Reigning Motorsport Ireland Billy Coleman Award winner Josh McErlean has been selected by Hyundai Motorsport Customer Racing to become a member of their world-famous Junior Driver initiative in 2021.

 
The 21-year-old from Kilrea, Co.Derry has piloted a Hyundai i20 R5 throughout the 2020 season, securing impressive results across Europe including a career-bolstering seventh place in WRC3 at the final round of the World Rally Championship, ACI Rally Monza despite his lack of experience at world-level.

 
Now, thanks to his performances on the European stage and professional approach to the sport, McErlean will become one of six rally drivers chosen to be members of the Hyundai Motorsport supported initiative which will allow him to tap into the vast know-how of the World Rally Championship elite manufacturer team.

 
“This is such a huge honour to be part of the Hyundai Customer Racing Junior Driver programme,” says McErlean.
 

“It’s been a very hard twelve months for so many of us but this is one of the moments where all the hard work, dedication and faith that I`ve had in my abilities over the past five years of my career years has finally been realised. This of course is not just a special moment for me,  but for all those that have supported me on my incredible journey so far and in some ways, it’s only just beginning”.