Re: Rally GB - Jardine

Steve Hill wrote:
> I hope Tony Jardine enjoyed himself at the Wales Rally GB at the
> weekend, despite finishing 37th of 39 finishers, (there was about 70
> cars that started the weekend so finishing was good in itself). I was
> watching him cornering somewhere around stage 11, (Halfway 2). Whilst
> trying to keep warm, I had to try and spot the expression on Jardines
> face. He almost lost it in the exit of the corner and the expression
> on his face would suggest that the calm F1-ITV pundit wasn't acting so
> calm at that point.
>
> On a sad note, it was to be the last appearance of the Mini Cooper in
> a WRC event. The category it is in doesn't exist next year and the
> roars of the fans everytime it passed showed how much it will be
> missed. It was running last, but on Halfway 2, was catching the car in
> front when it passed us. Still finished last, almost 3hrs behind
> Solberg, but made us all smile.

It's homologation runs out this year anyway for full WRC events so it'll be
historics and national rallies only for it now.

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James...
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