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Exclusive Interview with
Top British Co-driver
Bob Rose
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| Personal | |
| Name: | BOB (flat) ROSE |
| Age: | ** Older and wiser now - 33 next birthday Jan 27th - I await my present!! |
| Marital status: | ** Married |
| Children: | None |
| Occupation: | Garage owner |
| Place of birth: | Sidcup, Kent |
| Country or county where you live: | Somerset |
| Does your spouse / partner like rallying? | I am very lucky - she loves it!!!!! |
| Any other hobbies? | Anything to do with rallying |
| Your opinions | |
| Favourite food: | Chicken and pasta, and Cadbury's Freddy bars |
| Favourite drink: | Milk |
| Favourite motorsport paper / magazine: | Motoring News |
| Favourite sports person (other than rallying): | The old Manchester United goalkeeper, Peter something (I cannot spell his second name) |
| Favourite film star: | Vinnie Jones (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels) |
| Favourite holiday destination: | Kenya |
| Which TV sports programmes do you watch? | Sky Sports and Eurosport |
| Starting out | |
| How did you start out? | Started out by building my wife, Tracey, a cheap rally car and it evolved from there |
| First driver you sat with: | Ian Jeffreys |
| First event: | Bran Leisure Park Stages |
| Rallying background | |
| Type of licence held: | International |
| Which motor club do you belong to? | Weston Super Mare and Peugeot Rally Club |
| Do you contribute towards your rallying? | Yes - some entrance fees and bits & bobs |
| Have you ever driven on a rally? | No - I can only drive in a straight line |
| Did you ever marshal on events? When and where? | Yes - Somerset Stages and local road rallies |
| How many events do you get to watch? (eg. per year) | 1 to 2 |
| How many rallies do you take part in? (eg. per year) | Anything from 15 to 20 per year |
| Have you competed abroad? Where and when? | Yes, Ireland, Poland, Lithuania |
| Your opinions on rallying | |
| Favourite rally car: | Mitsubishi EVO 5 |
| Favourite rally driver: | Carlos Sainz |
| Favourite rally co-driver: | Luis Moya and Nicky Grist |
| Favourite bit of road or forest: | All of the Sweet Lamb complex and Chariot Wood on the Somerset Stages |
| Do you prefer pace notes or map reading events? | I prefer map reading but pace notes are the way forward |
| Things you dislike about rallying? | Double usage on forestry stages, and the waiting around between stages on single venue rallies |
| Who do you think will win year 2000 World Rally Championship? | Richard Burns |
| ..... and in 2003? | ** My money has to be on Loeb |
| Rallying history | |
| Drivers you have sat with: | Graham Middleton, Andrew Orchard, Seamus Donnelly, Richard Lesley, Tracey Wilkins, Jason Stone, Russell Griffin, Ian Jeffreys, Seb Simian, Rokas Lipeikis (Lithuania), Neil Edwards, Andy Burnell (present) .....to name just a few |
| Best driver you have ever sat with? | Graham Middleton and Andy Burnell |
| Best result: | 1st in the 106 super cup 2000,
Red Dragon 1st F2 Bulldog 2001 1st F2 Woodpecker 2000 |
| Worst result: | Coming second overall at Caerwent after losing out on fastest stage times (due to be joint first overall) with Graham Middleton. |
| Championships contested: | BTRDA 1998 / 1999 / 2000 ANCRO 2000 / 2001 Rally Masters 2001 Super 106 Cup 2000 ASWMC 2000 CSMG 1998 / 1999 |
| Best Championship result: | CSMG 1999 A6 Class winner ASWMC 2000 1st Overall BTRDA 2000 A6 Class award ANCRO 2001 A6 Class winner ANCRO 2001 F2 Award |
| Best rally memory: | Beating (ex-National Champion), Graham Middleton, who I sat beside in 2000, on the Bulldog in October 2001. On the event we won our class and finished ahead of Graham by a mere 14 seconds in a great "head to head", which lasted the whole day - with both of us trading times on the stages - Graham's tutoring works!!!!!!!! |
| Strangest incident on a rally: | Looking up from my map on stage two of the Red Dragon and seeing two wild horses running in front of the car whilst Seamus was flat in third gear - and thinking that I was about to have a horse sandwich at any moment! |
