It used to be commonly expressed that you could beat neither the Finns in Finland nor the Swedes in Sweden. Drivers from these two countries have dominated the world's leading…

The Swedish Rally Cricket squares are not shaped that way by accident. The cherished centre of a ground is made deliberately larger than a game requires so that wickets may…

Politics At the risk of boring you with a subject which has been constantly in the news since last November, this column must, for the sake of proper record-keeping if…

Last year's World Rally Championship can only be described as a confused, tragic muddle. There were the dreadful deaths of both competitors and spectators, drastic new vehicle rules with new…

The Sanremo Rally If you drive eastwards through the mountains from the Alpine stamping ground of the Monte-Carlo Rally, keeping as near parallel to the northern Mediterranean coastline as possible,…

Rally Review The Arctic Rally Rainio wins for Saab Event could go ahead, along with some of the qualifiers in the Finnish Ice Racing Championship. Alas the short time which…

This year for the very first time, advance reconnaissance of the RAC Rally's forest stages will be allowed, and the use of pace notes during the event itself. GP explains…

When overseas competitors returned from practising along the route of the 1976 Safari Rally some of them made general comments that the "toughest rally in the world" had become soft,…

Punishing Acropolis takes its toll Whether it be Thousand Lakes, Safari, Midnight Sun, Arctic or Acropolis, there is something ear-catching about a title which is appropriate to the region. Each…

No sensible person would argue with or complain about measures to lessen the chances of accidents such as that which caused the deaths of of two competitors during the Tour of…

The Monte-Carlo Rally No rally can be said to have a foreseeable outcome, Although some are less predictable than others. He would be a fool who would wager a great…

Dull indeed would be the World Rally Championship if each event conformed to the standardisation which F1SA seems bent on imposing. Fortunately. Paris may influence procedure and regulations but it has…