The 2019 European Rally Championship winner, 29-year-old Ingram, participated in the season-opening Rally Monte Carlo but will be seen more in action in Britain going forward.
This week, Ingram confirmed that he will compete in the full season of the British Rally Championship, which starts in late March. His co-driver will continue to be Alexander Kihurani, as it was last year.
“Alex and I showed strong pace in Europe last year despite a limited programme, so I can’t wait to see how we can progress this year working consistently with a team that have a huge amount of experience,” says Ingram.
Last season, the British Rally Championship was won by M-Sport Ford’s French driver Adrien Fourmaux. This year, Fourmaux competes in the main class of the WRC series driving M-Sport’s Ford Puma Rally1 car.
Ingram hopes that the British Rally Championship can serve as a springboard for him as well.
“The BRC will provide more return on investment than competing in WRC2 as a privateer. The entire six-round British Rally Championship, which includes an ERC round, national television coverage, top class competition, is valued at the same figure as a single round of WRC2.”
“My intention is to return to WRC2 stronger, for a few rounds later in the year, once we have established solid foundations for the future. There are rumours Rally2 could become the top class in the WRC which would cut costs across the board and make it accessible to the top aspiring drivers from every country,” Ingram says.
Ingram regularly competed in the WRC with Skoda in 2021-22. Throughout his career, the British driver has struggled to secure the necessary funding for competition and mainly participated in smaller races last season.
Ingram will announce which team’s equipment he will compete with this season in the near future.