| Biggest accident: | Last stage, last 100 yards, last small yump, hitting it flat in 5th, with Tracey driving - the car getting all out of shape, with Tracey letting go of the steering wheel and shouting, "Robert, what do I do now?" I didn't know. I read maps! And, with that, we took out (splitting in two) 7 concrete posts and 60 yards of 8 feet high chain link fence - the little Peugeot was not well! |
| Achievements from rallying: | You are always learning every time you are in a rally car so, just getting to the end of the event, either last or first, you are always achieving something. I have also gained some great friends along the way. |
| Your current performance | |
| How could you improve your ‘own’ current performance? | Continue to co-drive for as many people as I can and, most of all, to compete abroad |
| How could you improve your current driver's performance? | Just make sure I have all my side of the job done - to win the lottery and buy the car my current driver deserves. |
| If you had £50,000 to spend on rallying, what would you do? | Put a "tight" budget together with Andy and compete in selected World Junior Championship rounds - and Win!! |
| Your future in rallying | |
| Where would you most like to compete (in the world): | Any APC round |
| Which rally would you most like to compete in? | Rally of New Zealand |
| Which driver(s) would you most like to co-drive for? | Any works' drivers - particularly, Carlos Sainz |
| Ambition in rallying for the future: | To compete at the highest level of the BRC and then progress to a full programme of WRC events |
| What would you like to put back into rallying? | To give as much help as I could do so to anyone wishing to gain more knowledge of the sport |
| The future of rallying | |
| Which up-and-coming rally driver can you recommend? | Andy Burnell and Alistair Ginley |
| Which up-and-coming rally co-driver can you recommend? | ** Carl Williamson |
| What would be the best tip you could give to other co-drivers? | To do as many rallies as you can with as many different drivers as is possible. Don't be afraid to sit next to someone completely different, as we co-drivers are like sponges - there are always different things to absorb and learn. |
| Any other comments | I would like
to thank Graham Middleton for teaching me the things he has and thank
him for the time he has given me.
Rallycodriver is a brilliant company and should be used by anyone wishing to gain more knowledge regarding the sport of rallying. ** my new web site is www.bobrose.co.uk |
| posted 13/7/00 updated 7/1/02 updated 18/12/02 (items marked **) |
Latest news:Bob's schedule for 2003 |
| Date Event Championship
Comments 29th Dec 2002 K & N (Pembrey) 5th Jan Red Kite Stages 206 Winter Cup & Welsh Clubmans 8th Feb Wyedean BTRDA 16th Feb Kall Kwik 22nd Feb Rallye Sunseeker (Bournemouth) EVO Challenge & ANCRO 2nd Mar Shakedown and promotional day BRC 22nd Mar Rally of Wales (Wrexham) BRC 12th Apr Astra Stages (Llangollen) EVO Challenge & ANCRO 26th Apr Pirelli International (Gateshead) BRC 9th/10th May Manx National (IoM) EVO Challenge & ANCRO 31st May Mutiny Rally (Builith Wells) EVO Challenge & ANCRO 13th Jun Scottish International (Dumfries) BRC 4th/5th Jul Jim Clark Memorial Rally (Duns) EVO Challenge & BRC provisional for EVO 31st Jul Manx International (Douglas) BRC 9th Aug Swansea Bay (Swansea) EVO Challenge & ANCRO 13th Sep Park Systems (Newton Stewart) EVO Challenge & ANCRO 27th Sep Trackrod Rally (York) BRC 18th Oct Bulldog Rally (Shrewsbury) EVO Challenge & ANCRO 25th Oct Tempest (Aldershot) BRC Tracey Rose NB. Bob is keen to compete on even more events and is available for the 206 Super Cup round, the Harry Flatters over Eypnt. Bob has competed over Eypnt many times winning his class. He has also led the event four times now, but due to mechanical problems has never won it - he is available for this round and any others ............ email Kielder Computers Ltd if you would like to talk to Bob |
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