RE: Rally style: Pic Of The Week

RE: Rally style: Pic Of The Week

Friday 1st April 2016

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. But as we found out on our trip to M-Sport in 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!

Traditional (4:3)
Computer widescreen (16:10)
TV widescreen (16:9)
Portrait (smartphone etc)

Photo: LAT

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gweaver

Original Poster:

906 posts

158 months

Wednesday 6th April 2016
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Not exactly a looker, is it?
Some of those headlamp eyelashes would complete the effect.

300bhp/ton

41,030 posts

190 months

Wednesday 6th April 2016
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gweaver said:
Not exactly a looker, is it?
Some of those headlamp eyelashes would complete the effect.
+1

This pic sums up what is wrong with Rallying today.