The World Rally Championship is a canvas upon which some of the finest motorsport artwork on earth is painted. It delivers some of the most jaw-droppingly spectacular and demanding racing in the world, not to mention in some of the most incredible locations. It is the crème de la crème of rallying, yet at the same time, it is very much still the people’s motorsport. Unlike other disciplines, the World Rally Championship has not lost its human element, and if you want proof, you need to look no further than this year’s Rally New Zealand.
There is an unexplainable romantic element to rallying that is unrivalled by any other series. The sport is more about human vs mother nature rather than human vs human, as is so commonly seen in other racing. Uniquely, rather than spectators going to the WRC, the WRC gets taken to the spectators. For three long days, the crews are out in remote areas of New Zealand, transiting between stages while awestruck locals get the intoxicating experience of seeing race cars on public roads. Seeing a World Rally car angrily idling along a backcountry
