Published:
11:30 AM January 28, 2021
The leading crew after two loops of stages in the 2019 Corbeau Rally.
- Credit: ANDREW BISPING / CHELMSFORD MOTOR CLUB
Continued fears over the spread of coronavirus has led the organisers of the Corbeau Seats Rally to cancel the popular event in Tendring and Clacton for 2021.
The seafront rally, which was due to take place over a weekend in April, has been postponed following the pressures on the community s healthcare system as a result of Covid-19.
This is the second time it has been cancelled after the 2020 event was also postponed.
Organisers had hoped the rally would play its part in marking a return to normality in the area in 2021. However, with current
THE organisers of a popular road rally have cancelled the event for the second year running due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The Corbeau Seats Rally, run by Chelmsford Motor Club, has announced this years event will not take place as planned on April 24 and 25. The rally was launched in 2018 and was the first rally to make use of a new legislation allowing closed road motorsport in England. Chelmsford Motor Club said Tendring is currently being hit hard by the pandemic and following consultations with Tendring Council, Essex Highways and Motorsport UK, they have concluded that the “right and proper course of action” is to cancel the rally for 2021.
THE organisers of a popular road rally have cancelled the event for the second year running due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The Corbeau Seats Rally, run by Chelmsford Motor Club, has announced this years event will not take place as planned on April 24 and 25. The rally was launched in 2018 and was the first rally to make use of a new legislation allowing closed road motorsport in England. Chelmsford Motor Club said Tendring is currently being hit hard by the pandemic and following consultations with Tendring Council, Essex Highways and Motorsport UK, they have concluded that the “right and proper course of action” is to cancel the rally for 2021.