Molly Taylor will return to the FIA World Rally Championship this summer after she was handed a dream opportunity by the United Business management group to drive a Citroen DS3 R3T on two rounds of the series.
Australian Taylor, an ambassador of the FIA Women in Motorsport movement and a former FIA WRC Academy regular, will tackle Neste Oil Rally Finland and ADAC Rallye Deutschland with the BP Racing team from Italy. Briton Seb Marshall will co-drive.
Taylor, 24, sampled her new car in Italy on Thursday: “For me it is a fantastic opportunity and a great step forward in my career. To have the opportunity to work with a professional team and a different car from the ones I drove before will allow me to learn a lot. I am trying to soak [up] as much as possible, this car has many possible settings, we are trying to understand it as we go. We have a lot of work to do this year to gain experience, we will take what comes and try to make the most of it.”
Pier Liberali of United Business said: “We started this cooperation with Molly Taylor, because we believe in this lady driver who has proven to be very solid and fast. I think she is one of the fastest lady rally drivers at world level today. Just like we do for all the other professional drivers whose management we take care of, we have prepared for her a medium to long-term programme, which caters for these events.”
FIA Women in Motorsport Commission representative and former WRC event-winning co-driver Fabrizia Pons added: “I am very happy that Molly has the opportunity to drive a performing car such as the Citroen DS3.”
