Rally DNA Podcast

The creator of the utterly fantastic WRCWings website Lluis joins Jamie and Killian to educate them on aero in the WRC, discuss the rule changes and differences between the aerodynamic parts found on the current generation Rally1 WRC cars compared to the previous (2017-2021) generation.

Please check out Lluis' work here at https://www.wrcwings.tech

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One of the key members of the 4 man team tasked by Austin Rover and Williams F1 to build 3 prototype Metro 6R4s for Group B competition joins Killian and Jamie this week to tell us about his involvement in one of rallying's most iconic and best sounding cars.

The continuation our chat with Ryan, including his return to Mitsubishi machinery, Mitsubishi's abrupt exit from the World Rally Championship, Jamie's love for the Lancer WRC04s rear wing, Ryan's ownership of N555 BAT (Jamie will be fired for not doing his research on this bit) and much more. Enjoy!

A man no stranger to rally focused podcasting and all round nice guy Ryan Champion joins Killian and Jamie to discuss everything from the strength of the 5 speed Impreza gearbox, discovering landmines in a Flanders rally stage and what it was like to compete in one of rallying coolest categories - S1600, in the Boreham built Puma.

Part 2 will follow next week.

In this episode professional Co-Driver Alex Gelsomino joins Killian and Jamie to share some insights on his international co-driving career and how he manages to stay focused and on top of his game while sitting in with a variety of drivers across different countries and championships.

With a new era of the World Rally Championship dawning, Armin is at the tip of the spear developing the Escort WRC, before moving to perhaps the team he is best known for his time at - Skoda, where he is the driving force in improving the new Octavia WRC and instrumental in its result in Kenya 2001 - in more ways than just his driving as you will soon hear! 

Joining us for a two parter is the incredibly amiable German WRC winner Armin Schwarz, a driver characterised by his skill and knowledge during testing/development, and the enjoyable  style he displayed on the stages.

In part one we discuss his start in Rallying right and continue up to the end of the Group A era.

Part 2 will focus on his time with the 2.0 WRC era from 97 onwards.

Enjoy!

Belgium's multitalented Marc Duez joins us this week to cover some of what was truly a diverse and distinguished career. Apologies for his vocal dog in the background trying to join in!!

Joining us this week is Scotland’s own Alister McRae to share some stories and experiences from across his distinguished career within our sport. 

Meirion Evans joins us fresh from a great drive to second in the opening round of the 2022 Irish Tarmac Championship in Galway to give us his thoughts on the event, share his plans for the year ahead, compare the merits of the different R5 cars he has competed in over the years and to talk about the appeal of competing on Irish Tarmac from the perspective of a competitor from abroad. *Warning* - may contain Irish tarmac cliches from all involved in the recording, get those Irish rallying bingo cards out in advance.