Largest and most high-profile motor rally in the United Kingdom
"Network Q RAC Rally" and "Lombard RAC Rally" redirect here. For the video games of those names, see Rally Championship (series).
Wales Rally GB
Status
Defunct
Genre
Motor sporting event
Frequency
Annual
Location(s)
Wales
Country
United Kingdom
Inaugurated
1932
Most recent
2019
Website
https://www.rallyuk.org/
Wales Rally GB was the most recent iteration of the United Kingdom's premier international motor rally, which ran under various names since the first event held in 1932.[1] It was consistently a round of the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) calendar from the inaugural 1973 season until the rally's final running in 2019, and was also frequently included in the British Rally Championship.[2][3]
The first rallies in the 1930s were simply known as Royal Automobile Club (RAC) Rallies and did not necessarily require leaving England.[4][5] In 1951 the club organised the first annual RAC International Rally of Great Britain to tour the island, and until the 53rd event in 1997 this was still commonly known as the RAC Rally.[6][7] In 1998, amidst a restructuring of the club and its commercial activities, the event lost its RAC identity and became known as the Rally of Great Britain or Rally GB,[1] with title sponsorship from the Government of Wales since 2003.
The last planned Wales Rally GB was cancelled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the Welsh Government withdrew sponsorship support.[8] Attempts were made to replace it with a Rally UK or Rally Northern Ireland, held entirely in Northern Ireland, however no such event has run as of April 2024[update].[9]
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