Back in '99, I flew over from Canada to watch Rally GB. It was the first time I'd witnessed a WRC round in person, and it didn't disappoint. I got to see Richard, Robert, Colin and Nicky in the service parks, as well as on the stages. It was, quite honestly, one of my fondest memories... Even 22 years later!
Fun fact: Richard Burns Rally is STILL (after almost 20 years) to this day the sim of choice for any serious rally sim-racer. The physics were mind-blowing in it's day and nowadays the modding scene took and ran with it. Great podcast BTW. Richard and Robert were my favourites back in the day and I remember tearing up when they finished that memorable GB Rally becoming Champions. Great pairing, great times. Cheers.
Anyone interested in some periodic footage of earlier rallies, there is an excellent channel VHS Rallies, which features some of the events Robert has talked about.
@39:46 onwards hearing Chris liken Richard to Walter Rohrl and Colin to Ari Vatanen and suggesting Colin and Ari’s style was slower you gotta cast your mind back to when Ari was up against Walter in his 4wd Quattro and Ari in the RS1800 and Walter said no the car is faster than Ari’s but Ari is too fast for me 😂😂😂
This is such a wonderful interview. However is there a little repeated section at around 30 to 32 minutes? Ignore this comment. I think my RUclips app was playing up for a few days. Great, great interview.
And to this day, Richard's PC Rally simulator, Richard Burns Rally, is the best and STILL unbeaten in terms of driver/car physics, the graphics of the day were average but heck his sim was and still is the best Rally simulator EVER!!! We miss you Richard!!! Keep that flying gravel going up there!!!
Another great podcast thank you, I remember watching the Rally GB finale with my dad on tv, I so wanted Richard Burns to win he was amazing to watch, so calculating, smooth and careful, whilst being rapid! I find rally to be a bit sterile now in comparison, stages seem too short and the drivers don’t seem to have the same outward unique personalities!
So sad that Chris has interviewed both Nicky Grist and now Robert Reid both co-drivers and good drivers themselves of 2 of the best rally drivers in the world that are sadly no longer with us . I do hope in some parallel universe both Richard and Colin are actually being interviewed alongside their respective co-drivers Both sadly so so missed may they both rest in eternal peace ✌️ 🙏🙏👍👍🤝🤝🥊🥊
Robert is amazing, I love that era of WRC! But the audio quality is pretty poor again. It's laughable that Collecting cars is so big and yet it can't compete with the overall quality of way smaller content creators.
How long does a stage need to be before a hot battery swap? Say, it can be done in 20-30 seconds. You need to use the whole 30 seconds stationary. No time to unbuckle or have a wee. Is that too unpure for you? 30-60 minutes of driving between battery swaps. Not over-extended as in Formula E, just flat out driving. Would be fine, right?
With some intent, and I have HUGE intent, electric GP cars can TODAY be built to keep up with LMP1. Meaning: win LeMans over Hypercars. Just implement swappable batteries and don't hold back on the rest of the car design. Gordon Murray active aero, Tesla 4680 cells overclocked for shorter cycle life (hey, it's racing), out of the box solutions. Barely heavier than LMP1, less drag, more peak downforce only when needed. This CAN be done.
Hi! Have you ever thought about driving a car with roof but without an A-pillar blocking your view in corners? I still haven't seen a video discussing this topic and many cars today although very rigid, structurally, have really thick A-Pillars that block your view to the point of posing a risk to the driver or a person. I think it would be really cool to discuss the topic, taking examples like the Chevrolet Corvair Tetsudo Concept, the Renault Trezor Concept. I would love to see your take on that topic. 👍✌️
Would need a nice chunky roll cage to be legal and they used to be thicker then the body work - eg in escorts, minis chevettes, novas, pug 205 etc etc. Gotta be safety first.
@@lizardywizard I believe that with modern technology, materials and manufacturing it can be done. We have cars like the Mclaren Elva, Ferraro SP1 & SP2, AstonMartin Speedster, Mercedes Mclaren Stirling Moss and a few more. What regulations in main markets like USA and Europe impede to produce a car with roof but without A-pillars but permits convertibles? How strong should a roof be to withstand and pass the criteria of a crashtest? What device could be implemented to make the car safe? Gullwing doors on the Merc could be done by implementing some explosive devices at the top of the doors... Maybe this concept of car can be produced at low volume. It could be directed to other markets like India or China with less strict regulations. If there's a will there's a way...
