Round 2: Manx National Rally, 9-10 May

Having been runners-up by just a few seconds in 2013, Jason Pritchard and co-driver Phil Clarke took outright victory on their return to the Manx National Rally.

In the closing stages the pair was nip and tuck with Ben Mellors and Ian Windress but, after 120 miles of flat-out motoring over the closed public roads on the Isle of Man, the Proton Millington Satria crew had to settle for second place.

Steve Simpson and Patrick Walsh were third overall in their Subaru Impreza WRC, ahead of the Skoda Fabia WRC of John Stone and Carl Williamson. Having blitzed the opposition on Friday evening to gain a two-and-a-half-minute lead, 2013 winners Paul Bird and Aled Davies crashed out with just three stages to go.

Results1 Jason Pritchard / Phil Clarke (Ford Focus WRC) 1h54m29.9s2 Ollie Mellors / Ian Windress (Proton Millington Satria) 1h55m12.6s3 Steve Simpson / Patrick Walsh (Subaru Impreza WRC) 1h55m35.7s

Provisional championship standings1 Steve Simpson – 542 John Stone – 523 Darren Atkinson – 434 Darren Underwood – 325 Damian Cole – 30