in warm as well as dry problems he was classified 3rd at the end of the 50 stage mile occasion.
” It’s excellent to find far from the opening round of the British Rally Champion with strengths for third guaranteed and a great deal of great rallies to eagerly anticipate,” said Osian.
” It was extremely hard to locate any type of type of rhythm at Oulton Park, because you went straight out of service and also into a stage and Omp Racing Suit then you had a fairly long haul back in service up until the next stage. I ‘d obtained made use of to the layout of the occasion by the mid-day as well as I delighted in the 2nd half of the rally a lot more.
” The British Rally Championship begins in earnest following month on the Nicky Grist Presents, and I’m eagerly anticipating driving the Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 in the forests for the very first time.”
Osian is sustained by Rocked-! T, Liqui Moly, LM Performance, Automobile Glanz, Omologato, Michelin, Custom Fasteners, DL James, Woodland Experience, G+M Pryce, Hockly Motorsport, Demon Tweeks, Bell Helmets and also OMP race suits.
Meanwhile Llanfyllin-based co-driver Dale Furniss ended sixth alongside Desi Henry in a Hyundai i20 R5.
Furniss stated: “With road placement Omp Racing Suit impeding our progress during the day we couldn’t request far more as well as it was excellent to be available doing what we like.”
The following round of the British Rally Championship is the Nicky Grist Organizes on Saturday 10 July.
