Nicole Drought to defend UK MSVR Championship
Irish racer Nicole Drought has announced her 2025 plans and unveiled her 2025 race car.. She will return to the MSV Trackday Championship in the EBC Brakes Civic Type R.
This year though, Nicole will drive the races solo, with team mate Justin Roberts taking a year off due to family commitments. The car, which visited Ireland recently for a complete makeover from Precision Tint and Graphics in County Meath, will also be receiving a few new tweeks from Motion Motrorsport, who will also run the car for the season. Nicole, who as well as winning the overall title, won the Class B Championship and the Irish Open Clubman Rallycross Championship in 2024 Nicole will once again run with Motion Motorsport and the season starts on March 15th at Snetterton in Norfolk
Stuart Garland, MSVR Championship Manager ““We’re delighted to have Nicole Drought back competing in Trackday Championship again this upcoming year. Nicole and the Motion Motorsport team proved their winning credentials last season and we look forward to seeing our first ever female Champion look to defend her title in 2025”..”
Nicole Drought, from Roscrea in Tipperary, is Ireland’s top female racing driver. She has won in Circuit Racing, Endurance Racing, Rallycross, Stage Rallying, Endurance Trials and Autotesting.
In 2024, Nicole won the UK MSVR Trackday Trophy Championship winning races in the UK and Spain on her way to the title. In doing so, she made history as the first woman ever to win the championship.
She is also double, and reigning, Open Clubman Rallycross Champion, a former double Endurance Trial Champion and has won races in a variety of different cars. She was the first woman to win in Irish Touring Cars, the UK Citroen C1 Challenge and the UK EnduroKA series. She has also won in Clubsport Enduro, Trackday Trophy and scored a class win in the UK Race of Remembrance.
She has also driven two F1 cars, three Group C Endurance cars and a variety of Historic race cars such as a Lola T70, Lancia LC1, Spice SE86 and March 83G
Nicole is an Ambassador for Joe Mallon Motors, Gem Oils, ITM and Siltex Safety Solutions. She is an Accountant by trade and currently works as the Finance Manager at Mondello Park Racing Circuit.
Image from Michael Chester
Nicole Drought “I’m excited about this season. We improved the car race by race in 2024 and we have a few changes ahead of the ’25 season too. I can’t wait to race with number 1 on the car. It looks fantastic and I can’t thank Jay O’Reilly and the team at Precision Tint and Graphics enough. I really enjoyed driving alongside Justin last season and even though he is stepping away this year, he is still hugely supportive.
Big thanks, as ever, to Siltex Safety, Gem Oils, Joe Mallon Motors and ITM Digital for their support.”