The newest member of the WRC's Rally1 club: Shane Byrne

About this episode

Shane Byrne discusses his journey as a new co-driver in the WRC and his aspirations for the future.

If Jon Armstrong is new to the World Rally Championship, what about Shane Byrne? The Irish co-driver had not competed in any WRC events, at all , before he and Armstrong joined M-Sport's Rally1 lineup at the top of 2026. Shane joins Luke Barry to share his rallying story, how the season has gone so far, and what he hopes to achieve in the future. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

People in this episode

Host: Luke Barry

Guest: Shane Byrne

Topics covered

• World Rally Championship
• Rally1
• co-driver
• rallying story
• 2026 season

Keywords

• WRC
• Shane Byrne
• Jon Armstrong
• M-Sport
• Rally1
• rallying
• 2026

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: M-Sport

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