EDWARDS’S SUCCESSFUL RALLY YEAR

WHERE: ALL OVER THE UK WHEN: ALL SEASON The culmination of 15 years in rallying, Matt Edwards achieved a dream by winning the British Rally Championship title in just his second season in a top-line car.

Edwards signed with World Rally Championship squad M-sport in January, forming the M-sport Swift Rally Team with his longterm backer Pete Smith, owner of Swift Caravans.

What would follow is domination, he and co-driver Darren Garrod won all four of the series’ events outright, stumbling only on Wales Rally GB where the event was divided in two.

Taking third on the first leg was all that was needed to secure the title, and they duly delivered despite sliding off in his favourite Penmachno stage late-on, bringing back a second-hand Fiesta R5.

Before GB, he had also wrapped up the BTRDA title against a host of Fiesta RS WRC cars with more power, and did that with a whole round to spare.