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Multiple race winner and former Rookie Cup champion Rhys Hurd will switch to Westbourne Motorsport for 2025 Vertu MINI CHALLENGE Trophy campaign.<\/strong><\/p>\n Hurd will line up alongside Jamie Keates, Luca Marinoni Osborne and Olivier Algieri as he looks to launch a bid for the overall championship title, having emerged as a proven front running over the last two years.<\/p>\n Joining the grid in 2023 with Chandler Motorsport, the Welsh racer took the Rookie Cup in his debut campaign and picked up a first overall win at Silverstone, and then added five further wins last year en-route to a top ten championship finish.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m really looking forward to the year ahead with Westbourne Motorsport,\u201d he said. \u201cWith all of last year\u2019s success and with them winning both the Drivers\u2019 and Teams\u2019 Championship, this is without doubt a great opportunity for me.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cLast season I had plenty of race wins so it goes without saying that the aim is to have more of those, and to put together a championship challenge. In my eyes nothing else will cut it.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cOf course I wouldn\u2019t be in this position without the fantastic support of my sponsors and I\u2019ve got to say a big thank you to the Thriplow Group for their backing. I can\u2019t wait to get going now!”<\/em><\/p>\n Team boss James Colburn said he was thrilled to bring Hurd onboard.<\/p>\n \u201cRhys was one of the standout drivers in the championship last year and he certainly took the fight to us; I was really impressed with some of his performances,\u201d he said.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cFor him now to join us is both a statement and an endorsement. Having a driver of Rhys\u2019 calibre underlines that we\u2019re going all-out to retain our Drivers\u2019 and Teams\u2019 titles and for him to make the move shows the faith that he has in us as a team.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cI think everyone expects Rhys to be one of the drivers battling for the overall title and I think when you look at the four drivers that we\u2019ve announced, each and every one of them have a shot at walking away as champion.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ background_enable_image=”off” background_size=”contain” background_position=”center_left” custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.minichallenge.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Untitled-design-1.jpg” title_text=”Untitled design” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.minichallenge.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Untitled-design2.jpg” title_text=”Untitled design2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Multiple race winner and former Rookie Cup champion Rhys Hurd will switch to Westbourne Motorsport for 2025 Vertu MINI CHALLENGE Trophy campaign. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":27309,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1462,1466],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-cooper"],"yoast_head":"\n