Motorsport Ireland Weekend Roundup

Craig Breen in Latvia

Mission Accomplished for Breen and the 208T16 in Latvia:

Craig Breen wins FIA European Rally Championship round in Latvia.

Craig takes away 40 points and leaps into second position in the European Rally Championship standings where next up for the Peugeot rally Academy crew is round three the 'ERC Circuit of Ireland Rally' based in Belfast over the Easter Weekend when Craig will be keen to impress on home turf.

Maiden International win for Kelly & Flanagan in Galway:

Donagh Kelly and Kevin Flanagan

Donagh Kelly from Donegal and his Derry co-driver Kevin Flanagan powered their Ford Focus WRC to victory in the Colm Quinn BMW Galway International Rally which was based around Gort over the weekend.

It was their first ever International Rally win and puts them into an early lead in the Clonakilty Blackpudding Irish Tarmac Rally Championship for 2015.

Runner-up just 39.2 seconds behind was to multiple tarmac champions Eugene Donnelly and Paul Kiely in a Mini WRC, after they edged out Sam Moffett and Karl Atkinson who were in a Fiesta WRC by just 0.7 seconds.