London : City boy Amitrajit Ghosh achieved a rare distinction of being the first Indian to enter the British Rally Championship. Amitrajit will have Ashwin Naik as the co-driver. The team will be sponsored by Pincon Group of Kolkata. The opening round of “Mid Stage Wales Rally” is scheduled to take place on 5-6 March ‘2016 in Newtown. Ghosh, who will be driving Ford Fiesta R2T was quite exited at the prospect .
This will be a real test for the competitors as the stages will form an integral part of Wales Rally GB, the World Rally Championship round. Starting on Saturday night with two stages in the dark, this is no gentle bed into the new rallying season.
Speaking from London , Amitrajit said , “As the trees and markers are so far away from the road, you don’t get a sensation of speed. That is until you arrive at a slow section and you need two feet on the brake pedal to slow you down!”
“The stages are familiar because of Rally GB but the likes of Pikes Peak, up by the wind farms is quite something. It is a couple of things, it is so steep you don’t think you are going that fast and then the road is SO wide that you feel you can showboat or play around. All of that costs you time, you have to very much stick to the line.”
“All of the stages here are special. Hafren is an all time classic; really tight in places, really fast in others but it can have a greasy surface that you have to watch. Mid-Wales is going to be my real test for me in 2016.”