The WRC star that's earned the right to lead M-Sport's revival

Part-time opportunities with Citroen and Hyundai have offered brief glimpses of what Craig Breen can do in a World Rally Championship car. Now signed up by M-Sport to lead it into the WRC's new hybrid era, Breen has been given the chance he's pursued for so long and is determined to make the most of it

Tom Howard Jan 18, 2022, 10:37 AM

Upd: Jan 18, 2022, 11:29 AM

It’s hard to find anyone as excited for the 2022 World Rally Championship as Craig Breen.

After 13 years of working his way up the rally ladder, the 31-year-old has finally landed his first full-time WRC campaign courtesy of a two-year deal to spearhead M-Sport Ford’s charge into the new Rally1 hybrid era. Quite simply for the Irishman, known for wearing his heart on his sleeve and an unbridled joy for rallying whatever the car he finds himself in, driving up to the start ramp at Monte Carlo is the realisation of a dream.

“It is what I have been searching all my life for to be honest,” Breen tells Autosport. “It was great to get it all finally over the line, it has been a lot of work not just by me. It has been a long old road to get here and to finally have it in front of us - first of all I’m proud, but I’m just really excited more than anything that finally the chance is here.

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Author Tom Howard

Tom Howard is a News Editor working across both Autosport.com and Motorsport.com websites. Starting out as a sports reporter in local newspapers, Tom focussed on motorsport covering several national championships in the UK, including the BTCC.

After a period working as a freelance journalist, Tom moved to Australia in 2013 landing a job at leading Australian motorsport news outlet speedcafe.com, covering international motorsport events including F1, WRC and Supercars. Progressing to Editor in 2017, Tom was named Motorsport Australia Journalist of the Year for his work. He is also a two-time winner of Supercars Journalist of The Year (2017,2019) and a Supercars Championship Media Award winner in 2019.

Tom moved back to his native UK in 2020, firstly working in BTCC, before joining Autosport and motorsport.com in 2021.