The course of the World Rally Championship appears to be comprised of a succession of lurches interspersed with uncertainty. The introduction of a rotation principle for 2009 where 24 events…

1987 Rally of New Zealand How did you come to be in a Lancia? I drove for Volkswagen in the WRC for two years in 1985 and '86. Before that…

John Davenport was the man who convinced Austin Rover's top Brass their 'Old Man's' Metro could be developed into a world-class rally car. In the first of a two-part story,…

SAAB Wins Swedish Rally Unlike the Monte Carlo Rally which .started well and then turned into a nightmare, the Swedish Rally had the circus act at the beginning and then…

To be truthful, there is nothing else quite like it in the whole wide world except perhaps its two-wheeled forerunner. The event is, of course, the Tour de France Automobile…

A strange brew of fiery Latin passion and Brit cool made Sandro Munari, iI Drago, a potent force in 1970s rallying, writes John Davenport. Curious thing, the trick question. Name…

Group B rallying was fantastic but fatally flawed. Groups was ment to take all the best bits and leave out the bad. It would have done just that, says John…

The automotive marathon has a stop-go past, but has settles into a new historic format. John Davenport hitched a centenary lift. When all the celebrations have died down and the…

Joginder Singh was perhaps the greatest exponent of the old-style safari - fast, determined and a demon spanner-man. John Davenport catches up with this three-time winner in sunbury-on-thames! During the…

Few remember that world rallying enjoyed a brief career in America but John Davenport does: he was there to tell the tale. There was no Trevor Howard or Celia Johnson.…

He didn't think so at the time, but the hard lesson Bjorn learned on this event proved to be a blessing in disguise. John Davenport explains In 1979, Bjorn Waldegard…

The spirit of the world's most famous rally is alive and well. John Davenport returned to familiar mountain roads for a taste of Montes past The original Monte Carlo Rally…