Refocused Cronin gears up for WRC comeback

Irish rally ace Keith Cronin is set to relaunch his World Rally Championship career behind the wheel of a Citroen DS3 R5 in the WRC2 category next season.

The 28 year old from Ballylickey in West Cork — a triple British Rally champion — hasn’t competed since last year’s Rally GB, where he lost out to Frenchman Sebastien Chardonnet in the Citroen Top Driver series that carried the prize drive of competing in this year’s WRC2 Championship in a Citroen DS3 R5.

In the build-up, Cronin plans to compete in some Irish events, possibly even in next week’s Acesigns Cork “20” International Rally, and then his home event, the Westlodge Hotel Fastnet Rally in Bantry, taking place at the end of October.