Goodwood Festival of Speed 2018: best of the rally stage

Venture into the woods above the Goodwood hillclimb and you'll find a fine assortment of machines sliding sideways around the Forest Rally Stage. Here are some of the highlights

James Attwood

by James Attwood

14 July 2018

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Ford Fiesta RS WRC

Welsh hero Elfyn Evans powered up the hill in the Ford Fiesta RS WRC he's using to contest this year's FIA World Rally Championship. Evans took his first WRC win on Wales Rally GB last November, driving one of the machines built and run by the Cumbrian M-Sport squad
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Peugeot 205

The Peugeot Challenge was one of the top proving grounds for British rally drivers in the early 1990s, producing talents such as 2001 world champion Richard Burns. This 205, decked out in Peugeot Talbot Sport works colours, is run by Jason Lepley Motorsport
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Race2Recovery Land Rover

The Race2Recovery team was established to help wounded service personnel compete in the fearsome Dakar Rally in a specially adapted Land Rover. A quick sprint up the Goodwood hill was doubtless somewhat easier than several weeks of battling the deserts and landscapes of South America
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Toyota Celica GT-Four

One of the most successful machines in rallying history, a Toyota Celica GT-Four was in action on the rally stage, sporting the Castrol livery that the works machines did in their prime. The ST185-spec Celica was used between 1992 and 1994, with Carlos Sainz, Juha Kankkunen and Didier Auriol each taking a drivers' championship title
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Toyota Celica GT-Four

The Toyota Celica GT-Four could also be seen in action on the Goodwood hillclimb
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Peugeot 208 R2

Reigning British Ladies Rally champion Nabila Tejpar tackled the Goodwood rally stage in the Peugeot 208 R2 she is campaigning in this year's British Rally Championship. Tejpar has switched to the French machine this year after claiming the title in a Ford Fiesta
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Ford Focus RS WRC

Decked out in classic Martini colours, this Ford Focus RS WRC dates from 2000, and was used that season by drivers including Petter Solberg, Carlos Sainz and Pierro Liatti. David Wright now campaigns the car on national rallies in the UK
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Mitsubishi Lancer Evo III

The Mitsubishi Lancer was one of the dominant machines of the latter part of the World Rally Championship's Group A era. Tommi Makinen, who won four championships between 1996 and 1999, took all but two of his 24 victories in Lancers, and took the 1996 championship in an Evo III spec version - as seen in action on the Forest Rally Stage here
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Datsun 240Z

The Datsun 240Z is another rallying classic, and enjoyed particular success on the rough and tough Safari Rally. Shekhar Mehta won the 1973 East African Safari Rally in a 240Z in 1973, the inaugural season of the WRC. Goodwood's rally stage isn't quite as tough a challenge...
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Porsche 911

Tuthill Porsche is one of the leading teams in historic rallying, and this pristine 911 won the 2017 East Afrcian Safari Classic Rally. Yorkshireman Ryan Champion - with appropriate sponsorship - has been driving the car on the rally stage this weekend
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Ford Escort Mk2

The Goodwood rally stage wouldn't be complete without a Ford Escort Mk2, perhaps the most loved car in all of national rallying. This example is in Andrews Heat for Hire livery, made famous by multiple British champion Russell Brookes
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Ford Escort Cosworth

Another classic rallying Ford, this Escort Cosworth was campaigned in the World Rally Championship by Carlos Sainz. The Escort Cosworth took 10 wins between 1993 and 1996
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MG Metro 6R4

The MG Metro 6R4 arrived too late to truly be a success in rallying's mid-1980s Group B era, but is went on to become a popular choice for clubmen and privateers in both rallying and rallycross
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Peugeot 208 R2

The British Rally Championship is marking its 60th anniversary in 2018. Reigning Ladies champion Nabila Tejpar is the latest young talent to hone her skills in the series
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Ford Fiesta R5

Rob Gill, the driver of this Ford Fiesta R5, is used to making headlines - in his role as motoring editor of The Sun. The Fiesta R5 he drove on the rally stage represents the sort of machine that battles for overall victories on British Rally Championship events
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MG Metro 6R4

This ex-works MG Metro 6R4 sports the famous Computervision colours that it did when it was used by Tony Pond back in 1986. This machine subsequently achieved plenty of success on UK national events
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Land Rover Wolf

The Armed Forces Rally Team was established to help service personnel develop their driving and navigating skills - and the competition between the crews is pretty intense too
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Subaru Impreza WRC

The aesthetics of the 2001-spec 'bug eye' Subaru Impreza WRC still divide opinion, but the car's success isn't in doubt: Richard Burns claimed that year's WRC title driving one
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Subaru Impreza 555

Even without the classic blue and yellow colours, the shape of the Subaru Impreza 555 remains easily recognisable to British rally fans (Colin McRae did win the 1995 world championship in one, after all)
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Subaru Impreza WRC

Rallying legend Colin McRae took victory on the 1997 RAC Rally driving this Subaru Impreza WRC, registered P12 WRC. After being used by various privateers it's now been restorted to a classic period livery

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