Breen and Nagle still to finalise plans for 2020

The dynamic of this year’s Irish Tarmac Rally Championship — that is being launched in Galway tonight — sees a major shift towards the Hyundai i20 R5 for many of its top competitors.

Since the series ruled that World Rally Cars were only allowed to win events but not the series, the majority of its major players moved to R5 cars, with four-time British Rally champion Keith Cronin becoming the first winner of the R5 generation.