Payne’s ambitious plan

Elliot Payne achieved the unthinkable on Rali Ceredigion, starting the rally just hours after finishing third on the Woodpecker Stages in the BTRDA. Using his dad Charlie’s Fiesta Rally2 for gravel, Payne and co-driver Patrick Walsh hot-footed it down to Aberystwyth and jumped straight into Saturday evening’s stages – the organisers moving them to 88th in the start order instead of their seeded ninth. But would he recommend it to others? “No! Not if you’re changing between surfaces anyway.”