Gareth MacHale

Gareth MacHale (born 12 August 1980) is an Irish rally driver, who has scored points in the World Rally Championship.

Gareth MacHale

MacHale in his Ford Focus RS WRC 04 on the 2006 Rally Japan.
Personal information
Nationality	Irish
Born	(1980-08-12) August 12, 1980
World Rally Championship record
Active years	2006 – 2009
Co-driver	Paul Nagle Allan Harryman Brian Murphy
Rallies	14
Championships	0
Rally wins	0
Podiums	0
Stage wins	0
Total points	4
First rally	2006 Monte Carlo Rally

Career

MacHale comes from a family with a background in rallying. His father Austin MacHale is a five-time Irish Tarmac Rally Championship champion. Gareth's younger brother Aaron is also a rally driver.

MacHale competed in an eight-round programme in the 2006 World Rally Championship season in a privately entered Ford Focus WRC. He finished sixth on Rally Mexico, scoring three world championship points. In 2007 he competed in five WRC events, finishing eighth on his home round Rally Ireland, which was being run as a WRC event for the first time. He competed in Rally Ireland again in 2009, but retired.

In 2008 MacHale competed in the Race of Champions.

In 2010 he followed in his father's footsteps by winning the Irish Tarmac Rally Championship for the first time.

WRC results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	WDC	Points
2006	Gareth MacHale	Ford Focus RS WRC 04	MON 16	SWE	MEX 6	ESP Ret	FRA	ARG 11	ITA 11	GRE	GER 10	FIN	JPN Ret	CYP	TUR	AUS	NZL		22nd	3
		Ford Focus RS WRC 03																GBR Ret
2007	Gareth MacHale	Ford Focus RS WRC 03	MON 11	SWE	NOR														23rd	1
		Ford Focus RS WRC 06				MEX Ret	POR 13	ARG	ITA Ret	GRE	FIN	GER	NZL	ESP	FRA	JPN	IRE 8	GBR
2009	Gareth MacHale	Ford Focus RS WRC 04	IRE Ret	NOR	CYP	POR	ARG	ITA	GRE	POL	FIN	AUS	ESP	GBR					NC	0