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Jun 11, 2020
Jun 11, 2020
1hr 44 min
Another special episode of the Sprint podcast as we chat to John McIlroy about covering the 2001 season and the era in general as Rallies Editor for RallyXS. Some great stories, including test spins with angry Frenchmen and the time he drove a WRC car from Catalunya back to the UK
Jun 4, 2020
Jun 4, 2020
1hr 21 min
Back to the usual format this week with our discussion about the 2001 Rally New Zealand, the site of Richard Burns' final win. William talks about left-foot braking in a rented minivan, Tommy recommends a TV show and Toni Gardemeister promotes some office chairs
May 28, 2020
May 28, 2020
1hr 35 min
A special episode of the Sprint podcast this time round as we chat to Neil Wearden and Trevor Agnew about their 2001 season and much more besides. Neil and Trevor competed at the very top level in WRC machinery during 2001, so it was fascinating to hear their stories from the time. Also contains Gilles Panizzi's crazy running technique.
May 21, 2020
May 21, 2020
1hr 50 min
A very tall man in a very small car wins the 2001 Rally Finland as we discuss Parc Ferme nerves, night stages, the RPM video archive, Juha Kankkunen's teenage love life and Timo Rautiainen's experimental ambient techno project
May 13, 2020
May 13, 2020
1hr 40 min
We go to the Equator to a classic WRC event, the Safari Rally, for Round 8 of the 2001 World Rally Championship. Also contains Finnish rallying pop songs, the mystery of Armin Schwarz's unusually clean door and a how-to guide to breaking driveshafts
May 7, 2020
May 7, 2020
1hr 24 min
Tactics play a major role in the Acropolis Rally, the seventh round of the 2001 WRC season. We wonder where all our sponsorship merchandise has ended up as McRae puts in another masterful drive and others fall by the wayside. Also, William talks about crashing the family car in a daring run through the local forests and we debate the feasibility of R5s as the premier category in the WRC.
Apr 29, 2020
Apr 29, 2020
2hr 3 min
Heat, sweat, dust and misery on the slowest round of the season, as McRae and Burns battle it out in the Mediterranean. Art McCarrick is back with us this week because a dog ran off with William's glasses, Tommy buys a replica Subaru overalls/jacket thing and we discuss what to do with our new oil tanker
Apr 23, 2020
Apr 23, 2020
1hr 46 min
A big trek across the Atlantic to Argentina for round five of the 2001 WRC. Colin McRae gets his season back on track, Solberg sports a terrible beard and we go off on several tangents including stuff about rally games, the current state of the sport and why running two different brands of tyre on the rear axle of your rally car might not be the best idea
Apr 16, 2020
Apr 16, 2020
1hr 24 min
A short hop across the Iberian peninsula to Catalunya for R4 of the 2001 World Rally Championship, with some classic European tarmac action in store. Citroen debut the Xsara WRC and give an early indication of how they would become the dominating brand in the sport, Didier Auriol wears some sunglasses and we discuss our large collections of terrible rally clothing.
Apr 9, 2020
Apr 9, 2020
1hr 6 min
The weather takes a turn for the horrendous as we go to Portugal (via the medium of podcast) for round three of the 2001 World Rally Championship. William rejoins us this week and tells some lies about why he didn't bother showing up for Episode 2, the Skodas have a terrible rally and we talk about Group N cars that weren't really Group N at all