Can i become a rally driver

Written by David Evans. Part of this story. Andreas Mikkelsen A hugely experienced rally driver with numerous … Norway. Unlike Formula One , the World Rally Championship — aka the pinnacle of rallying — is open to everybody. We got a few of them together to give us a few pointers. Join a car club. Former Hyundai star Hayden Paddon started his career with a trip to his local car club, which led to him competing in events in an old Mini. Get in there and network with the members.

There will always be people in the club looking for help or for somebody to get involved. And anybody can be involved. For UK readers, find your local racing club here. Hayden Paddon started at his local car club. Find a mentor. Latvala benefits from Carlos Sainz's experience.

Head to a rally school. But the important question is: do you actually like driving a rally car? Well I have great news for you. Its not as difficult as you think. You do not need to have any rally experience or rally driver tuition previously. Step 1. Step 2.

The assessment covers theory safety aspects of on stage rally and a brief driving assessment. On passing this assessment you send off for your licence to the MSA. You then need to find a local motor club and become a member. These clubs can also give you information of rally driving events in the UK that you can attend. We suggest you start with a 2WD as they are easier and less expensive to repair compared to AWD cars.

RallySprint will provide intermediate steps between RallyCross and stage rally. The incremental steps provide competition opportunities with increased challenge and speed. The safety requirements and financial investments in equipment increase incrementally as well. Safety for competitors and teams, volunteers and spectators are of the utmost importance. These events also help the rally community by serving as training sessions for workers. Many volunteers are needed in the roles of control workers, scoring, radio communications, spectator marshals, course marshals.

These events give new workers a chance to learn, and also gives experienced workers a chance to learn new positions. Learn more about RallySprint here. For this reason, you must take seat time wherever and whenever the opportunity presents itself.

This is another great way to get more seat time because, in general, events in the Southeast are pretty sparse.