Cronin goes up a gear with funding boost

Even with three British Rally Championship titles under his belt, Keith Cronin had not been able to progress his career due to a lack of funding.

That situation changes today as he embarks on a campaign within the World Rally Championship beginning with the Vodafone Rally de Portugal.

The 26-year-old Ballylickey native, now based in London, will drive his 2012 BRC winning Citroen DS3 in the WRC 3 series of the World Championship. Essentially it’s a special category for two wheel drive cars but, importantly, includes the Citroen Top Driver series where the overall winner will be rewarded with a six-event programme in its all-new R5 specification DS3 in the 2014 WRC.