Round 4: Tyneside Stages, 2 August

Simon Mauger took his third maximum score of the season by winning the Tyneside Stages Rally in his Metro 4M4.

Mauger and Jonathan Hawkins had a day-long battle with Damian Cole/Jack Morton, who were contesting their first championship round in the former’s recently-acquired Fiesta WRC.

Alex Laffey and 2014 Tyneside-winning co-driver Andrew Roughead were third in their Fiesta, with David Tinn/Giles Dykes (Proton Millington) close behind in fourth place.

Results1 Simon Mauger/Jonathan Hawkins (Metro 4M4) 1h01m10s2 Damian Cole/Jack Morton Ford (Fiesta RS WRC) 1h01m22s3 Alex Laffey/Andrew Roughead (Ford Fiesta R5+) 1h03m12s

Provisional championship standings1 Simon Mauger – 116 points2 David Hardie – 98 3 Alex Laffey – 89 4 Damian Cole – 84 5 David White – 79