Skoda Rally Blog

Just a quick update for a few things:

Firstly, I’ve had confirmation that our entry has been accepted into Rally GB.  So we’re in!

Secondly, the car has taken on the first sponsor’s sticker; the rest should be coming next week, so some pictures will follow next week (when everything should be finished, really)

Thirdly, pretty much everything is in place – cottage hired for the week, service crew, van, etc.  There are a few things to get sorted – waiting for Paul’s HANS and also the new helmet I’ve bought for him (yes, really!), and also tyres – I was really hoping to get some discount from Kumho in return for space on the car, but alas it looks like I’ll have to pay full price for the tyres, which is not cheap, and I’m basically out of money!  Oh dear!

Finally, it is looking like we will have a form of “satellite tracking” during the event for you to see where we are at any point; I’m spending this evening and some time this weekend trying to get the site working better on mobile browsers (with a theme which suits small screens better), and in addition adding a page which will show our latest tweet and map position, so you can follow us easily during the event, and I’m hoping it’ll be possible to tweet at the beginning and end of each stage.  I’m navigating on the Tempest the weekend before Rally GB with Tony, so I should be able to give that a dry run as well.  Anyway, plans and so on.  I have next week off, so there should be lots of progress.  Hopefully!