The Stage by Stage Way

International Rally Co-drivers Rory Kennedy, Gordon Noble and I share some advice, tips and strategies gained over 40 years of competing on well over 1,000 car rallies between us. 

We came up with 16 detailed actions, which if followed could make big improvements not only in your rallying, but a lot of them are equally relevant in other sports, business and life in general. 

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Learn what it takes to become a World Rally Champion, and use the suggested actions to start your journey. 

A lot of those actions are equally relevant in other sports, business and life in general. 

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In this show, Neil describes how his experience as a retained fire-fighter helped him stay calm in the pressured environment of the World Rally Championship. 

We talk a lot about the need for meticulous preparation.

We also learn about his grit and determination to win as a very successful endurance athlete after his professional driving career ended.

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If you’ve ever wondered how to impress a rally team boss, then this show is for you. Richard and his family started their own motorsport team, Asquith Autosport in the early 90s.

For over 20 years, they carefully selected several club drivers and helped propel them on to winning multiple World and British Rally Championships.  

A fascinating insight by rally driver Petter Solberg’s No.1 technician from his World Rally Championship winning year. 

Learn what skills, knowledge and attitudes are needed to be part of an elite team.

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Molly Taylor became the youngest ever Australian Rally Champion in 2016. Her story is remarkable, and has been the inspiration for many, who like Molly want to follow her dream.

Liz Linford has helped multiple World and National motorsport champions on their path to the top. She specialises in taking a holistic approach to helping her clients manage both body and mind through her business Body Technology. In this show, she talks a lot about her special relationship with 2001 World Rally Champion Richard Burns.

Fred Gallagher won the 1997 FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies co-driving Finnish legend Ari Vatanen. Prior to that, he won 5 World Championship rallies, all in Africa. 

He has also been organising rallies at the highest level for over 25 years over all 6 continents. 

This is the story of his career to date.

If you’ve got a dream of competing at the highest level of your sport, then Seb Marshall’s journey from rallying for fun as a schoolboy in Yorkshire, to five podium finishes on World Championship rallies, is proof that you too can do it with the right attitude and hard work.  

The World’s most successful track cyclist, shares some of the secrets of that success and how he transferred those skills and learning to his current motorsport career.

Rally Broadcast Journalist, Commentator & Presenter Becs Williams offers advice for budding journalists and tells us what she thinks makes a World Champion.

Performance Coach and Grief Recovery Specialist Helen Arthur offers some advice on coping with COVID 19.

Formula 1 Driver Coach Rob Wilson gives us a fascinating insight into the techniques he has used to coach over half the current F1 drivers, as well as some of the World's best rally stars.

World and Dakar Rally Co-driver Michael Orr talks us through his career in both the World Rally Championship and Cross-Country Rallying where his ultimate aim is to win the Dakar Rally.

If you’ve ever wanted to road test exotic cars for a living, this is the show for you. Freelance Writer and Presenter Henry Catchpole describes his journey, from loving car magazines in his teens, to presenting road tests on YouTube channel Carfection, which regularly get over 1 million views per episode.

World Rally Champion Co-driver, FIA Commission President and Performance Coach Robert Reid shares some fascinating insights and advice for anyone wanting to maximise their performance. 

John McIlroy takes us on a journey from watching motorsport as a boy in Northern Ireland to becoming Editor of some of the biggest motoring magazines in the UK. Along the way, there is some great advice for anyone wanting to follow in his footsteps.

Robbie Philpott was the CEO of a FTSE 150 company which had close to 17,000 employees. He is also a double Irish Rally Champion Co-Driver who competed professionally throughout the world. 

In this show Robbie tells us that a lot of the knowledge, skills and attitude he used to build multi-national businesses, were the same as those he used in his co-driving achievements and vice versa.