BHP Motorsports Magazine

Liam Carfrae
with 25 special
stages, three on
Friday night, 12 on
Saturday and 10 on
Sunday; CRC used Dirt
Rally 2.0’s German
stages on Friday and
Saturday, where the
fast-flowing stages
are reminiscent of
those in the
traditional Barbados
Sunday in the southeast
corner of the
island. A Briefing
Meeting via Microsoft
Teams was held preevent
and the action
was monitored by a
panel of experienced
Stewards.
With a 20-hour window
each day to allow
competitors worldwide
to tackle the stages
– the UK is currently
five hours ahead, for
instance – it was
maximum attack from
the start,
particularly for the
front-runners, with
M-Sport World Rally
Championship codriver
Elliot
Edmondson (he sits
with Gus Greensmith)
the early leader on
Friday. His dominance
was challenged by
fellow-Brit Liam
Carfrae, however,
whose impressive times
using a Controller to
finish third overall
at the previous
weekend’s King of thE
Hill had made everyone
sit up. Gonsalves
flirted with disaster,
however, too slow on
the first stage, then
pushing too hard on
the third resulting in
rolling off the stage;
he was lucky to get
back on the road and
end the day sixth,
with Carfrae the
overnight leader from
Dominic Ollivierre of
St Vincentand the
Grenadines second,