Gill readying for make-or-break WRC season

The all-Aussie Junior WRC pairing of Taylor Gill and Dan Brkic are nearing their vital “make-or-break” second season with the FIA Rally Star sponsored program.

See the link at the bottom of the article to see how you can be directly involved in Gill’s 2025 efforts…

With the FIA World Rally Championship having already kicked off at Rally Monte Carlo, the second round also sees the junior season kick off at Rally Sweden on February 13-16 for the ice and snow – a hugely challenging event with studded tyres and extremely fast conditions and slingshot snow banks.

In the lead up, Gill and Brkic have spent some time testing in the Finland snow, as well as getting used to the new Hankook tyres that will be employed across the board for the 2025 WRC season.

Last year saw Gill and Brkic steer their Ford Fiesta Rally3 to eighth in Sweden on debut after leading the rally early, before some costly overshoots and some hard fought lessons about the Pirelli studded tyre were had.

Taylor Gill was going along nicely in Sweden until some tyre troubles struck in ’24

Gill will again base himself in Finland for the ’25 season, as he prepares for a sudden and defining year in his career.

“The environment is getting more comfortable every year, but it’s no means to relax, we have to keep working hard to achieve the results,” Gill said.

“Effectively its do or die with this being our last year with the Rally Star opportunity unless we win the championship. The competition will be stronger than ever, but hopefully we’ll be right for the challenge.”

Last year saw Gill head into the cut-throat, double-points, last round in second place after a memorable win in Finland and a second place in Croatia. But it was also a tough year mechanically for the Newcastle-born driver, with plenty of promising results sent side-ways owing to issues with the Fiesta, which saw him finish outside the top-five for the other three events.

This season, Gill and Brkic will visit Sweden, Portugal, Greece, Finland, and then the tri-county Central European Rally for the double point finale.

You can support the Aussie hopefuls by contributing to the supporters club, which will net you some merchandise and media packages via a $150 dollar contribution that will greatly assist towards the pair in getting more vital test days.

Visit www.taylorgillmotorsport.com/supporters for more info.

JUNIOR WRC CALENDAR

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