Perez Jr to tackle the Ypres Historic clash Squires returns for Silver Fern challenge

Seb Perez will switch Porsches for the Ypres Historic Rally in Belgium on June 20-23, trading his regular 911 GT3 Cup from the Porsche Carrera Cup GB race series for a threelitre 911 RS rally car.

Perez will join his father Steve for the high-profile event, with Perez Sr competing in his crowd-pleasing Lancia Stratos. Both cars will run under the Amigos banner as Seb rallies a three-litre historic Porsche for the first time.

Harri Toivonen and local ace Stefaan Stouf will use Ford Sierra RS Cosworth 4x4s while Jari Latvala, father of WRC star Jari-matti, is in a Toyota Celica GT4. British rallying stalwart Phil Squires will tackle the Silver Fern Rally in New Zealand for the third time this November.

Squires initially went to the biennial event in 2014 as a one-off 50th birthday present to himself, but fell in love with the rally and went back in 2016. Now, he will contest the eight-day marathon for third time. “The route is all on North Island this year, so that will all be new to me,” said Squires, who will ship his Ford Escort Mk2 in late August or early September.

“The event is over 800 stage miles which is longer than ever and will mean at least 12 hours of competitive driving.”