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This weekend we are filling our thermos flasks with rubbish coffee, donning our favourite bobble hat and live blogging from a puddle somewhere in Wales at Rally GB. We hope you can join us.
Obviously, fans+proximity+fast cars means many incredible near-misses over the years. When we sent our intern to take photos at Rally Spain he nearly walked away with Ralliart branded on his forehead.
And here are some more...
Advertisement - Page continues belowApart from watching the rally from home, standing on a bank is a pretty safe place to stand. Until the car loses control and flies over your head.
We’ve just interviewed Sebastian Loeb about this weekend. We didn’t ask him how he felt about nearly hitting a French policeman at the Monte Carlo Rally in 2008. Click here to watch the video.
Advertisement - Page continues belowI like this photographers train of thought; 1) AHHHHH a rally car is about to hit me 2) Breath in 3) Phew! I MUST get the picture.
Who needs Armco when you have trees? As this marshal found out, they are quite good at stopping cars.
If you do take your granddad to a rally, make sure he doesn’t get in the way. Click here to watch the video.
After watching this video, we’ve briefed our man in Wales to stay away from anything that could catapult a car into the air.
Advertisement - Page continues belowWe all know that rally cars look best when they are jumping in the air. They look less good when they are jumping at you.
When things look like they’re going wrong, run. As this guy demonstrates, it’s simple but very effective.
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