Other notable entries came from Phil Morgan/Martin Douglas and Julian Reynolds/ Ieuan Thomas in WRC and Group A Subaru Impreza respectively, and Guy Anderson/Dave Taylor heading up the Group N category with promising 17-year old Finnish driver Jari Matti Latvala, once again accompanied by Carl Williamson – both in Evo 6 Lancers.
MG Sport and Racing was out in force with two MG ZRs – a Group N version for
ITV F1 pundit Tony Jardine, and a works Super 1600 version for ITV colleague
Mark Blundell. Both had journalist co-drivers, Daily Express man Bob McKenzie alongside Blundell, and Observer correspondent Maurice Hamilton alongside Jardine, these crews getting further last-minute practice before next month’s Network Q Rally GB. It was in fact only Mark’s second-ever rally, his baptism having come on the previous weekend’s Bulldog. Another familiar face belonged to fellow circuit racer and 2002 BTCC champion James Thompson, anxious to get more four-wheel-drive experience in his Group N Lancer Evo 6, and also looking forward to some extra practice for the Network Q.
Further down the entry list was an unusual Peugeot Total entry – a certain Mick Linford in one of the Peugeot 206 Super Cup cars. Mick is more usually associated with his day job of masterminding Peugeot UK’s motor sport activities, but, hats off to him, he was using the Tempest as a one-off PR exercise “to get closer to the regular 206 Super Cup competitors”. He had already prepared a long list of excuses in case he was trounced by the “young whipper-snappers”, but most people were under the impression that not many of these whipper-snappers would be brave enough to outshine their ultra-competitive boss.
![Tempest Stages Rally winners Phil Morgan and co-driver Martin Douglas [Subaru Impreza WRC]](http://pix.crash.net/thumbs/45148.jpg )
