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The 2026 Protyre Motorsport UK Asphalt Rally Championship will contain more event-by-event rewards overall and class end-of-season prizes than ever before. This year’ s prizes include Protyre motorsport tyre rewards, Vital Equipment incentives, OnThePaceNote co-driver prizes and, for the third year running, an M-Sport Puma Rally1 test for the top-placed Ford Fiesta Rally2 driver.

Championship title sponsor Protyre is, for the ninth consecutive year, offering an incredible event-by-event tyre rewards package where drivers in each class will have two opportunities to win tyres, redeemable on the following championship round. Protyre Motorsport will continue to operate a full fitting service at each round and be on hand to offer expert advice.

Vital Equipment is offering an event-by-event incentive whereby successful drivers will be rewarded with 25-litres of ETS Racing Fuels. Every class will have at least one opportunity to benefit from this incentive.

Mintex is continuing with its incredibly popular best improvement on starting position award, with the winner receiving one axle set of Mintex brake pads( to fit the calliper used on the winning car).

The Dynamic Fluids Best Presented Car Award is back for 2026, which will be selected at each event by Protyre Asphalt Championship scrutineer Geoff Doe.

Fuchs UK will present the top-placed Junior driver on each round with 5-litres of oil.

OnThePaceNote will reward the winning Junior co-driver on each round with a £ 50 voucher, redeemable against OnThePaceNote Subjective Route Notes for rallies in Ireland and the UK. At the end of the season, it will also present a special co-driver’ s gift bag, containing essential navigational items like a Fastime watch and a stage time book, to the winner of the Dai Roberts Memorial Trophy.

And finally … one of the biggest prizes in British national rallying is a test in an M-Sport Puma Rally1.

Photos: Ben Lawrence

This is awarded to the top-placed Ford Fiesta Rally2 driver at the end of the season. The private test will take place at the M-Sport Evaluation Centre test track near Cockermouth in Cumbria. Whoever wins the prize this year will follow in the footsteps of Protyre Asphalt champions Callum Black and Sam Touzel and join a very short and elite list of drivers worldwide who have driven a WRC Rally1 car.

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Sam Touzel and Max Freeman on the M-Sport Rally1 test day

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