It is a long-held ambition

Jardine, who has worked for the BBC, ITV and Sky Sports in F1 for over 30 years, said: “Rallying is my passion, even beyond racing, so I vowed over 10 years ago that I would compete in what I consider to be the very best historic endurance rally in the world, the Silver Fern. I will get to see some of the best landscapes in the world again, but it is thanks to my friends and connections in New Zealand that it is about to happen.”