The Irish have got the right idea exposing their young drivers to proper campaigns and getting some sponsors behind them.

Like a lot of things that are not so great in the UK is the hereditary arrogance that the likes of Jimmy McRae and Tony Pond etc used to be able to wipe the floor with the locals on some ERC rounds but that was back in the day of co-efficient rallies and multiple events in the season. Those days like most things for us have long since flown away and now its a proper championship even if the promoters have fully to wake up to that.