TOMORROW sees the start of the 2025 edition of the Guernsey Rally, but it’s a Jersey duo seeded top of the list.
The experienced team of Ross Le Noa and Domonic Volante have been seeded at number one for this windy and narrow closed road stage rally around the beautiful Sarnian island.
The Guernsey duo of Paul Trebert and Jason Carre sit at seed two, and Caesarean pairing Dave Oliveira and Victor Nobrega make up the top three.
Le Noa arrives as defending champion, however his 2024 victory came alongside Christina Holley in the Ford Escort MK2.
Le Noa teamed up brilliantly with Volante in the 2024 edition of the Jersey Rally, where they secured an impressive third-place finish, Sam Touzel and Max Freeman claiming the title on that occasion.
Navigator Volante and driver Le Noa have had a storied career together and Volante believes their friendship is a key part of their success.
“It’s great to be back over in Guernsey for another great event.
“We’ve competed in this rally before and we enjoy coming over to support an excellent event.
“We get on really well together, we’ve raced together for so long now we just put up with each other,” he joked.
“This will be Ross’s sixth year and my fifth competing in this race and we’re both really excited to get going for this one.
“It’s a strong line-up of other cars and we know it’ll be a tough challenge.
“The course is also challenging, but our experience in racing over here will hopefully put us in good stead.”
Speaking about being named first seeds, Volante continued: “Being seeded number one isn’t bad at all.
“It’s exciting if anything. We’re prepared to lead, but we know the others will follow.
“Hopefully, we can get off to a fast start and keep things in our own control.
“2025 has been a good year so far and hopefully this weekend can be another positive step forwards for us to make this an excellent year.”
The Guernsey Rally has seen several Jersey winners before, but is yet to see a Guernsey champion.
There have been several Sarnian runners up over the years, so the home drivers will be hoping to add a local name to the famous trophy.
Tomorrow’s action starts at 1.30pm with one stage and then will proceed to two evening stages from about 6pm.
Seven stages in total make up the Guernsey Rally, three being staged tomorrow and four on Saturday, split evenly between morning and afternoon and each stage being run four times.
All these stages are run at different times throughout Friday and Saturday and are located in various locations around the Island.
