Rally DNA Podcast

With last weeks big announcement that 2025 would see the demise of Rally1 Hybrid, changes to the top class from 2026 on and a mooted Rally2 "plus" kit coming on stream to allow more cars to challenge at the top of the field we got together to give our feelings on what is an exciting development for the World Rally Championship

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We are back for 2024! And with a new member of the team joining us in the form of Adam Towler. This episode we look at the WRC season ahead and report on the first two rounds of the championship.

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With the arrival of another running of the Roger Albert Clark Rally, we couldn't pass up the chance to have a chat about it and joining us are two competitors: Osian Pryce and Brynmor Pierce.

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Finn Kristian Sohlberg joins us this week to take us through his current role as driver coach to those who want to sharpen their skills on the stages and also gives us an unfiltered account of how he feels his career took a wrong turn upon joining the works Mitsubishi team right at the end of Andrew Cowan's tenure where he was equipped with the ill fated, under developed and ultimately unreliable Lancer WRC '04

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It's October so that means it is almost time for one of the rallying highlights of the year - Rallylegend. Now in it's 21st running, this superb historic rally festival is something we can't to attend in a few days time. Given all we have been doing of late is talking about it, we thought it fitting to do somewhat of a preview of the event. Joining us to build up some hype are some very special guests: WRC Commentator Mike Chen, Wo...

A long and hotly awaited new rallying video game is just around the corner in the form of EA SPORTS WRC, so we decided it was apt that we look back over some previous games to feature our great sport. Joining us is the talented Thomas Harrison-Lord of Traxion.GG to offer his valuable insight and knowledge on the subject.

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Another staple of the world championship and a very challenging one at that is the focus of this episode of Rally DNA, Acropolis is a stone cold (or a hot stony) classic with the potential for rally ending incidents on every stage be it the car succumbing to the high temperatures or falling foul of a poorly positioned boulder. This episode sees Killian and Jamie revisit the 1993 and 2003 runnings of the event and expect the usual p...

The king of the classic endurance events - the Kenyan Safari - is a special round of the world championship with a place in the heart of every rally aficionado who spends too much time on YouTube watching snorkel fitted Celicas plunging through rutted mud. Though the days of the stage distance surpassing 1000km or more are behind us, this week we revisit those days with 2 events from the 90's: 1996 and 1999

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One of the most experienced co-drivers currently competing in the World Rally Championship, Sweden's Jonas Andersson has one of the most impressive rallying CV's you are likely to find: from winning two JWRC titles to winning Rally Portugal with Mads Ostberg and now in the fight for the WRC2 honours with Gus Greensmith. Jonas took time from his schedule to speak with us (from an airport waiting lounge no less) about his career

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One of the classic rounds of the WRC, Rally Italy has had some changes over the years, with Sanremo initially being mixed surface before pure tarmac and then the move to Sardinia in 2004. Both locations have played host to some thrilling contests and this week we look back at 2 of them!

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In 2007 Jonas Andersson made the trip to the south west of Ireland to sit alongside Kris Meeke in the Rally of the Lakes, despite having only called English pacenotes once before and never competed with Kris previously they went on to win the event and in some style up against a great roster of talent that weekend. This was intended to be part of a feature on that event which was cancelled in the wake of the passing of Craig Breen,...

After a bit of time off we are back to revisit two classic Portuguese outings in the 90's of the World Rally Championship, in this case 1995 & 1998. On the calendar since 1973, Portugal has had no shortage of classic events and these two are no different.

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When the music stopped when Group B was culled, the career arcs of many were either cut short completely or forced to follow a different path through no fault of their own. This week we choose 6 drivers who fell foul - or indeed some who perhaps were better for - the demise of Group B.

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It's Rally Sweden Week! And continuing our new format from the opening episode of the season we have chose 2 outings in Sweden from our lifetime to look back on - in this episode we will discuss the 2001 and 2004 iterations of the event.

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A slight departure from normal programming this week into the world of Rallycross, with the undisputed master (and very cool bloke), 5 time World Champion Johan Kristoffersson! This multi-talented driver was a delight to have on and provided some great laughs as well as some great insight.

Sticking with a Swedish theme - We'll be back next week to talk some Rally Sweden of old

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We're back for another season! And to kick it off with the traditional starting point for the WRC Season, we choose our favourite running of the event from our lifetime. Jamie picks the 1991 edition, while Killian opts for 1997.

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Its the end of Season 2 and with it the last episode of the year. Killian visits Donagh Kelly's amazing Stables Motorsport Centre to drool over its contents and we bring you a walkthrough with the man himself. Donagh is a legend of Irish Rallying and was very generous in giving up his time to have us visit. We also look back on the year we have had and our Rally DNA journey so far.

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One of the most highly regarded motorsport engineers of his generation, Ray Sherratt’s full-time rally career spanned four decades and took in innumerate cars, teams and drivers. Indeed, his CV reads like a veritable ‘who’s who’ of Golden Age rally talent, with individuals such as Roger Clark, Ari Vatanen, Didier Auriol and both Jimmy and Colin McRae all featuring heavily (as does a certain black and white, wide-arched Mk2 Escort).

One of the most highly regarded motorsport engineers of his generation, Ray Sherratt’s full-time rally career spanned four decades and took in innumerate cars, teams and drivers. Indeed, his CV reads like a veritable ‘who’s who’ of Golden Age rally talent, with individuals such as Roger Clark, Ari Vatanen, Didier Auriol and both Jimmy and Colin McRae all featuring heavily (as does a certain black and white, wide-arched Mk2 Escort).