RE: Rally style: Pic Of The Week

RE: Rally style: Pic Of The Week

Friday 1st April
Rally style: Pic Of The Week
We've seen how M-Sport builds its cars; a chance to appreciate how its drivers use them
Nostalgia would have us believe rallying was always better in the good old days, be they those of Paddy Hopkirk and the Monte Minis, Roger Clark (and many others) in their sideways Escorts, the madness of the Group B era or memories of much missed heroes like McRae and Burns.

Nostalgia would have us believe rallying was always better in the good old days, be they those of Paddy Hopkirk and the Monte Minis, Roger Clark (and many others) in their sideways Escorts, the madness of the Group B era or memories of much missed heroes like McRae and Burns. But as we found out onin Cumbria, rallying is very much still alive and kicking and with a beating heart here in the UK.

The trip round M-Sport's factory was fascinating and inspired a search for a suitable shot of one of its WRC Fiestas in action. This one of Norwegian M-Sport team driver Mads Ostberg from Rally Sweden earlier this year stood out. That Ostberg has one of THE great rally driver names and put his Fiesta on the podium beside the factory teams of VW and Hyundai just underlines the fighting spirit M-Sport nurtures up there in the Lake District. All power to 'em!

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