burnsy did black out driving to the rally, fortunately his passenger was i think Marco martin! who managed to steer them to the shoulder safely! marco’s not competed since the loss of his co-driver in wales that year!
do agree though that its become more about the spectators than the drivers, the lombard was a day in england, a day in wales and a day in scotland, kielder forest normally decimating the fleet!! back in the days of the texaco sierra cossie’s and the Subaru legacy’s!! burnsy as an 18 year old rookie Ploughing into a small stream on the side of the course!! one of the megane’s smacking into a tree not far into the stage, always remember one of the sierra’s getting wedged on a small stone bridge and the marshals and spectators trying Desperately to free it before the next car appeared!
too many repeated stages now, it should be about the drivers again not the spectators!
still follow it though, an awful lot of talent to control those cars at the speeds they travel on the different surfaces!! Block, as mentioned, wizzard at massively rehearsed tarmac style stages, but on a real rally, even tarmac he’s struggled! as has Kimi! but still good to watch!!