Irish pair seek to reign in Spain

As the season’s World Rally Championship nears an end with this weekend’s Rally Spain, the Irish duo of Tyrone’s Kris Meeke and Killarney co-driver Paul Nagle hope to deliver the type of performance that secured wins in Poland and Finland earlier this year.

They are part of a three-car Abu Dhabi Total WRT that also includes Craig Breen/Scott Martin and Khalid Al Qassimi/Chris Patterson.

It’s a mixed-surface event — gravel today and tarmac tomorrow and Sunday. The Irish have good memories of the event: Meeke scored his first stage win in Spain in 2011 before going on to score his first points in the WRC. A year later Breen scored his first WRC points in this rally.