previously on going straight
sideways I traveled to Ireland and got
my first taste of a modern day rally car
alongside citen Factory driver Craig
Breen and I began training for Wales
rally GB I love fishing chips right
now oh this is going to be unpleasant
what am I doing
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I'm down here at the stes 3 2 1 go
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we've come to windy Lincolnshire we're
at blighton Park and we've dragged out a
McLaren 570s why not um to try and
explain the rough differences between
what circuit races go through and what
rally drivers go through and there's a
lot of differences and it's an excuse to
go and have some fun in a supercar
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so the differences between circuit
racing and
rallying well I know this McLaren 570s
pretty well by now I've been playing
with it all morning here at blind Park
in lincol
sh I know exactly what the car's going
to do I know the circuit like the back
of my
hand I know how much grip I've got
underneath me I know when I'm on the
brakes how much speed I can carry into a
corner how much throttle I can squeeze
through a
corner nothing is coming as a massive
surprise to me you're seeking Perfection
lap after lap after lap after lap
finding those T of a second and knowing
what you've got underneath you
circuit racing is a little bit like
going out for your second
anniversary meal with your
wife you know what's going to happen
you're going to have some nice food you
have a nice bottle of wine you're going
to go home and that will probably
happen whereas rallying
is a little bit more like a internet
date why because you don't know what's
lurking down the
road you don't know how much grip you
have coming into or through a corner all
you can do is trust a guy sitting beside
you shouting Pace notes and be as Brave
as you dare and just like an internet
date sometimes it doesn't always work
out the way you
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right nothing to be worried about then
time to finally go testing for rally
GB morning 7:00 uh just off to the
forest to um have our first test with
Mike in the car well actually only test
with Mike in the car for the rally so
it's going to be a fairly interesting a
long
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day the first time Mike's sat in the car
with me in fact the first time Mike's
even seen the car so it's a really
important day we got to make the most of
it because we've not got a lot
opportunity to for the rally uh Mike's
on his way at the minute from London
which is an issue because actually I can
guarantee he's always late in fact I'll
put a ten on it that he doesn't turn up
any
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time and he's on a chenny
yeah chenny is now what do you think
he's late again he's always late that
lad
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hello time to call this got stuck in
traffic mate 6 hours it took me to get
up
here once rich and I were friends again
we got straight to work with WRC driver
Elvin Evans who came along to show us
the ropes it's going to be a first
opportunity for for chenny to sample the
R2 on a on a gravel stage uh my role
will be to try and keep him in between
the hedges if I can uh give him as much
help with the car um what to expect
there'll be a lot to learn and I'll just
try and guide him as much as I can so
I'm going to pull up to the lineer now
and I'll talk you through what you would
do for example in a in a countdown to a
stage so while you're queuing up you
don't want to hold your foot on the
brake The Brak warm before you get to
the S use a handbrake it's only the rear
breakes are exposed yeah 15 seconds
seven switch to Stage mode on yeah 5
Seconds grab the handbrake launch
control full
throttle 5 Seconds To Go 5 4 3 2 1
go nice Progressive release to the
clutch and then you'll need the you'll
need to use the clutch to grab second
gear and then you're good to go okay so
down here then we're looking for the
clean line
everywhere driving purely with the front
because of the
rut we haven't got space to really move
the car it's quite narrow so all we're
looking at is for the clean line to stay
in the DP always better to be a bit
slower in and get good traction and
drive out to the
corner now here you com to a big big
braking zone so initially when to hit
the brakes quite hard get the majority
of the speed scrubed off and then adjust
as you're coming down maybe ease off a
little but you're you're when you're
coming on the brakes you're nailing the
brake pedal you're not coming onto it
gently you're nailing it yeah nailing it
yeah initially and then easing off the
closely get to the corner a jump
yet it genuinely doesn't seem too tail
happy though no it's very planted on the
back you have to drive it with the front
and not unsettle the car especially
here the way to go
quickly oh elf what have I let myself in
for
mate how many rallies you doing
beforehand none I'm doing I'm doing this
afternoon and then we got going and do
then we're going to go and do the rally
you want to swap
yeah okay let's go just drive the car
slowly just get to have a look at the
road
yeah keep the line
remember you're off the line yeah you're
missing the Lo of traction yeah yeah
straight away see how the car snake
straight
away just halfway around this corner
it's quite a long right but there's ruts
in you need to drop in them ruts get it
right into them yeah yeah it just pulls
it in you get grip instantly
yeah let me brakes down here C
it that was a proper moment H it was
again you know keeping your line so you
need to concentrate on being in the line
more than anything
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else overall there was there was pretty
good progress you know even from the
GetGo um he had a a pretty good
understanding of how car control works I
think that's that's always a big
Advantage if you don't have to explain
that to somebody it's one thing just
driving the car but you know he's got a
lot of information to process um picking
his lines listening to the notes
selecting the right gear you know he's
shown good progression today uh but
there's definitely still a lot to learn
Elvin had been a massive help but he
wouldn't be with me on rally GB that job
fell to Rich and it was time for us to
sit in the car together and pick up the
pace 3 2 1 go
40 six left into four
right
100 five left don't cut five right don't
cut five left don't cut five
right
Crest then 60 break slot right don't
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cut into three
left six right very long Titans
five and six left long 40 twist five
left five right over jump
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it's narrow five left don't cut six
right sorry 40 six left over Crest 100
keep right over Crest 50 breaks four
left long Titans there'll be four left
long Titans six right long Titans to
four just
stop but on me perfect not a bad first
day I think very good test very good
progress
very well driven what I me and I think
uh I think we're going to do all right
right one and only test done yeah see
see you at the star rally see Star G the
star rally G I think we're ready it's
been an unbelievable day I've learned um
a huge amount you know it was nice that
all the work that rich and myself have
put have put in leading up to this has
paid off the strategy that we had coming
into today was to just take what we've
learned and just build on it throughout
the day and that's what we've done we
really only had half day in the car um
and we got up to a place I was quite
impressed with and I'm actually really
looking forward to Rally now because I
think it's going to be great fun and
Mike's shown that you know he can drive
the
car uh the biggest thing I think that
we're both going to struggle with his
Pace notes um me reading them make sure
I read them at the right time and mik
listening to them and understanding what
I'm telling
him 30 slot two
rights you're con conting as hard as you
can on keeping it on the road and it's
it's moving around underneath you you
don't know how much grip you've got you
don't know how much grip you've got the
apex of the corner where the ruts are
whether a rock's been pulled out and all
the same time you got some hooligan sat
beside you
screaming um Pace notes into your ear so
you're trying to like manage all of that
information in my tiny little brain is
yeah it's a bit of a struggle having all
these people within the WRC on side and
wanting us to do well uh despite what
they say I think it's going to be a good
positive help for us as well for me it's
been a great day of learning um and um
and yeah I'm feeling confident going
into into rally GB but not overly
confident after a long day the car went
back in the trailer straight and off to
mport to be prepared for Wales rally
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GB next time on going straight sideways
this is Mike Jen and BR
It all becomes very real for rich and I
as we launch our Fiesta into 3 days of
Hardcore rallying on the toughest events
of the
allall plenty of ups and downs along the
way pun something's not right
Rich we're going to have to change this
time okay the question is did we achieve
our goal and make it to the Finish
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