PAUL LAWRENCE

In last week’s Motorsport News, my colleague Luke Barry made many good points about the state of UK stage rallying and the role of the Ford Escort Mk2. But on some of his points, I beg to differ.

First, I’m an old gimmer and remember the good old days with a warm glow. I can blather on about Roger Clark and Ari Vatanen with the best of them. But we live in 2021 and the world is a very different place. I love watching the current WRC cars in full flight and I enjoy a well-driven front-wheel-drive hatch along with sideways Ford