Rhys Yates (born in Chesterfield on 6 May 1992) is a

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rally driver Rallying is a wide-ranging form of motorsport with various competitive motoring elements such as speed tests (sometimes called "rally racing" in United States), navigation tests, or the ability to reach waypoints or a destination at a prescribed ...

currently competing in WRC-2 for

M-Sport Ford World Rally Team The M-Sport Ford World Rally Team (formerly "M-Sport World Rally Team", "Qatar M-Sport World Rally Team", and "Stobart M-Sport Ford Rally Team") is the privately run World Rally Championship team of M-Sport, the firm run by Malcolm Wilson (rally d ...

in a Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II.

Rally career

Brought up in a motorsport environment, Rhys started in

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and

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before switching to

rallying Rallying is a wide-ranging form of motorsport with various competitive motoring elements such as speed tests (sometimes called "rally racing" in United States), navigation tests, or the ability to reach waypoints or a destination at a prescribed ...

in 2013. Rhys joined multiple World Rally Championship-winning squad

for the 2020 season, where he would drive a latest-specification, factory-prepared and run Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II. He opened his account with a fourth-place at the

2020 Monte Carlo Rally The 2020 Monte Carlo Rally (also known as the 88e Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo) was a motorsport, motor racing event for rallying, rally cars that was held over four days between 23 and 26 January 2020. It marked the eighty-eighth running of the ...

. Then

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came and actual competition ceased. Demonstrating his flexibility and ability to rise to a challenge, Rhys stepped into sim racing, taking on vastly more experienced eGamers to win the World Rally Championship's Esports WRC Shootout. Yates currently participates in the British Rally Championship, using a M-Sport prepared

Ford Fiesta Rally2 The Ford Fiesta Rally2 (formerly known as Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II) is a rally car developed and built by M-Sport to comply with Group Rally2 regulations. It is based upon the Ford Fiesta The Ford Fiesta is a supermini car that was marketed ...

Career results

WRC results

* Season still in progress

WRC-2 results

* Season still in progress

References

External links

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Rhys Yates
s e-wrc profile {{DEFAULTSORT:Yates, Rhys 1992 births Living people English rally drivers World Rally Championship drivers Sportspeople from Chesterfield, Derbyshire Toksport WRT drivers M-Sport drivers