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Used to report on the WRC for Autosport magazine; jumped to Autocar in '05. Career high? Driving McRae's Ford Focus WRC. Career low? Crashing McRae's Ford Focus WRC.

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• re: Britain's most pointless car?
  Oh, and you do have a point about in-gear acceleration. I haven't checked but I'm sure the 2.7 does have...
• re: Britain's most pointless car?
  I don't think the C5 is any more poorly screwed together than a Mondeo, really. It's not as involving...
• re: Britain's most pointless car?
  Julian, You're missing my point slightly. It's not whether the Citroen is a well built car or not (it...
• re: Britain's most pointless car?
  I don't deny that Ride of the Valkyries is a terrific piece of music. I just don't see what it's got...
• re: Britain's most pointless car?
  Er, I was the 34, the last time I looked, although my musical tastes are slightly older than they should...
• Britain's most pointless car?
  I grabbed the keys to a Citroën C5 last night; I’ve been impressed by the looks of and, to a certain...
• re: Toivonen's legacy
  Actually the ol' 'rally car vs F1 car at Estoril' thing is a bit of a myth. There was a shakedown stage...
• Toivonen's legacy
  On this day, 22 years ago, world rallying lost its top driver of the time, and I lost my childhood hero...
• F1 finally goes smoke free
  Wheeze. Puff. So at last F1 is rid of loverly fags. Ferrari – the last remaining team with tobacco sponsorship...
• Ralf fails to find his level
  The racing care er of the ‘other’ Schumacher entered a new phase yesterday – and sad to report that Ralf...