Osian watched his first rally aged three, and he’s been involved in the sport ever since!

Born in Machynlleth, he spent much of his childhood riding motocross and Quad ‘bikes, and got behind the steering wheel of a car for the first time when he was just 10-years old.

He made his rally competition debut in 2009 when, aged just 16, he contested the Rally Kalnamuiza in Latvia in a Renault Clio. It wasn’t long before his natural talent began to shine through, and he scored his first podium, 2nd in class, on Rally Gulbis, shortly after.

Osian contested the Fiesta ST Trophy in 2010 and finished an impressive 8th overall on the Bulldog Rally. The Fiesta is a rally car very dear to his heart – so much so, that he re-bought the very same Fiesta ST and still rallies it for fun.

In 2010 Osian made his World Rally Championship debut – finishing 1st in class (winning by 27 minutes) and 35th overall on Wales Rally GB in a Ford Fiesta ST.

Since that incredible WRC debut, Osian has gained much WRC experience – contesting his home event several times, as well as Rally Spain, Portugal, Poland, Finland and Germany.

He has twice finished runner-up in the British Rally Championship (2013 and 2014), driving a Citroën DS3 R3.

Once of his finest achievements to date was winning the 2016 DriveDMACK Fiesta Trophy in a Fiesta R2T – which included victories on Rally Portugal and a start to finish victory on Rally Germany. His prize was two rounds of the WRC2 in a M-Sport Fiesta R5 the following year, and whilst he crashed out of a extremely wet and muddy 2017 Rally Poland, he finished career best 4th WRC2 on the famous Rally Finland.

Osian also led the 2017 British Rally Championship at the halfway mark in a Hills Ford/Alphera FS supported Fiesta R5, until mechanical problems intervened during the second half of the season.

Whilst Osian worked on opportunities to return to a full championship campaign, 2018 saw some incredible performances on selected events in a variety of completely different cars. The year began by him winning the Welsh Rally Championship section and finishing 4th overall on the Cambrian Rally in a development Spencer Sport-run R5-spec Mitsubishi Mirage – and it ended with Osian giving the VR4K Oreca FIA R4-spec car its world competition debut, where he finished 1st in class and 2nd overall on the Rallye Ciudad de Granada (a round of the Spanish Gravel Championship) in an Etios R4 (run by Barcelona-based ASM Motorsport). In between, he contested a number of events in an Escort Mk2 RS2000, winning the Red Kite Rally 2WD and Escort Rally Special Historic in Belgium and finishing 2nd on the Harry Flatters National A Rally. He was also part of S4C’s commentary and presenting team at Wales Rally GB – appearing on the preview show, three live stage broadcasts and five highlights programmes.

He continued to prove his speed and versatility in 2019 – firstly winning the Rali Bae Ceredigion (Wales’ first closed public road stage rally) in a Melvyn Evans Motorsport-run Hyundai i20 R5 and then finishing 1st in class on East African Classic Safari, which took place in Kenya and Tanzania, in a Minti Motorsport-tuned Ford Escort RS1600.

Osian is a former MSA Academy member (selected in both 2017 and 2018) and an instructor at the Below Zero Ice Driving Experience in Sweden.