Ten seconds. That's all this video will take to put a smile on your face. There's Jean Ragnotti, a very pretty old Clio and a snowy, slushy tarmac rally stage. Then it's backwards. Properly crossed up, out-the-side-window sideways. Then it's gathered up in a flash and Jean and his Clio are off to face their next adventure.
There's nine minutes of that here, car and driver always at maximum commitment with great style. Crowds roar, tyres shriek and that little Clio growls its way round France. This is why tarmac rallying is brilliant. And doesn't that Clio, very nearly 25 years old now, just look marvellous?
There are a few spoken sections in this and our French can't even begin to decipher those. The rest of the vid is - best accent now - super though. And PH can't be held responsible for any failed handbrake turns on the way home.
Enjoy the video.