Electric vehicles continue to reshape the future of the UK’s automotive landscape, with around 34 million fully electric cars on UK roads. This shift in ownership provides the opportunity to open up motorsport to a new audience, while breaking down pre-conceived ideas around the sport being purely for internal combustion engines.

Promoting a sustainable future from grassroots motorsport upwards is the ethos behind the Scottish Motor Racing Club’s (SMRC) EcoRally Scotland, from Saturday 26 to Sunday 27 July, for Round eight of the 2025 Bridgestone FIA EcoRally Cup.

The event runs to the FIA EcoRally Cup rules, which follow the traditional Regularity Rally points system but also include points for efficient driving, with the amount of energy used measured by a special FIA box and counted towards the overall scores.

The event will see teams of two (driver and navigator) and their Electric Vehicle, tackle a road route starting out from Dundee. Teams will need to record all check points within the given times and complete ‘regularity tests’ checking average speed along the route – precision navigating, problem solving and teamwork will be the order of the day.

Participants can take part in a fully electric (BEV) or hybrid vehicle (HEV). Ethanol or methane powered vehicles (E85/CNG/CBG) are also eligible.

Any road electric vehicle can take part in the event, without any kind of modification.

Richard Crozier, EcoRally Scotland Clerk of the Course said “The future of motorsport is changing, and so too are the vehicles and powertrains being used by competitors. Our EcoRally is designed as an inclusive opportunity for electric vehicle owners to experience the thrill of rallying, powered by alternative energies.”

Steve Burns, SMRC Competitions Director added “Following a couple of trial event in 2023 and 2024 we are delighted to be hosting the Bridgestone FIA EcoRally Cup in Scotland this year, which will be the first International Rally to be held in the country since 2011.”

Nic Boyes, SMRC Chair concluded: “As Chair of the organising club, I am immensely proud that, since our initial planning in 2022 and our events in 2023 and 2024, we have worked up to FIA Championship status with EcoRally Scotland being approved by the World Motorsport Council for our event on 26 and 27 July 2025 in Dundee. It seems counter intuitive that Scottish Motor Racing Club is organising such an event, though we are committed to promoting carbon neutral motorsport in the face of climate emergency and helping to push motorsport into the future.”

More information can be found about the EcoRally here

(Photo Craig T Parry)