Lewis Bates eyeing WRC after maiden Rally1 test

Lewis Bates in his maiden Rally1 test.
An opportunity arose through ARC rival Luke Anear, who has also previously stated his intent to contest selected World Rally Championship rounds to test the latest hybrid model built to the Rally1 regulation set introduced for the 2022 season.
Anear enjoys a long relationship with M-Sport having driven various variants of the Ford Fiesta R5 developed by the team during the previous five seasons.
Joined by co-driver Malcolm Read, the duo completed the test i