I go to rallies to take photos or to stand in an orange hi vis vest for a few hours
Donegal, Ireland
Joined April 2018
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M-Sport need to put Munster & Sesks in full time seats
The other 2 seats should be drivers from the ERC or top national talent from the country/region hosting the rally
Hopefully @KalleRovanpera & @JonneHalttunen get bitten by the Irish Modified bug & this becomes the start of regular trips to our amazing stages
You guys are going to enjoy everything the Irish Modified guys have to offer
Craig showed the world what they were missing...
This weekend @JonneHalttunen and I are tacking this #BMVRallyTeam 2.5 modified Starlet to the epic stages of #KillarneyHistoricRally!🤩 I have heard a lot of great things about this event and I'm excited to experience it myself!
See you in Killarney!🇮🇪
#KR69 #ToyotaGAZOORacing
Weird bit of knowledge:
Out of all the confirmed 2025 drivers, only Kalle & Ott sit alongside the co-drivers they entered the WRC with, all the rest have changed theirs since their top level debut
#WRC
Enni Mälkonen reacts to her split with WRC2 champion driver Sami Pajari – plus more details from Pajari 🗣️ #WRC dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/malko…
I did like the 2017 spec Fiesta
But....
Give me S2000 cars any day, those cars were works of art
#FiestaFriday
What is your favourite Ford Fiesta rally car?
@MSportLtd
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Pictures of Rallying
Watching a certain YouTube series about the WRC, I don't like how the narrative around one driver
They basically suggest he's not working hard enough but he's in his first year & he is pushing as hard as he can with his limited experience, he's working harder than anyone else
Best rallies in the world are national level rallies
Five-time #WRC event winner Kris Meeke is enjoying rallying "as much as any time in my career" 🇵🇹
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Footage from stage 1 of the Dogleap Rally on Saturday
youtu.be/LOaNLFnx7EY?si=5707…
A bit of editing this Sunday afternoon with a bit of entertainment on the side
#CentralEuropeanRally #DogleapRally
2 point arc: yes
Clocking counting down: yes
What ever that hooter is: oh God no
The S2000s were an amazing, they looked the part but still looked like the production model, they sounded the part, they were the perfect rally car
S1600, S2000 & WRC in the 2000s were something else
I was in Killarney last year for the historics
Went to Killarney in August for a weekend away...
Surely a 3rd trip to Killarney would be a real bad financial call
(Context: I live at the complete opposite side of Ireland, like 6/7 hour drive)
This & Seb Ogier's €30,000 fine for talking his mind, I feel the FIA is on a censor everything streak
Drivers have emotions too & probably should be allowed to express some emotion mid race or stage ends
Amid his swearing controversy in Singapore, Max Verstappen has fired off his latest warning that the way #F1 is run may cut short his time in the series. But how concerned should F1 and the FIA be about the Dutchman actually walking away?⬇️
autosport.com/f1/news/how-wo…
It's that time of year: My annual trip to the forests of the Donegal/Tyrone border for the Bushwhacker Rally
youtu.be/NwckYZudMuc?si=EaXS…
Has to be the M3, a bit like hearing the scream of a Mk2 before you see it, you hear those BMWs grumbling long before it appears into view...
The 2017 spec VW Polo R is probably going to be one of rallying's biggest what ifs
Wish we could go back to the days the cars looked more like the production model, no space frame, no hybrid, just the production car on steroids
ONCE UPON A TIME...
...Séb, Julien and the Volkswagen Polo R WRC ruled the world.
By any measure, this was a magnificent rally car - beautifully engineered and supremely successful.
The statistics speak for themselves:
• 52 rallies
• 43 wins
• 87 podiums
• 12 titles
[Historical note: This was in the days before every stage was covered by live pictures comprising of onboards, aerials and stage-end interviews. It's like another world!]