Personal

Name:

Inbal Edry

Age:

* 29

Marital status:

Single

Children:

No

Occupation:

* Social care worker, deputy manager

Place of birth:

Israel

Country or county where you live:

* Preston Capes, nr. Daventry, UK.

Does your spouse / partner like rallying?

Don't have just now

Any other hobbies?

Climbing, outdoor sports, reading, drawing

Your opinions

Favourite food:

My Gran’s (but she is in Israel!)

Favourite drink:

Water sack not strove

Favourite motor sport paper / magazine:

Rally XS and Motoring News, of course!!

Favourite sports person (other than rallying):

Ken Doherty.  He’s brilliant.

Favourite film star:

Gary Oldman  

Favourite holiday destination:

Morocco

Which TV sports programmes do you watch?

Snooker, Women’s football, Moto GP, Motorcross bikes

Starting out

How did you start out?

Through a friend that used to co-drive

First driver you sat with: 

Danny Levy

First event:

In Israel 2001

Rallying background

Type of licence held:

International

Which motor club do you belong to?

* Blackbird MC

Do you contribute towards your rallying?

* Yes, depends on the situation

Have you ever driven on a rally?

No

Did you ever marshal on events? When and where?

* North Humberside Rally 2003. It was good fun and a sunny day (lucky me!)

How many events do you get to watch? (e.g. per year)

* I watch none at the moment; no time.

How many rallies do you take part in? (e.g. per year)

* I'm competing/trying to participate in 10 rallies a year at least and more if poss.

Have you competed abroad? Where and when?

Yes.  Cyprus in 2001 and Israel in 2001 and one rally there in 2003.
* WRC Japan 2004, rally in Israel 2005

Your opinions (rallying)

Favourite rally car:

Mk I Escort

Favourite rally driver:

Sebastien Loeb, * he is just an excellent driver to watch

Favourite rally co-driver:

* Nicky Grist, Gemma Price

Favourite bit of road or forest:

Epynt - definitely

Do you prefer pace notes or map reading events?

* Pace notes as the driver gets more space to express himself and his way of driving

Things you dislike about rallying?

To be in the middle of a good adrenalin rush and realizing that we are not going to finish

Who do you think will win the World Rally Championship in 2003?

Sebastien Loeb or Petter Solberg

Rallying history

Drivers you have sat with:

Israel and Cyprus:  Danny Levy, Nadav Dotan, Rami Schatowisch

UK: David Taunt, Steve Titmuss, Jonathan Longhorne, Andy Hepworth, Steve G, * Tom Clarke, Donna Neely, David Harris, Shaun Woffinden

* WRC Japan: Takako Nakano

Best driver you have ever sat with? 

Rami Schatowisch.  Oh, and David Taunt

Best result:

* Scottish Rally 2005 finishing 10th overall

Worst result:

When we didn’t finish

Championships contested:

205 Challenge

* 2005 BRC-F2000 and Fiat Rally Cup

Best Championship result:

* First overall, first in class

Best rally memory:

The WRC Cyprus Rally 2000.  The first rally I ever went to watch.  I fell in love....

* Doing Rally Japan it was amazing experience over 15 days

Strangest incident on a rally:

Nothing yet

Biggest accident:

On the roof

Achievements gained from rallying:

* Lots!! map reading, notes making and reading, coordinating rallies, service schedule making, fuel calculation, etc., building my self confidence as a co-driver, I could go on and on..

Your current performance

Your current driver(s) and events or Championships being contested in 2003

Jonathan Longhorne in the 2003 205 Challenge - but hat has finished now

Your current driver(s) and events or Championships being contested in 2004

Tom Clark, BTRDA 1400 Challenge
Takano Nakano, WRC Japan

Your current driver(s) and events or Championships being contested in 2005

Shaun Woffinden

How could you improve your ‘own’ current performance?

* Participate in much rallies as I can, get advice from top rally co-drivers

How could you improve your current driver’s performance?

By talking to him after every event and find out about any problems he had in the rally and to make sure they don’t repeat themselves

If you had £50,000 to spend on rallying, what would you do? 

* Spend it on WRC rallies or co-drive for top driver in UK or abroad. Get the rally equipment I always wanted and could not afford...

Your future in rallying

Where would you most like to compete (in the world):

The Safari Rally but it doesn’t exist anymore so, New Zealand

Which rally would you most like to compete in?

Paris-Dakar

Which driver(s) would you most like to co-drive for?

The next World Champion

Ambition in rallying for the future:

Making a career.  This is why I came to England

What would you like to put back into rallying?

To put women on the map * and helping promoting it in my country

The future of rallying

Which up-and-coming rally driver can you recommend?

* Matthew Wilson, Phillip Morrow

Which up-and-coming rally co-driver can you recommend?

* Michael Orr, Gemma Price, and I like to think myself

What would be the best tip you could give to other co-drivers?

Stay focused one week before the rally and 2 hours after the rally

Any other comments?

Never give up on your dreams even when times get hard

posted 11/11/03 
updated 25/2/06 (items marked *)

I am available for co-driving in 2006. My CV and flyer available from Kim at rallycodriver

My name is Inbal Edry. My aim is to become a professional rally co-driver.

Coming from Israel, I started co-driving in my country four years ago. Unfortunately rallying became illegal in my country in 2001, so I started rallying in Cyprus with Israeli drivers.
After two years of co-driving I decided to move to England in order to further my career as a professional rally co-driver and to be more involved in the motorsport industry.

In March 2002 I moved from Israel to England for this purpose only. I was working as a mechanic for my first two years with Silverstone Rally School to improve my mechanical knowledge of rally cars. I then started rallying in different championships in the UK and outside the UK at national and international level building my way up and constantly developing my skills as a co-driver.

My other interests in life are helping people with learning disabilities, improving their life skills and helping children and families in Africa. For the past eight months I have been working as a senior support worker for people with learning disabilities.

I am looking for a winning driver or a winning team that together we can work our way to the top in the BRC, European Championship or WRC. The skills and knowledge that I can bring to the team as co-driver are good knowledge of reading and making pace-notes, map reading, fuel requirement calculations, service routes and schedule planning, some mechanical knowledge, excellent co-driving skills in the car and, most important, ambition and determination to make it to the top.

I also have some financial backing that I can bring to the team.

Rallying history to date

2000
Started rallying in Israel with Rami Shcatowch (Mitsubishi Evo 6), Dani Lavi and Nadav Dotan (both with Subaru Impreza).

2001
Competing in national rallies in Cyprus.

2002
Moved to England and started rallying in the Peugeot 205 Challenge 1600 and some national rallies abroad.

2003-04
Competing in the BTRDA Silkolene 1400, Ford Ka Championship, selective rounds of the Kumho National Championship and, more recently, WRC Rally Japan 2004.
Including road rallies with Black Bird Motor club between events to improve my navigation skills.

2005
I am available!

If you would like to talk to me about rallying in 2005 (and beyond), email Kim at rallycodriver and she will put us in touch.

Inbal Edry
January 2005

Over the last two months I have been in Israel working for a new Israeli rally team called RallyPro in order to promote the rallying industry in Israel.

At the moment rallying is going through the process of being legalised by the Israeli government, The first organised rally will take place in April in the south of Israel. We hope that approximately 70 cars will be competing.

Part of my job was to instruct a co-driving course and translate all the FIA regulations from English into Hebrew. I also introduced RallyPro to manufacturers in England so that rally equipment will be more widely available in our country.

Inbal
4/2/04