MotoGP world champion Valentino Rossi has entered the Rally New Zealand, the penultimate round of the world championship, which takes place next month.

NOT content to rest on his laurels, Eugene Donnelly has already completed a deal that will see the 36-year-old Derry ace drive a Toyota Corolla WRC in next season’s Irish Tarmac Championship.

One of the top drivers on the World Rally Championship scene, Richard Burns, will give Irish fans a treat at Punchestown Racecourse on Saturday July 28th.