@@BobKenge cool though they may be, I wouldn't thank you for such a machine, was happy spending my youth in 100bhp minis, always caged. I don't think any of the million pound plus Elva clan are of any treat use above 100 mph... I could get that with a steel cranked 1400 mini
My final year of following rallying. Even Burns and McRae weren't as special for me as group 4 and group B periods. Electric rallycross is what I fancy next... Seems perfect sport for electric power... Short massive power races with eye watering, neck snapping acceleration.
If the benefit of a hybrid rallye car is that you can drive electrically in the service park, but drive in competition with an additional weight of over 100kg, is it really worth it? Not from a performance or competition point of view. EVs and hybrid cars in racing are only a marketing tool. There is no benefit from it for good motorsport. Look at F1, cars only got bigger and heavier. The competition is dominated by one mark for years. And on top of that the cars don't appear especially clean or "green". Only disadvantages.
Nah, swappable batteries can definitely be done. With a nice and flat pitlane surface, I think 10-15 second battery swaps can be done. What's wrong with a 50-80 mile sub-stage length, exactly? What we really need is the original Nikola Tesla tech of wireless power transmission over long distance to be disclosed.
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Back in '99, I flew over from Canada to watch Rally GB. It was the first time I'd witnessed a WRC round in person, and it didn't disappoint. I got to see Richard, Robert, Colin and Nicky in the service parks, as well as on the stages. It was, quite honestly, one of my fondest memories... Even 22 years later!
Fun fact: Richard Burns Rally is STILL (after almost 20 years) to this day the sim of choice for any serious rally sim-racer. The physics were mind-blowing in it's day and nowadays the modding scene took and ran with it.
Great podcast BTW. Richard and Robert were my favourites back in the day and I remember tearing up when they finished that memorable GB Rally becoming Champions. Great pairing, great times. Cheers.
Anyone interested in some periodic footage of earlier rallies, there is an excellent channel VHS Rallies, which features some of the events Robert has talked about.
These interviews with the co-drivers appear more revealing than with the drivers
Haha, "not do as many shells as Collin." Such a way with words, Chris 😄
@39:46 onwards hearing Chris liken Richard to Walter Rohrl and Colin to Ari Vatanen and suggesting Colin and Ari’s style was slower you gotta cast your mind back to when Ari was up against Walter in his 4wd Quattro and Ari in the RS1800 and Walter said no the car is faster than Ari’s but Ari is too fast for me 😂😂😂
This is such a wonderful interview. However is there a little repeated section at around 30 to 32 minutes?
Ignore this comment. I think my RUclips app was playing up for a few days. Great, great interview.
Repeated for me too. The Richard burns part
Finally!! I will listen this tonight and fall happily a sleep.. Very soothing
And to this day, Richard's PC Rally simulator, Richard Burns Rally, is the best and STILL unbeaten in terms of driver/car physics, the graphics of the day were average but heck his sim was and still is the best Rally simulator EVER!!! We miss you Richard!!! Keep that flying gravel going up there!!!
This is a criminally underrated episode
I nearly switched off when I head Robert Reid mentioned.....then I realised it wasn’t Rory Reid so it’s fine 👍🏻
Another great podcast thank you, I remember watching the Rally GB finale with my dad on tv, I so wanted Richard Burns to win he was amazing to watch, so calculating, smooth and careful, whilst being rapid!
I find rally to be a bit sterile now in comparison, stages seem too short and the drivers don’t seem to have the same outward unique personalities!
Loving these co driver storys amd insights.
Quite surprised how honest Robert was regarding Colin basically saying he was a dinosaur unable to evolve 😮
Heavily chuffed. Been too long for a podcast.
I think the piece of string between your two tin cans has got some knots in it?
