Following their debut victory in First Citizens King of the Hill (KotH) last Sunday, Zane Maloney and Kreigg Yearwood are top seeds for the 32nd running of the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) premier event. The entry list of 85 cars for this weekend’s Sol Rally Barbados 2022, which includes drivers and co-drivers from 11 countries, was published by the BRC at Wednesday evening’s briefing meeting at the Divi Southwinds Beach Resort, Christ Church.After becoming the youngest driver to win KotH since it was first run in 2008, the 18-year-old FIA Formula 3 racer and his experienced co-driver will lead the field over the starting ramp at Sol Speightstown at 10.30a.m. on Saturday. His Skoda Fabia R5 is one of a record number of 15 entries in the FIA R5 class, one cause of the highest-placed two-wheel drive (2wd) car being seeded outside the top 10 for only the second time since the inaugural KotH.The teenager will be followed over the ramp by his uncle Stuart, whose co-driver Kristian Yearwood is brother to Kreigg; driving a newer Fabia Rally2. The elder Maloney increased his lead in the R5 Rally Championship presented by First Citizens last Sunday, as Zane is not registered for points. Starting at three will be Britain’s Frank Bird and Jack Morton in a Ford Fiesta Rally2. While this is the 22-year-old driver’s first visit to compete, Morton has done so before, seeded at two alongside Bird’s father Paul in Sol Rally Barbados 2018, when they finished third in his Ford Focus WRC07.
