Re the Ruski Lada's, Mike Fletcher and I had a ball with them during recce trying to find out to get them to talk to us but the 3rd man in the car kept a pretty close eye on them.

We had the 3rd Lada seeded in front of us but were luckier than Cookie as our one rolled in very close to the start in one of the very early stages and was still rocking on it's roof when we passed it. The crew were out and running up the wrong direction in the stage with the safety triangle