Bird Targets BTRDA Title Bid On Return To Series
Paul Bird is “confident” he can fight for the BTRDA title on his return to doing a full-season after two years out.
Bird will drive his usual Ford Focus WRC07 with co-driver Jack Morton. Bird won the Woodpecker Rally, the penultimate round of the BTRDA in 2017, and also contested three other rallies following a two-year drug ban for testing positive for banned substances after the 2015 Nicky Grist Stages came to an end.
Starting with this weekend’s season opener, the Cambrian Rally, Bird said he thought he could battle for the crown: “We’ll see on Saturday! I’m confident enough. We’re not going to make the numbers up.
“I’m looking forward to doing a full season, I’ve missed it.”
Bird will face strong opposition for the title, headed by defending winner Stephen Petch in his championship-winning Ford Fiesta RS WRC, while perennial frontrunner Luke Francis makes a switch from a Mitsubishi into a similar Fiesta WRC.
This story is from the February 14,2018 edition of Motorsport News.
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