Why Britain needs a crazy WRC round
Imagine organisers of the British round of the World Rally Championship had a clean sheet of paper to work with. DAVID EVANS did, and created a route that looks insane at first glance - but he insists there's logic to it too
What happens if we don't go down to the woods today?
The Teddy Bears' picnic is all well and good, but what happens if the woods are shut in November?
Simple - Britain's round of the World Rally Championship dies.
For the last 54 years, the RAC Rally - or the new-fangled Rally GB, if you prefer - has lived its life between the trees. But now, more than ever, rallying is under intense scrutiny from the keepers of those trees. Last year's Jim Clark Rally accident, which left three dead, prompted a government-level investigation into what a rally really is.
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