Keith Cronin ready for battle at Ypres

Four-time British Rally champion Keith Cronin will concentrate on gaining as many British Rally Championship points as possible from the Renties Ypres Rally, round two of the Prestone backed series, that gets under way this afternoon.

Cronin, in the Michelin shod Hyundai i20 R5, is one of a number of Irish drivers contesting the 23-stage rally which concludes late tomorrow night.

On the opening round, the Pirelli Rally, Cronin and his Killarney co-driver Mikie Galvin — in the car driven by Eugene Donnelly in the Irish Tarmac series — took third behind British pair Matt Edwards (Fiesta R5) and Rhys Yates (Skoda Fabia R5). On the recent Circuit of Munster Rally, Cronin debuted a new Hyundai to victory and subsequently scrapped plans to compete in a rally in Belgium last week where he had intended to get further acclimatised to the car and conditions.