Welshman James Williams and co-driver Tom Woodburn dominated the Junior British Rally Championship section on the classic Renties Ypres Rally in their brand-new EDSL Sport Ford Fiesta R2T rally car.

The pair missed the previous round on the Pirelli, but that didn’t deter the young duo as they blitzed the competition to win the Junior BRC section by nearly nine minutes, and in the process they chalked up an impressive 16th place overall.

It was to be a textbook drive by Williams, and a carbon copy of his 2018 result as he also came out top front-wheel-drive car over the entire event, and in the process gave the new M-Sport built Ford Fiesta R2T one of its biggest wins to date.

Ruiari Bell was battling set-up difficulties in a similar Ford Fiesta R2T, but on his first visit to Ypres he was expertly guided by 2018 BRC co-driver champion Darren Garrod. The pair grew in confidence and they threaded their way to second overall, with Bell picking up his best BRC result and first visit to the podium.

William Creighton and Liam Regan showed why you should never give up when it comes to rallying. After a catalogue of problems over the course of the weekend they battled the heat and put their Peugeot 208 R2 onto the final spot of the podium, picking up a cheque for £2,500 courtesy of Peugeot UK and Total for the first 208 R2 home. Their podium run - now four in a row - puts them second in the overall BRC Junior standings.

Championship leader Josh McErlean and Keaton Williams had a mechanical wheel bearing failure on the first day, but came out on the second to secure fourth and vital points to secure the championship lead heading to the Ulster Rally.

Elsewhere, John Morrison and Peter Carstairs in their Kumho-shod Mitsubishi Evo 9 not only took honours in the BRC National Rally Cup, they also were the first National specification car home to round off a perfect Ypres adventure.

The next round of the Championship will be the Ulster Rally on 16-17 August.