So sad that Chris has interviewed both Nicky Grist and now Robert Reid both co-drivers and good drivers themselves of 2 of the best rally drivers in the world that are sadly no longer with us . I do hope in some parallel universe both Richard and Colin are actually being interviewed alongside their respective co-drivers
Both sadly so so missed may they both rest in eternal peace ✌️ 🙏🙏👍👍🤝🤝🥊🥊
Yessss. New CH Podcast
Robert is amazing, I love that era of WRC! But the audio quality is pretty poor again. It's laughable that Collecting cars is so big and yet it can't compete with the overall quality of way smaller content creators.
How long does a stage need to be before a hot battery swap? Say, it can be done in 20-30 seconds. You need to use the whole 30 seconds stationary. No time to unbuckle or have a wee. Is that too unpure for you?
30-60 minutes of driving between battery swaps. Not over-extended as in Formula E, just flat out driving. Would be fine, right?
Such a great lad Robert ! Hopefully now that he is the FIA vice president WRC gets a boost
Excellent but agree subtitles please.. the amazing car WRC , great driver and co drivers. Come back the real WRC !! 💪🏁🏁💙👏
You missed the 70s and 80s then?
With some intent, and I have HUGE intent, electric GP cars can TODAY be built to keep up with LMP1. Meaning: win LeMans over Hypercars. Just implement swappable batteries and don't hold back on the rest of the car design. Gordon Murray active aero, Tesla 4680 cells overclocked for shorter cycle life (hey, it's racing), out of the box solutions. Barely heavier than LMP1, less drag, more peak downforce only when needed. This CAN be done.
How do they sound though?
Hi! Have you ever thought about driving a car with roof but without an A-pillar blocking your view in corners?
I still haven't seen a video discussing this topic and many cars today although very rigid, structurally, have really thick A-Pillars that block your view to the point of posing a risk to the driver or a person.
I think it would be really cool to discuss the topic, taking examples like the Chevrolet Corvair Tetsudo Concept, the Renault Trezor Concept.
I would love to see your take on that topic.
👍✌️
Would need a nice chunky roll cage to be legal and they used to be thicker then the body work - eg in escorts, minis chevettes, novas, pug 205 etc etc.
Gotta be safety first.
@@lizardywizard I believe that with modern technology, materials and manufacturing it can be done. We have cars like the Mclaren Elva, Ferraro SP1 & SP2, AstonMartin Speedster, Mercedes Mclaren Stirling Moss and a few more.
What regulations in main markets like USA and Europe impede to produce a car with roof but without A-pillars but permits convertibles? How strong should a roof be to withstand and pass the criteria of a crashtest? What device could be implemented to make the car safe?
Gullwing doors on the Merc could be done by implementing some explosive devices at the top of the doors...
Maybe this concept of car can be produced at low volume. It could be directed to other markets like India or China with less strict regulations.
If there's a will there's a way...
@@BobKenge cool though they may be, I wouldn't thank you for such a machine, was happy spending my youth in 100bhp minis, always caged. I don't think any of the million pound plus Elva clan are of any treat use above 100 mph... I could get that with a steel cranked 1400 mini
@@lizardywizard Nice. What engine your mini has?
RIP Possum
Brruh 😭. These men are different
My final year of following rallying. Even Burns and McRae weren't as special for me as group 4 and group B periods.
Electric rallycross is what I fancy next... Seems perfect sport for electric power... Short massive power races with eye watering, neck snapping acceleration.
If the benefit of a hybrid rallye car is that you can drive electrically in the service park, but drive in competition with an additional weight of over 100kg, is it really worth it? Not from a performance or competition point of view.
EVs and hybrid cars in racing are only a marketing tool. There is no benefit from it for good motorsport.
Look at F1, cars only got bigger and heavier. The competition is dominated by one mark for years.
And on top of that the cars don't appear especially clean or "green". Only disadvantages.
Nah, swappable batteries can definitely be done. With a nice and flat pitlane surface, I think 10-15 second battery swaps can be done. What's wrong with a 50-80 mile sub-stage length, exactly?
What we really need is the original Nikola Tesla tech of wireless power transmission over long distance to be disclosed.
Who would watch it though? Even the gadget petrol cars are not exactly pulling amazing crowds.