To mark Gianluigi Galli's 40th birthday a couple of days back (13th Jan 1973) I thought he deserved a mention here.

Does anyone know what happened to him? He had a crash on Rally Deutschland 2008 and that was the last WRC round he did. It's really strange. Why hasn't he been under anyone's consideration? He was definitely rally winning material I thought.

Maybe some people were disappointed by his 2008 season, but I do believe he was under huge pressure from Malcolm Wilson not to make even one mistake, so he held his speed back to ensure he finished every round. I think he did very well considering that and that he was adapting to a new car.

There's something really wrong if a guy like this couldn't get a drive!