After seven stages through the treacherously slippery Forest of Dean, Mathew Hirst/Declan Dear had mastered the conditions best of all to take victory. They ended the day with a comfortable 47-second winning margin.
Driving their Ford Fiesta R5, the win was enough to confirm them as winners of the Welsh Rally Championship for the second time, coincidentally having won the series in 2019 after winning the Wyedean.
Just a short drive from the start, crews faced a five-mile test at Crabtree Hill, where Hirst was comfortably quickest. He
