British & Irish Rally calendars 2023

I suspect he means you can no longer play your way in and see where you are after a day or two; you have to be on the pace from the start. Like in Endurance Sportscar racing; they're all sprints nowadays - whether 6/12/24 Hours.

Ahhhhh makes sense. I was just being pessimistic and assuming it was another British rally complaint :D

You should know me better than that by now!

My point is that most of the top guys compete against each other on the BHRC regularly and the pace on the Albert now is like several one day events stitched together rather than one continuous marathon. Its a proper test for sure and I suspect there will be more than one UK driver fancying a pop at someone of Solberg's stature. It can only be a positive.

Do we know who is co-driving for him? An experienced co-driver would be a massive help, especially in somewhere like Kielder, etc

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Do we know who is co-driving for him? An experienced co-driver would be a massive help, especially in somewhere like Kielder, etc

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An experienced co-driver will help but, now they allow organiser's approved route notes, it won't be as big a help as it was when the event was secret - unless Oliver opts to run as a "secret" competitor without any notes.

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Will be very interesting to see how he does, he surely has to be favourite for the win, but can he keep it on the road?

Also, I imagine its the first rally he has done in a while without a recce, and with the number of very experienced crews entered, his lack of experience in Kielder and Scotland might make it tighter at the top of the times.

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It's a proper test for any driver and especially if the conditions are bad which they often are. He clearly has great pace, but driving an Escort will be a lot different to his modern 4wd machinery. Plus he will be up against people with way more experience of the car as well as the stages.

I think his planned conservative approach will pay the best dividends.

https://www.rallyyorkshire.co.uk/spectator-information/

No tickets to be bought on the gate; all online....

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https://www.rallyyorkshire.co.uk/spectator-information/

No tickets to be bought on the gate; all online....

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In an area with poor phone signal... Happy to hand over cash, in fact rallies are one of the few things I carry notes for now, but I shan't be paying online, where some third party usually wants all your details too.

Fourmaux onboard in Dalby in the dark:

https://youtu.be/SMyKWqeqFp4?si=LaEyo-OcRwPdKBuS