Colin McRae: Rally GB hero
The best way to describe Colin McRae is to remember how he described himself. In his own words: “I go over the limit and then come back from that. It’s…
After flying down specially from Edinburgh and a quick lunch at our new local Italian restaurant Robert Reid sat down to talk through his career and that of his long-time…
“You’re the best in the world!” said Richard Burns to his co-driver Robert Reid, as they crossed the finish line of the 2001 Rally Great Britain after 18 nerve-jangling miles…
Few cars ever achieve the cult status enjoyed by this week’s classified spotlight. So distinctive is the Italian stage hero that anyone with an interest in hot hatches must have…
By Tony Jardine Anticipation is a wonderful thing, as it can cloud the reality when you arrive at the startline. Everything was going to plan. After three-and-a-half days of intense-but-joyous…
By Tony Jardine Since 2008, the magical Joule Donegal International Rally has perpetually drawn me to the North West of Ireland with its natural beauty of the Great Atlantic Way,…
We were saddened to hear of the death of Erik Carlsson – one of rallying's all-time greats – today. Here we re-post Richard Heseltine's 2010 feature with 'Mr Saab' You…
Had history been a benign guide rather than a harsh teacher, Kris Meeke might have followed the wheel tracks of fellow Northern Irishman Paddy Hopkirk and won a Monte Carlo…
Despite being the chairman of Prodrive, David Richards has never been too busy to chat. Within 24 hours of sending an email asking if he had any time to spare,…
Photographer Chris Taylor drew our attention to this great video of the 1970 London to Mexico World Cup Rally, filmed by his late father Colin for Duckhams Oil. London to…
1973 Timo Mӓkinen/Henry Liddon, Ford Escort 1974 Timo Mӓkinen/Henry Liddon, Ford Escort 1975 Timo Mӓkinen/Henry Liddon, Ford Escort 1976 Roger Clark/Stuart Pegg, Ford Escort 1977 Bjӧrn Waldegård/Hans Thorszelius, Ford Escort…
How would you define a ‘great’ racing car? Race wins and championship titles are an obvious place to start – and admittedly, when we began the process of rounding up…
Roger Clark MBE, Britain's greatest rally driver of the pre-four-wheel drive era, and arguably its finest ever exponent of the art, died on January 12, following a stroke. He was…
By Robert Kubica's standards the answer was short, albeit tinged with the Pole's slightly off-beat humour, which has endeared him to the rallying fraternity since he took up the sport…
Day two of Rally Finland, noodling slowly along a public road between special stages three and four, near a place called Kukkaro, Kimi Räikkönen and co-driver Kaj Lindström have pulled…
I was writing freelance rally reports for Motoring News when I first encountered Roger Clark. In those days, Christmas Day had to fall on a Saturday to prevent my participation…
At last weekend's Goodwood Festival of Speed I was lucky enough to catch a ride with Sébastien Loeb around the Forest Rally Stage. The word lucky doesn't really cut it…