DUCKWORTH MAKES GRAVEL RETURN IN FIESTA R5
National rally champion Roger Duckworth returned to forest rallying during the Cambrian Rally after a threeyear break from competing on gravel.
Duckworth made his UK debut in his recently acquired Ford Fiesta R5, which was acquired to replace the ex-works Subaru Impreza he rallied previously. The ex-Juha Kankkunen Impreza is now considered too rare and valuable for active competition.
Instead, Duckworth has acquired an R5, which he rallied for the first time in Barbados in June, finishing the rally with the car on its roof.
Duckworth said: “I hadn’t driven it until the first stage in Barbados. We got it back to the UK in July and it was finished last week.
“The Cambrian was a learning day and we haven’t got anything else planned yet,” he said of the Fiesta, which is being run by
CA1 Sport in Carlisle.
With 30 years’ experience under his belt, primarily in Subaru Imprezas, Duckworth and co-driver Mark Broomfield took a steady approach to the Cambrian and finished a creditable eighth overall in the BTRDA section of the rally.