Continental stars spice up Circuit of Ireland
It blasts into action at 5pm this evening with the Titanic Super Special against the backdrop of the new multi-million pound Titanic Belfast and the Harland and Wolff cranes.
It is 33 years since a driver from outside Ireland and Britain won the Circuit of Ireland — the late Pentti Airikkala in 1979. A few years ago, Bobby Willis took over as event director and promised to “reawaken the sleeping giant”. As the third round of the IRC, part of the dream has been realised with Skoda trio Andreas Mikkelsen (Norway), Jan Kopecky (Czech) and Juho Hanninen (Finland) bringing an international flavour.
