Absolute Rally Podcast

Ryan and Tony are joined by WRC, BRC and winner at Goodwood recently Rhys Yates to talk is season and what 2021 could look like for him We are also joined by a man who spent 18 years working with Prodrive throughout both Colin McRae and Richard Burns championship seasons, Ken Rees. He tells us all about doing gravel notes for Colin and Juha Kankkunen and coordinating for Prodrive during their heyday in WRC with Subaru. He also tells us of the special relationship with Petter Solberg and his time working with Petter.

The Kielder WT special edition prize draw! Jack, Ryan, Trevor and Tony talk the latest rally news and then the moment everyone has been waiting for the answers to the mystery wheel quiz! Steve Bulloss from Kielder join the boys to announce the winners! 

Jack, Trevor and Tony talk Andreas Mikkelsen ERC performance, codriver and driver errors, Monza, rally car period and livery's and much more!  Killian Duffy stops by to talk his new codriver course and Adam Hall chats his new Rally Insight book for 2020. 

British Rally royalty join Jon and Tony this week, Gwyndaf Evans talks all things rallying from his career through to Elfyns early years and the hard work they have both but in during their respective careers.  

Ryan and Tony are joined by WRC star Jari-Matti Latvala who talks what he is up to now with Latvala Motorsport, working with Toyota and his WRC regrets! Ryan previews Rally Barbados and Tony talks his R5 outing next week! 

Jack, Jon, Ryan and Tony talk Hyundai news! Their new Rally 2 car and the roomers around a possible withdrawal from WRC. We start to talk about Ypes , cuts and stage conditions and Jon suggests we need a house band for a live show! From JWRC M-Sports own Maciej Woda talks the final round for the juniors and the new M-Sport Rally 3 car!  

Jack, Trevor and Tony talk Rally Sardinia and Ryan talks to the man behind EWRC website! 

Join Ryan, Jack, Trevor, Tony and new boy Jon Desborough talk greatest crews of all time, some listener questions and Rally Italia Sardegna this coming weekend!  Plus should Monza be a WRC round!? Let us know your thoughts! 

All the boys are back to discuss the latest rally stories from around the world. ERC host Chris Rawes talks the season so far this weekends Rally Fafe Montelongo and the addition of additional event to finish the season in Belgium.  And M-Sport team principle Rich Millener talks the return of WRC season. 

New boy Jon Desborough joins Tony to talk Turkey! The possible permutations for the rest of the season. The news breaking on Tommi's new role! Hayden Paddon talks to Tony on his Hyundai NZ Kona EV rally car following on from the boys talking 2022 last week. We get Hayden thoughts on this also. 

Rally Turkey is upon us and Ryan, Trevor and Tony look back at Estonia and forward to Turkey. Also we talk the confusion around the 2022. Joining us also is legendary co driver Fabrizia Pons, talking her time as a driver! co driving for Michele Mouton, Ari Vatanen and many more. Plus her least favourite rally car! (this will surprise you!)    

Tony is joined by double British Rally Champion who has done his last few events as a codriver Matt Edwards at the top to talk JWRC Rally Estonia and more!  Next up M-Sport star Gus Greensmith talks Rally Estonia and his season. And finally we have Rhianon Gelsomino on her win along side Travis Pastrana on board the Subaru Motorsports USA WRX STI and how her career has devolved over the years.  

Trevor Agnew and Tony Simpson talk with PR man Paul Evans on the plight of of Motorsport business effected by COVID restrictions in Wales. Former Peugeot Sport UK boss Mick Linford talks to Ryan and Tony about his time with the brand and the biggest and best single make manufacture championship in the world! 

A full house! Jack, Ryan, Trevor and Tony discuss the M-Sport event which ran in the UK last weekend. And the cancellation of two further WRC rounds and what a 7 round WRC champion will feel like! Trevor reveals his plan to update the WRC calendar, and it turns out Jack has a weak bladder.  

Jack and Tony talk to Craig Breen on life at Hyundai, R5 and Ypes coming into WRC. Motorsport Ireland driver Josh McErlean and his codriver Keaton Williams talk to Tony about the step up to the R5. 

The boys are back! Jack and Tony discuss the M-Sport return to rallying event running in Greystoke Forest next week. Ryan and Tony talk to Jon Desborough about his his new upcoming release of "rally fiction" and Julian Porter talks tos about the ERC returning live from the test stage from Rally Liepaja. 

The "Dropping of the ball" episode with Jack Benyon, Jamie Arkle (The Gravel Crew) and Tony Simpson talk moments in WRC where perhaps an error of judgement has been made! 

All the boys, Jack, Ryan,Tony and Trevor are back to talk tentative rally returns, rally tyre testing and social responsibility for rallying.  

A tribute to Martin Holmes, a very humble and private man here we talked about his career from the beginning, this was recorded in 2016.   Martin Holmes April 1940 - Died 11th June 2020

This episode is with Ryan and Tony as they talk to co driver who's professional career spanned from Group B cars all the way through to Super 1600's. He co drove for the likes of Martin Rowe, Johnny Milner, David Higgins, Mark Fisher, Jimmy and Alister McRae. Was part of Peugeot Sport team under the great Des O'Dell this week we talk to Chris Wood.