Motorsport: Nesbitt/ O'Brien win circuit of Ireland rally

The Buy & Sell Circuit of Ireland Rally was won by Andrew Nesbitt and co-driver, James O’Brien. Their Cuisine de France Subaru WRC never skipped a beat on today’s eight stages. The vibration that dogged their progress yesterday, was traced to a faulty prop shaft and with fellow competitor, Daniel Doherty, out of the rally mid way yesterday, he sportingly lent it to Nesbitt.

Nesbitt set several fastest times today to finish with a winning margin of two minutes and 43 seconds as the focus switched to the chase for second. It looked over when Eamonn Boland had a brush with the Tyrone scenery and he trailed Derek McGarrity by 31 seconds.