Missed opportunity

July 7, 2014

Shortly before we closed for press, the Swedish Rally ended in Karlstad. Colin McRae fully justified his inclusion in Subaru’s World Championship line-up by finishing second, the best British result on foreign soil since the World Championship was conceived in 1973.

It is a long time since British rally drivers had much to shout about; what a shame that the national press restricted the news to results sections, tucked away in small type in the nether regions of their sports pages.

MOTOR SPORT applauds McRae’s achievement. Hopefully his success will pave the way for a future generation of British talent in a sport that hasn’t had a household name in this country since Paddy Hopkirk. S A

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Simon Arron

Editor-at-large

Intrigued by cars almost from birth, Simon was still at school when he persuaded a local newspaper editor that he really, really needed to run race reports from Oulton Park, Aintree and elsewhere. He has since followed the sport all over the planet and edited several titles, including Motoring News, Autocourse and this one (August 1991-October 1996).

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