Gareth MacHale

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

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, MacHale 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 MON16 SWE MEX6 ESPRet FRA ARG11 ITA11 GRE GER10 FIN JPNRet CYP TUR AUS NZL 22nd 3 Ford Focus RS WRC 03 GBRRet 2007 Gareth MacHale Ford Focus RS WRC 03 MON11 SWE NOR 23rd 1 Ford Focus RS WRC 06 MEXRet POR13 ARG ITARet GRE FIN GER NZL ESP FRA JPN IRE8 GBR 2009 Gareth MacHale Ford Focus RS WRC 04 IRERet NOR CYP POR ARG ITA GRE POL FIN AUS ESP GBR NC 0