GILL BECOMES LATEST FIA RALLY STAR

Taylor Gill has become the latest recipient of a place in the FIA Rally Star Training Season after he won the talent search scheme’s AsiaPacific Final in India.

The 18-year-old from Australia was one of 40 participants from seven countries who qualified for three-day assessment at the Madras International Circuit.

Gill gets six nationallevel events in an M-Sport Ford Fiesta Rally3 in 2023 as his prize with the best four drivers at the end of the Training Season securing a Junior WRC drive in 2024. Meanwhile, Pragathi Gowda from

India was selected as the Asia-Pacific region’s represented in the Women’s Final where Brit Katie Milner will be among her opposition for the seventh and final Training Season place.

FIA rally boss Andrew Wheatley said: “We have got winners, but we have also seen amazing drivers, who supported the winners and will go on to compete at a high level internationally around the world.”

The winners of the South and North America Continental Finals, which are scheduled to take place in early 2023, will complete the Training Season line-up.