Isle of Man based co-driver Rob Fagg goes international again this weekend as he travels to China, having secured a deal to return to the Chinese National Rally Championship alongside former British and World Production Champion, Manxman Martin Rowe.  The pair will compete once again compete for the KST Mitsubishi Rally Team for whom they narrowly missed out on lifting the teams’ title last year.

Isle of Man based co-driver Rob Fagg goes international again this weekend as he travels to China, having secured a deal to return to the Chinese National Rally Championship alongside former British and World Production Champion, Manxman Martin Rowe.  The pair will compete once again compete for the KST Mitsubishi Rally Team for whom they narrowly missed out on lifting the teams’ title last year.

Rowe contested the championship last year, scoring two wins, and was joined by Mexperience.com backed Rob for the final two rounds of the season. The pairing finished 3rd on the penultimate round, but were forced to retire from the final round when they lost all engine cooling with a holed radiator. Martin and Rob missed the opening round of the Championship back in March due to the car not being ready in time for the event, which was won by Scotsman Alistair McRae. McRae will again provide the main competition to the KST pair along with another Manxman David Higgins.

With Rowe again offered the opportunity to compete in the far east, he contacted Rob and a deal was reached between the two. 

"I am thrilled to be offered the chance to compete again in China alongside Martin" explained Rob, "When he offered me the opportunity last year it was a total surprise and a fantastic opportunity for me. To finish on the podium on our first together after the troubles we had made it more rewarding and then to be asked back for the final round boosted my confidence. The level of competition this year has got higher with Alistair (McRae) and David (Higgins) both competing along with returning leading Chinese Xu Lang and I am under no illusion it's going to be tough." 

Rob is supported in 2006 by the Isle of Man Sports Council, Isle of Man Steam Packet Scholarship and Mexperience.com . A special thanks goes to Manx Telecom for their continued support, allowing Rob to compete in China.

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12/07/2006