No joy for Irish at Royal Rally of Scandinavia

Kilrea’s Josh McErlean made the best start and despite a big moment on the second stage when his Hyundai i20 N Rally2 spun in fifth gear, he was tenth by the end of SS4. 

Josh McErlean/James Fulton (Hyundai i20 N Rally2) in action at the BAUHAUS Royal Rally of Scandinavia, round five of the European Rally Championship. Pic: Attila Szabo/Red Bull Content Pool.

The maiden BAUHAUS Royal Rally of Scandinavia, round five of the European Rally Championship (ERC), wasn’t a happy hunting ground for most of the Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy quartet. 

Top finishers Omagh’s Patrick and Stephen O’Brien in their family family-run R317 Motorsport Skoda Fabia R5 finished sixteenth overall. They admitted they struggled on the second leg where they spun on SS12.