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Edited by David Williams, contributors besides him are Michel Lizin, Jerry Williams, Neil Perkins, Martin Sharp, Paul Haines, Hannah Curry and Andrew Haill. Photography by McKlein-trio (Reinhard Klein, Bob McCaffrey, Colin McMaster) plus Tony Welam, Gavin Lodge, Martin Sharp, Willy Wyens and Brian Young.
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Review of the Year
David Williams' annual task, reviewing what happened during the season. A separate sidebar is devoted to Hyundai's shameful exit from the WRC.
Profile: Petter Solberg
David Williams speaks with young 2003 World Champion. Article speaks of Petter's distinct personality, passingly mentions team-mate Makinen and moves to analyze his driving and championship winning season.
Car Specifications
World Rally Car and Super1600 car specifications.
Interview: Markko Martin
David Williams speaks with another of the established young drivers. His background and Estonian roots are detailed, as is his rise through the ranks into works team and to a position of team leader. There is also a separate sidebar about his teaming up with Michael Park.
Top Ten Drivers
Michel Lizin does the driver rankings again.
Obituaries
For the memory of Possum Bourne, Howard Marsden, Mark Lovell, Roger Freeman, Peter Harper and Rocco Theunissen by David Williams.
Insight: Dakar Rally
Neil Perkins wastes pages and effort on Paris-Dakar.
Interview: Phil Mills
Jerry Williams has a chat with Solberg's co-driver, going through topics like favourite stages, in length about recent rule changes, his early escapades and story how he partnered with Petter. A separate sidebar looks at his cosmopolitan work and travelling involved.
Insight: 40 Years of the Manx Rally
As if wasting pages on Paris-Dakar wasn't enough, David Williams writes about Manx.
Profile: Timo Jouhki
David Williams makes an acquaintance with the man behind most of the successful Finnish rally drivers, a businessman and manager Timo Jouhki. As he isn't too keen to publicize his role, many do not know him. Indeed, most of the article is spent on describing how he knows and works with drivers, not so much about Timo himself.
Technical Review
Martin Sharp's review has a Focus in, specifically the Christian Loriaux's masterpiece - the Ford Focus RS WRC 03. Description of the multitude of the changes and new solutions take up first four pages after which attention switches to other cars and their developments. A sidebar talks about tyres, chassis rigidity and related tarmac performance improvement.
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Foreword by Petter Solberg...................5
Editor's Introduction........................6
Review of the Year..........................10
Profile: Petter Solberg.....................24
Car Specifications..........................26
Interview: Markko Martin....................30
Top Ten Drivers.............................34
Obituaries..................................40
Insight: The Dakar Rally....................44
Interview: Phil Mills.......................48
Insight: Manx Rally.........................52
Profile: Timo Jouhki........................54
Technical Review............................58
World Championship Rallies..................64
World Championship Rally Results...........144
Junior World Championship Review...........146
Asia-Pacific Championship Review...........148
European Championship Review...............151
British Championship Review................154
British National Rallying Review...........158
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Published in England (2003)
by Hazleton Publishing Ltd
160 pages
ISBN: 1-903135-27-3
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