Donnelly Motorsport takes maiden Proton Iriz R5 Irish class win at Cork 20 International Rally
Tuesday, 01 October 2019
Five-time Irish Tarmac Rally Championship title holder Eugene Donnelly secured the Proton Iriz R5 its first class win in Ireland last weekend, taking fourth overall at a difficult Cork 20. Donnelly, who stepped in to the drivers seat as a last minute substitute for Rob Duggan, coped admirably with the enforced lack of time to prepare to finish
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Proton Iriz R5 takes start-to-finish Trackrod Rally Yorkshire win
Monday, 30 September 2019
Just weeks after securing a Woodpecker Stages Rally victory, Ollie Mellors and Ian Windress made it two-from-two in 2019 by taking their Proton Iriz R5 to a dominant Trackrod Rally Yorkshire win on Saturday(28th September). Mellors opened up an eight-second lead on the opening stage of the five-test event in the Thornbridge Brewery backed Proton and was
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Mellors takes Proton Iriz R5 to impressive Woodpecker win
Sunday, 01 September 2019
Ollie Mellors and Ian Windress secured a maiden national rally win for the Proton Iriz R5 since being Homologated by the FIA, taking victory by 20 seconds at last weekend’s Eventsigns Woodpecker Stages Rally, a round of the Jordan Road Surfacing BTRDA Rally Series (31st August) in Ludlow, Shropshire.
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MEM field two-car Proton Iriz R5 squad for the Woodpecker Stages
Thursday, 29 August 2019
Ollie Mellors and Theo Bengry will each pilot a Proton Iriz R5 at this weekend’s Eventsigns Woodpecker Stages Rally
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Proton Iriz R5 dominates coveted Goodwood Forest Rally Stage
Monday, 22 July 2019
The new Proton Iriz R5 stormed to its first victory since being fully homologated by the FIA, winning the coveted Forest Rally Stage shootout at the prestigious Goodwood Festival of Speed (4-7 July).
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Mellors Elliot Motorsport to debut newly homologated Proton Iriz R5 at Goodwood
Wednesday, 26 June 2019
British motorsport preparation firm Mellors Elliot Motorsport will debut the Proton Iriz R5 at next week’s Goodwood Festival of Speed (4-7 July), in its first official public appearance since being homologated by the sport’s governing body, the FIA. The four-wheel drive, 1.6-litre turbocharged machine is the latest R5 specification example to be ratified by the
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Irish Tarmac Champion chooses Proton IRIZ R5!
Friday, 31 May 2019
We are excited to announce 5 time Irish Tarmac Rally Champion Eugene Donnelly has purchased a Right Hand Drive Proton IRIZ R5. The car, which is currently in build, will be the first homologated R5 car to hit the international rally scene. Eugene comments “I’m looking forward to another new project and excited to have
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McRae marvels new Iriz R5
Monday, 25 March 2019
It was great to have Alister McRae reunited with the Proton brand at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in 2018. Alister won the 2011 Asia Pacific Rally Championship behind the wheel of a Proton Satria S2000 and was interested to sample the Proton IRIZ R5!
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Proton Iriz R5 makes the headlines
Monday, 25 March 2019
A great article in this weeks Motorsport News on the progress of the Proton IRIZ R5 here at Mellors Elliot Motorsport. Exciting times ahead! Thanks to Jack Benyon and Motorsport News for the article and Chicane Media for the image.
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