BC:
Certainly that is the plan. The guys here are building me a new Evo 9 at the moment. We are going to do some rallies in it and possibly some rallies in a Fiesta. But the main idea of the Evo is just to get out and do some four-wheel drive miles and get the experience. I haven't got an awful lot. I did one year in the British championship in '05 in a Group N
Subaru, but really that is the limit of my four-wheel drive experience.
Crash.net:
Would that be all the BRC events or just selected ones?
BC:
We will be starting on the Pirelli. I don't know if that will be in a Fiesta or in the Evo – it is still to be decided. We will try and do as much of the British championship as we can. But the WRC rallies come first. If there is a chance to get out on them with tyre engineers or car engineers and maybe have a look through some of the stages, then that has to be the main priority. There could be quite a lot of clashes and so I won't be able to do the whole British championship. Also with GB I am doing that in the Focus and that counts for two rounds in the BRC and so we will ‘miss' them as well. I can't be in contention for the overall British championship but it will still be great to get out there and do the miles.
Crash.net:
Is there anything else lined-up or on the drawing board?
BC:
Not at the moment. As I said, money is the biggest issue in rallying and trying to get as much as we can for the programme that we have got. If we can raise extra funding it would be very nice to do some of the European rallies in a four-wheel drive car - perhaps the Mitsubishi. But that would be about the sum of it.
Crash.net:
Last year you were co-driven by Scott Martin, who is going to be calling the pace-notes this year?
BC:
It is still something we are working on and fortunately there are quite a lot of co-drivers about. There are a lot looking for seats. I need somebody with a mixture of good experience and enthusiasm to go and compete in the world championship and do there best. We have got a short list put together and we are working together with my management and Malcolm Wilson and we will come up with a suitable plan. Hopefully I can get a co-driver that I can work with all year and form a good bond with for the future.
Crash.net:
What have you made of the WRC so far this year and the level of competitiveness in it?
BC:
It has been an interesting start to the season with Sebastien [Loeb]'s roll in Sweden and then his engine issues in Mexico [in the shakedown]. It is looking really exciting. Jari-Matti [Latvala] has gone very, very well so far. Mikko [Hirvonen] is pushing as well. I think there is some fantastic competition there and I can't just wait to be part of it.
