Gareth MacHale
# 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 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 |
| 2006 | Gareth MacHale | Ford Focus RS WRC 03 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | GBR Ret | 22nd | 3 |
| 2007 | Gareth MacHale | Ford Focus RS WRC 03 | MON 11 | SWE | NOR | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 23rd | 1 |
| 2007 | Gareth MacHale | Ford Focus RS WRC 06 | | | | MEX Ret | POR 13 | ARG | ITA Ret | GRE | FIN | GER | NZL | ESP | FRA | JPN | IRE 8 | GBR | 23rd | 1 |
| 2009 | Gareth MacHale | Ford Focus RS WRC 04 | IRE Ret | NOR | CYP | POR | ARG | ITA | GRE | POL | FIN | AUS | ESP | GBR | | | | | NC | 0 |
