BRITISH ACE EDWARDS WINS IN BARBADOS

Triple British Rally champion Matt Edwards took victory in Barbados recently when he won the HammerTime event, a round of the R5 Rally Championship Barbados.

Edwards shared the Ford Fiesta R5 of Paul Horton when the event regulations allowed two drivers to use a car for the time trial event. Horton, originally from the UK, now lives and works in Turks and Caicos.

Edwards said: “I normally sit with Paul and I’ve done a lot with him over the last three years, both coaching and co-driving. The car is based out there and because there was an opportunity to share the car on the rally, he did the event as well. We won both legs of it so that was quite cool.

“He sat with me for two runs, which is the first time we’d ever done that. It kind of helped demonstrate a couple of the points that we’ve been working on and shows where the limit is. He drove really well.”

Edwards also found time recently to propose marriage to his partner Jessica Hockley.