Backseat drivers?

[itsnevereasy]

I found this quite amusing.

Top British rally driver, Mark Fischer, today found himself at the centre of a storm of controversy after confessing that he had absolutely no idea what his long-term co-driver, Gethyn Davis, was talking about during races.

It had been assumed that co-drivers were reading ‘pace notes’, a series of instructions describing how to negotiate the road layout ahead, but Fischer claims the notes are ‘total nonsense’ and that he has simply been humouring his co-driver all these years. ‘It’s just gibberish,’ he said. ‘But the regulations say that there must be two people in the car at all times during the race, and Gethyn was a good mate so I always just took him along for the ride.’

Davis is reported to be furious at Fischer’s statement and maintains that they were equal partners in the team, but Fisher has been quick to dismiss this.

‘Oh, come on,’ he said. ‘I mean, ’50 5-left and stop 2-right half minus braking into K-right 90 maybe and absolute crest 500′. What the hell am I supposed to make of that when I’m flat out over a jump sideways at 90mph?’

This is not the first time Fischer has courted controversy over the role of co-drivers. In 2009, after finding himself without a co-driver for the Jyvaskyla Rally in Finland, he kidnapped a homeless man and forcibly strapped him into the passenger seat to ensure that the two-people-in-each-car rule was complied with. The stunt only came to light when onboard footage taken during the race revealed that rather than reading the ‘pace notes’, the Finnish co-driver was in fact screaming the words ‘Oh shit!’ over and over again, occasionally interspersed with other phrases including, ‘Watch out for that house’ and ‘Slow down, you mad bastard’.

That is quality!

 

[billfromthehill]

quality mate, watch out for that house pure gold mate pissing mysides sounds like me n u driving round darby street haha

 

[rickmcfc]

Saw this last week. Hilarious!!!

 

[Hamann Pineapple]

Quality, not what I expected from the thread title.

 

[hgblue]

If he really wants to prove that co-drivers are no help whatsoever he should give the map to a woman and strap her in the passenger seat. Lets see how he gets on then.

 

[Gaylord du Bois]

Kidnapped a homeless man and strapped him in. Brilliant.

 

[BlueRally]

please support big city fan and rally driver on his french invasion!

18 year old mancunian Chris Ingram (me) and Stephen McAuley will be competing on Rallye du Var next weekend in the works Clio R3, competing against 180 other crews including F1 driver Robert Kubica
After winning the British jnr rally championship and the Renault trophy it is my prize to drive the works car on the rally based nr Saint Tropez.

anyway id really appreciate it if you supported your fellow blue and liked my page here

http://www.facebook.com/chrisingramrallying

 

[shadygiz]

please support big city fan and rally driver on his french invasion!

18 year old mancunian Chris Ingram (me) and Stephen McAuley will be competing on Rallye du Var next weekend in the works Clio R3, competing against 180 other crews including F1 driver Robert Kubica
After winning the British jnr rally championship and the Renault trophy it is my prize to drive the works car on the rally based nr Saint Tropez.

anyway id really appreciate it if you supported your fellow blue and liked my page here

http://www.facebook.com/chrisingramrallying

done mate....good luck ;)

 

[BimboBob]

This is not the first time Fischer has courted controversy over the role of co-drivers. In 2009, after finding himself without a co-driver for the Jyvaskyla Rally in Finland, he kidnapped a homeless man and forcibly strapped him into the passenger seat to ensure that the two-people-in-each-car rule was complied with. The stunt only came to light when onboard footage taken during the race revealed that rather than reading the ‘pace notes’, the Finnish co-driver was in fact screaming the words ‘Oh shit!’ over and over again, occasionally interspersed with other phrases including, ‘Watch out for that house’ and ‘Slow down, you mad bastard’.

Funniest thing I have read in a while. I like the cut of his jib.

 

[bobmcfc]

please support big city fan and rally driver on his french invasion!

18 year old mancunian Chris Ingram (me) and Stephen McAuley will be competing on Rallye du Var next weekend in the works Clio R3, competing against 180 other crews including F1 driver Robert Kubica
After winning the British jnr rally championship and the Renault trophy it is my prize to drive the works car on the rally based nr Saint Tropez.

anyway id really appreciate it if you supported your fellow blue and liked my page here

http://www.facebook.com/chrisingramrallying

Any plans to kidnap a homeless man ?

Added you on twitter (hate Facebook)