Keith Cronin relishing M-Sport link-up for British Rally Championship

Cork driver Keith Cronin has penned a deal that will see him and Killarney co-driver Mikie Galvin contest this season’s Prestone British Rally Championship with M-Sport and the Ecoboost-powered Ford Fiesta R5.

Negotiations accelerated in the last week as Cronin completed a very satisfactory test with M-Sport. Next weekend he is top seed for the Malcolm Wilson (MW) Rally where he will use his own Fiesta R5 as preparation for his championship debut in the M-Sport car the following week in the Border Counties Rally.

Cronin, who first won the BRC in 2009 (ending a 35-year wait since Billy Coleman won the first title in 1974) also won in 2010 and 2012.