FANS FAVOURITES FROM A GREAT ’22
It is fascinating to look back at the 2022 motorsport season. It has been a year of landmarks for so many reasons, and many of them have come in the national racing sphere. Those achievements have been highlighted in our second annual Motorsport News Awards. Thanks to you, our readers, we have unearthed our National Racing Driver and National Rally Drivers of the year, while our panel of experts have selected the rest of the other six winners. The results are really interesting, and we would like to pay tribute to all of our victors. Some of their efforts have been rewarded with a championship trophy, while some haven’t. But what is common among them all is that they have gone above and beyond what was expected in 2022 and written their own headlines.
It is an honour to celebrate them all in this issue and whether you agree or disagree with our list of winners, we would love to hear from you. Please get in touch and tell us your views.
There is only one two-time winner of the MN awards – now in its second season – and that shows you that the accolades are hard to achieve. So huge congratulations go to each of our winners and we hope that you all get involved in 2023, when we will be looking for our next tranche of stand-out talents.
In this issue, we also trace the history of Jagermeister’s sponsorship in motorsport with a great insight from our columnist-at-large David Addison. While fans of a certain vintage will recall a certain black-andgold livery as their favourites, there is something alluring about the orange cars that battled their way on the tracks and stages for three decades. It is a very interesting tale and one that Addison has unpicked expertly
We also appeal to Craig Breen, a man on the edge. While his fullseason dream with M-Sport in the World Rally Championship didn’t bring him the glory he so craves, it has been another important staging post in his development as a driver. And, obviously, he picks out the positives from him switch to a part-time drive with Hyundai in 2023. Breen has suffered numerous setbacks in his career, and he responds to each one with a maturity and a determination that underpins everything he does and is about. We can only hope that his maiden WRC win is just around the corner, because surely there isn’t a driver who deserves it more.