Wet passenger ride in 500 hp at the M-SPORT FORD PUMA RALY1 with the Irish WRC driver Josh Mchelean

I was very fortunate to enjoy many fast rolls around Mondello Park in many different cars.

Sometimes I will drive myself behind the BMW M wheel or anything else like Honda Civic Type R, and recently the Audi R8 SuperCar.

I also sat in the passenger seat with some of the professional racing drivers at Mondello, where they explain to you exactly how you should charge one of their cars around the track.

I have even sat with the Formula 2 Alex Dunne star, and he is heading without the Porsche Boxster around the course at Breakneck speeds.

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But two weeks ago, she put another box from the bulldozers list, where she won the full power of the FIA ​​World Championship.

The car concerned was the M-SPORT FORD PUMA RALY1 which was in Mondello Ireland motorsport Rally Academy was held on J1000 Development Day.

I was invited by my friends, Red Paul Ireland, as part of the media, and I got an interview and interview the new Irish duo for M-SPORT, driver Josh Macrarian and his co-Trecy.

But Puma Rally1 was not only as a central piece of development day J1000 – Josh was also kneeing around the very wet Mondelo Park.

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The weather was completely contradictory with the amazing sunlight for this week, but, frankly, imitated conditions and wet paths have turned the passenger experience to the maximum.

Puma Ralle1 is an absolute monster of the machine.

It sits on a space frame structure designed for this purpose, is operated by 1.6 -liter turbo and four cylinders and uses an electric motor 100 kW to increase energy that reaches 500 hp and 500 Nm of torque.

The car weighs only 1,260 kg, so the weight of the weight already enters the game, and the PUMA uses a smart system for all wheels with limited front and rear voucher differences and dividing the torque 50-50.

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So all this means that an exciting grip will be from 0-100 km per hour in about three seconds on any surface.

The Kilrea driver was killing her, as he was treating Puma as if it were a game, and threw it in the corners, and on many occasions, I thought the car would spin because we were literally doing the drifts back.

But Puma’s strength and her fist from the front wheels will attract us directly again, as Josh danced on the pedals and criticized through the gears at another straight.

Then it was difficult for the brakes for more Shennaigan would record higher signs in the Master’s Archeology Qualifiers.

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I also managed a few minutes with Josh and Eoin to get a fast question and answer, and here are the results:

Josh McCranean Question and Answer:

Q: You have learned to drive in Northern Ireland to drive the right hand, but you are now gathering in a car in the left car. On which side of the car are you more comfortable now?

A: All cars I gathered in Europe are designed, so they drive the left car, but when I started when I was 17 years old in a left -wing car. I drive a car on the right driving road today, but it is still strange when I return to Dublin Airport and then drive the car on the wrong side of the road.

Q: How was the experience moved from the WRC2 to the WRC1?

A: Initially, the strength and the lower cycle with the additional aeranisman has the car and improves the challenge. Well, you can drive the car, but try to drive it quickly, this is the next step. Monte Carlo was a big challenge, as he was heading towards the gathering with limited experience, there was snow, snow and everything that was thrown on you. It has been a frankly tornado since December, we did not even know whether this would happen, it came suddenly, so my educational curve was fast. But the M-Sport team has done an incredible job that escalates us at speed.

Q: What is your favorite gathering from the 2025 season so far?

A: Sweden is purely because driving a car in the snow is a mental process compared to everything else. Edited tires and wisting are completely mind. In fact, we had a good rhythm at the most important times, but on Sunday, we ended up in the back of the snow and we had to go out.

Q: What is the most difficult WRC collection?

A: On the part of my body, Kenya was Kenya, but a mental identifier says Monte Carlo because the pressure was on the rise from WRC2 to WRC1.

Q: Is M-Sport Puma the best rally car that has ever drove?

A: Without a doubt, it is another thing and to be for a full year in WRC.

Q: How do things go with M-Sport Are you now from the family and settle well?

A: Everyone believes that M-SPORT is the AFMIY team and this is exactly what we get out of it. The entire team was very welcome to be a nice team.

Q: Who is your assembly champion?

A: Sebastian Loop

Q: What is your favorite assembly car at the time?

A: Pooma, of course, but there was something else that pushed any of the 2017 Rally cars.

Q: After two side rolls, often, you were about Mondelo, you were wondering if you had thought about doing Kalle Rovanperä and entering some Masters Drift tours?

A: It is completely east to drive this car like that, as I deal with it with PlayStation because this is what you feel. But if Opprtunity goes out to try the Conor Shanahan drifting, I will be awake for that.

Q: Now you are Red Bull, what is your favorite Red Bull?

A: The tropical is nice, but I am still an original flavor.

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Eoin Treacy Q & A:

Q: How was a step from a WRC2 to a WRC1 like?

A: It was a big step up, and the largest thing was the change in the pace because you are moving very quickly in cars now the distances of your broken shorter, so they really change from calling the notes.

Q: Can you still clarify the sense of speed in the WRC, although you focus on your pace notes and everything else is happening inside the car?

A: Feel quickly, but if you run in the car without reading the notes, it really hit you.

Q: Was Bakinot always for yourself or did you think of being a driver?

A: Always notice, but once a year I do the gathering race.

Q: What is your favorite WRC rally this year?

A: I loved each one, Monte Carlo was very iconic. Kenya is very wild and is classic because it is safari. But the feeling of snow in Sweden was special, it was my first time to snow and travel so quickly in a wonderful car.

Q: So what is the most difficult WRC gathering?

A: Kenya is definitely, but was the most enjoyable Sweden.

Q: Is Puma the best rally car where you were?

A: Yes, definitely, Rally1, the top of the fai pyramid, it’s crazy, just what cars can do, it’s great.

Q: What is your favorite assembly car at all?

A: Citroen Xsara WRC, watch Leob dominates one, but closer to the home, Toyota Corolla AE86 Twin Cam.

Q: It is 6 feet and 5 inches long. Should Pooma be reduced anyway to allow you to fit when wearing a helmet?

A: Ha, no, these modern cars have a lot of the main space.

Q: Rally champion?

A: Sebastian Loop.

Q: What is your favorite Red Bull drink?

A: The original or watermelon.