Absolute Rally Podcast

THE MONTE DEBREIF ! , Jack, Ryan, Trevor and Tony talk the Rally 1 runners and riders and GOAT'S ! M-Sport team principle Rich Millener talks M-Sports fantastic weekend ! 

Join our own Jon Desborough as he shares the "raw" recordings of when he and Richard worked on his book "Driving Ambition" Forgive the sound quality, its just great content! 

Its that time of year again where the festive fun turns ugly! Jack, Ryan and Trev battle it for the end of season Christmas F**king Quiz! Questions posed by Tony and our lovely listeners !  MERRY CHRISTMAS FOLKS THANKS FOR ALL THE SUPPORT IN 2021! STAY SAFE! 

Man behind the mike on the RAC rally Matt Cotton joins the boys for more of an event debrief. Direct from Sweetlamb Ryan Champion speaks with codriving legend Allan Harryman on his RAC alongside Tony Jardine and how it compares to a modern WRC event.  

THE RAC debrief up first, the boys and listeners pose questions to our own winning driver Ryan Champion!  Robert Reid joins Jon and Tony to talk the 20 year anniversary of becoming a World Champion alongside the late great Richard Burns. And big Jon announces something special coming up on for Absolute Rally listeners. 

Rally Monza debrief with Ryan, Jon and Tony and GOAT discussions ! Top Gear's Chris Harris joins Ryan and Tony to talk the up coming RAC rally which both Ryan and Chris will be competing on.  Adam Hall from Rally insight joins Tony to talk this years addition which is being released very soon! 

Ryan and Tony talk the WRC show down in Monza, we set the Kielder WT RAC Rally quiz and we do AOB's Tony Jardine joins the boys to look back at his rally career and his up coming attempt on the RAC Rally. Last up! British Rally Champion Matt Edwards talks his show down with Osian Pryce on the final round of teh BRC Ulster Rally this weekend. 

Ryan and Tony catch up on Ryan's RAC preparation and talk the new Kielder WT competition ! Also with more stories breaking on the lack of privateers in Rally 1 currently and more so in the future. Ryan and Tony talk with a WRC privateer from the early 2000's Antony Warmbold. A man who did 3 full years in the WRC with M-sport.  

Jack, Ryan, Trevor and Tony discuss the latest news in WRC over the last week and also answer some of those tricky listener questions! 

Tony talks to JWRC star and friend of the show Jon Armstrong on his redemption season back in the JWRC. His time working with M-sport Poland in the ERC and we go all the way back to the beginning of his career.  

Jack, Ryan and Tony talk Rally Spain, the glass ceiling (again!) and squash or cordial ?  Fresh from sitting with Oliver Solberg in Finland and Spain, Craig Drew stops by we talk American rallying with Subaru, the link up with Oliver and Hyundai and we check in on that painful area!  British Rally Championship manager Iain Campbell stops by to talk the new look calendar for 2022 and his thoughts on the title fight that is unfolding in 2021! 

The biggest questions on drink making at the top! Join Jon Desborough, Ryan Champion and Tony Simpson as they look forward to Rally Spain this weekend. Talk WRC glass ceilings, 4th cars for junior drivers on just the Saturday and Sunday stages ? Plus much more!  Osian Pryce fresh from his British Rally Championship win on Mull talks his win and plans to wrestle the title from Matt Edwards!  Junior World Rally Championship media manager Seb Scott drops by to discuss the winner takes all final round of the JWRC this coming weekend! 

A full house! Jack, Ryan, Trevor and Tony are back to talk Finland, Craig Breen's move to M-Sport, pressure on young drivers the Rally 2 glass ceiling (again!) and so much more!  Thanks for the patience, its good to be back RIP MTD

Jon, Ryan, Trevor and Tony talk Craig Breen and Esapekka Lappi futures, Jon's new book and and a tag team AOB from Ryan and Trevor! 

Jack, Trev and Tony (Ryan is on another holiday!) talk all things Ypres ! The highs and the lows and the brilliance of Craig Breen's performance.  And our man in JWRC Jon Armstrong takes another win and he drops by to talk us through it. 

THE BOX OF TOYS ARE BACK! Jack, Ryan, Trev and Tony play Ypres bingo! Predict results really badly and Jack has a whopper AOB! Osian Pryce drops by on route to the next round of the British Rally Championships, The Grampian Rally. He also shares some tips on Ypres!       

And we are back! Ryan, Trevor and Tony talk to Irish Rally legend Garry Jennings on his charity fund raiser! If you can please get involved link is here https://gofund.me/6edcfb87  The boys also debate the beginning of silly season and who and where drivers will be come 2022. Last up returning ARA multiple champion David Higgins talks his return to American to take the win on his first rally in 2 years!  

THE KIELDER COMPETITION DRAW HAPPENED! Steve Bulloss from Kielder helps Tony draw the winners and give a little back story on the cars used for what we thought was the toughest one yet! Are you a winner! ?? Multiple British Rally Champion Matt Edwards drops in to talk the next round of BRC the Nicky Grist Stages. Ryan Champion joins us live from Goodwood and last up from the aftermath of Safari Rally photographer and rally man Geoff Mayes talks the positive effects that the WRC circus has left behind.  

Does Safari Rally choose "you" as the winner !? Thats one of the questions discussed with Jon Desborough (who has a book out!) Ryan Champion (who doesn't) and Tony Simpson! Fresh from sitting alongside Toyota Gazoo Racing's Takamoto Katsuta, Dan Barritt talks Safari and Taka's development over the season and his career so far!  

Ryan and Tony talk with Duty Clerk of the Course for WRC Safari Rally Raju Chaggar on the very special challenge coming up in the next round of WRC. Jon Armstrong checks in briefly prior to starting the next ERC round Rally Poland in the all new M-Sport Fiesta Rally 3.