Galli to star at Rallyday 2005.

Mitsubishi have confirmed that their star driver, Gigi Galli - and their newest World Rally Car will both take part in the Rallyday 2005 at Castle Combe Circuit on Saturday August 13.

Galli will give the Mitsubishi Lancer WRC05 its first live UK demonstration in front of an estimated 10,000 rally fans.

He will be joined by Colin and Alister McRae driving Mk2 Ford Escorts; several former World and British Rally champions, including Bjorn Waldegard, David Llewellin, Gwyndaf Evans, Jonny Milner and Pentti Airikkala; star co-drivers like Phil Mills [2003 World Champion with Petter Solberg], Michael Park [co-driver for Markko Martin] and Phil Short (British Open Rally champion); and, of course, a selection of Richard Burns' original rally cars, driven through the feature rally stage by some of his friends.

A record number of 100 Audi quattros will celebrate the 25th anniversary of the four-wheel drive car which changed forever the face of world rallying.

At least five original ex-works quattro rally cars will be seen at Rallyday 2005, including the very first rally quattro, the car which Hannu Mikkola used as a course car on the 1981 Algarve Rally.

There will be exclusive interviews on the main stage with David Llewellin and Phil Short, both successful members of the Audi UK team in the 1980s.

Over two dozen of the most exciting rally cars from the Group B era will be giving demonstration runs on the Castle Combe special stage. The immaculately restored cars from Slowly Sideways include MG Metro 6R4, Lancia Rally 037, Porsche 911 SCRS, Fiat 131 Abarth, Nissan 240RS, Renault Maxi 5 Turbo, Peugeot 205 Turbo 16, Ford RS200 and Vauxhall Chevette HSR.

Other highlights include precision driving displays by British Autotest champions Russ Swift and Paul Swift, some seriously fast four-wheel drive cars from the British Rallycross SuperSeries and live commentary throughout the day by Jon Desborough and Tony Mason.

Entry tickets and track sessions can be booked online at the Rallyday website - www.rallyday.com. Advance tickets - available only until 31 July - cost ?10 each (children ?2), while track sessions for rally cars can be booked at just ?20 for 5 laps.