1986 – MG Metro 6R4, 8th

“I’m so glad I got the chance to drive a proper Group B supercar on the RAC, even if it was just for one year. The car I drove was run by David Richards and Prodrive with Rothmans backing, it was a real beast of a thing to drive. I was back in it earlier this year at a Group B commemoration event at Shelsley Walsh. As soon as I gave it some throttle away off the line the thing was darting all over the road. It brought the memories flooding back and made me think: ‘How the bloody hell did we drive these things?’ There was no handbrake to slide the car, it really was quite difficult to drive. On the event itself I was setting times the same as Pondy [Tony Pond, ARG factory driver], but the thing that hampered me was being on Dunlop tyres; I think we had six or seven punctures during the rally.”