Aire Rally Sport

New car!! Swopped the french car for a french car! Picked up a well prepared Renault Clio a few months back! It's had some v fast crews in it before us so no pressure at all! First time out in it was at the end of January 26 on the Dukeries track day which was a good blast! The car performed well and was straight forward to drive and handles very neutral. All was good and we were looking forward to The Snetterton Stages Rally the week after. Would like to say the rally went well and was pretty plain sailing,but no that would be no fun would it?! Had issues on Stage 1 as the blower on the screen was mistakenly shut by us just before the stage start. Also the heated screen stopped working + smoke started coming from the back of the switch panel . Stage 2 ok and 21 seconds faster I think it was. Stage 3 to 5 more problems,power steering started failing and the engine was gradually losing power. After Stage 5 we decided to call it a day and have an early bath before we caused more damage to the engine. The day after we discovered that compression has been lost on all 4 cylinders,so it's engine out time unfortunately for us! ☹️💩 Impressed with the car itself,very well set up and a proven good performing car so 🤞 crossed we'll be out in the not too distant future but had to pull our run on the East Riding Stages Rally unfortunately! ☹️ We'll be back soon though!

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First rally of the year for us after what has turned out to be a bit of a long layup for us towards the end of 24 start of 25. Handling issues really blighted our season in 24 which we believe to of been front and rear diff related. Both front and rear diffs+ the gearbox have been out and been repaired,so hopefully we can have a proper handling car for this year!🤞 Seeded Car 61 for the 4th running of the 2025 East Riding Stages Rally in Beverley which is also a round of the Probite British Rally Championship with some of the world's best crews on front of us! 9.29am start time for us running at 1 minute intervals,ok weather this morning but possibly worsening in the afternoon. Good luck to all crews competing today!