OSIAN Pryce is aiming to sign off his Drive DMACK Fiesta Trophy Championship-winning season in style at the Dayinsure Wales Rally GB – Britain’s biggest motorsport event of the season.

The legendary Welsh forests are ready to welcome a stellar 148-car entry into the 2016 event (27-30 October), the penultimate round of this year’s dramatic FIA World Rally Championship.

The Machynlleth rally ace, along with co-driver Dale Furniss, have stepped up a category, and will tackle the Deeside-based event in a Ford Fiesta R5.

Pryce, who had celebrated winning the World Championship’s most prestigious feeder series in Spain, said: “They’re both Fiestas, so they look fairly similar, but the car we’ve been driving all year is a two-wheel drive turbocharged one-litre car. The car for this week is a much more focused machine with four-wheel drive and a lot, lot more power.

“It’s the real deal and very similar to the one we used on Rally GB two years ago.”

Pryce made his competitive debut in a four-wheel drive car in 2014 and was an instant hit, setting times good enough to place him second within WRC2, one step down from the main World Championship field.

“I was pleased with how that event went two years ago, but the main thing for us this week is to gain experience of the Fiesta R5. This is the car we will be using on two overseas rounds of the WRC next year, so it’s really important we get through the stages and get in as much seat time as possible.

“This is one of the most competitive WRC2 fields I’ve seen in ages and we need to see how we measure up against the other Fiestas, that’ll give us something to think about over the winter, and some idea of what sort of pace we need next year.”

Pryce added: “We’ve been to some amazing places this year, but there’s no place like home and I can’t wait to get in the car and get on with it. With my Championship already won, and the pressure gone, it’s a bonus.”Following months of assiduous preparation, Britain's round of the flat-out FIA World Rally Championship is ready to welcome the sport's most spectacular discipline, with flame-spitting cars, sideways slides aplenty and mud-slinging action firmly on the agenda.The destiny of the coveted World Rally Championship crown has been resolved already, in favour of new four-time World Rally Champion Sébastien Ogier.But with the pressure removed from his shoulders, the Frenchman will be gunning for glory this weekend as he seeks to make it four consecutive victories on the unforgiving event."The stages look great - and a bit different to previous years because we are not used to having dry conditions here," said WRC Champion Ogier."I always love the profile of the stages in Wales; the roads are really beautiful, especially on Friday and Saturday."It's exciting to have new and reversed stages - it almost feels like driving a whole new rally and it means we all effectively start from zero, which really gets the adrenaline pumping."I'm here to enjoy the event and to try to add another victory to my 2016 tally."No fewer than 66 international crews are set to tackle the challenging event, accompanied by 82 further competitors on the supporting WRGB National Rally, with dry weather forecast throughout.Following the Shakedown at Clocaenog on Thursday morning is a show-stopping Ceremonial start at Parc Eirias in Colwyn Bay in the evening.The high-octane action then officially gets underway in mid-Wales early on Friday with the first of the Ceredigion stages in Myherin, followed by Sweet Lamb and Hafren, and its then up to Dyfnant.This will be followed by a short break in Newtown for new tyres to be fitted, before a second run over Myherin, Sweet Lamb, Hafren and Dyfnant forests.The Saturday stages are based around Machynlleth using the Pantperthog, Dyfi and Gartheiniog stages, all repeated twice along with one run of the Aberhirnant stage, near Bala, for the locals to watch.Sunday will see the stages move further North to the forests of Clocaenog, Brenig and Alwen all being repeated twice, with the final stage being Brenig, where the winner will cross the finish line after racing nearly 332 competitive miles on forest roads..