Episodes
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
Published 05/28/20
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.
Published 05/28/20
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 tankerĀ 
Published 05/28/20
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
Published 05/28/20
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.
Published 05/28/20
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
Published 05/28/20
We made it to the difficult second episode! Yay. Analysis of the 2001 Rally Sweden, with Art McCarrick joining the team in place of William for this week due to reasons unexplained. Also features Francois Delecour's carrot incident, Francois Delecour's saucepan steering wheel technique and some extreme numberplate licking
Published 05/28/20
The first episode of the first season of the Sprint podcast. We preview the 2001 World Rally Championship and analyse the first round in Monte Carlo, a mere two decades after the event took place. Contains theories about Skoda and Frederic D'Or, among other things
Published 05/28/20