Safari Rally: Focus WRC vs Puma Rally 1 Car with Nicky Grist & Malcolm Wilson at M-Sport HQ
Safari Rally: Focus WRC vs Puma Rally 1 Car with Nicky Grist & Malcolm Wilson at M-Sport HQ
Ahead of WRC Safari Rally Kenya 2024, Nicky Grist took a visit to his old pal Malcolm Wilson up at M-Sport HQ to reminisce on this time 25 years ago – when Colin McRae & Nicky Grist clenched the first EVER win for the Ford Focus WRC at Safari Rally Kenya.
Nicky even got his first ever experience of sitting in the Puma Rally1 car with WRC…
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Like wot you doing it amazing that you doing🎉
If you can make nicky’s eyes widen and look nervously through a corner you know you’re flying 😅
Absolutely fantastic video well done guys 🎉
I love it keep it going nicky
Its a great format as it is, if i'm being picky, id say make longer videos. Thanks
More rallying, your experience and insight to my favourite sport is brilliant.
Hi Nicky, another great video report👍 It was nice to see you impressed by the new Ford Puma-I think it’s the best looking WRC car, it just looks fast standing still😳It would have been fantastic to see you and Colin in this car, you were a brilliant team and I am sure you would have been up there with Loeb, Ogier etc. 😉
Hi Nicky , I run the old John Bloxham Fiat 131 at Goodwood most years. Be nice for you to come up and chat. Rally prep Cornwall look after the car. Love you to come and sign it.
I like this staff. Keep it up!
Would love to see test or go on a joy ride with rally cars you competed against and have our opinion on them
Please keep making content like this as a life long rally fan getting insight from a world rally stalwart is just priceless love this keep up the great work thank you
I love the content, especially the build history from Don on TTE.
I really loved this video, it was quite interesting to hear the perspective of somebody from the old days on the new rally cars of today. One interesting comparison would be between the 2017 wrc cars and the new rally 1 cars.
Promo`SM 👊
It is true…i was there when Mc Rae and Grist won the safari…it is a sad shadow of itself now. The only true test of man, machine and pure endurance in the WRC was hollowed out by the powers that be.
Love the content! Really interested to see you do a video where you walk through different pace note structures and the pros and cons of each one (for example, mcrae vs burns style pacenotes)
Brilliant Nicky! You looked a tad concerned inside that car? Understanibly so, considering todays pace of WRC1. Don't you think they have gone too far in WRC1? There would be more manufacturer involvement if it was a bit simpler and less costly – WR2+ type car maybe? Anyhow, very nostalgic also, comparing your win with Colin on the Safari all those years ago. Keep them coming!
Great video, would love to see you get out and do a rally or 2 and film it for the channel.
Would love to see more content like this Nicky, Brilliant stuff! I could think of endless collaborations & video ideas that id love to see!😊
I'm loving your content mister Grist! Every video feels like a Christmas present, with anecdotes from the past and your interesting guests. It's something I feel I can't hear enough from. It's like having a door opened into the wonderous world of rallying, both past and present. A world which has stolen my heart ever since visiting a local rally event in the 90s when I was but a tiny lad. The smell, sound, glowing brake disks, dazzling speeds and sliding corners: there is nothing better. Looking forward to your next story, thanks so much!
Malcolm is one of my motorsport heroes. Since a cold, wet November in 1986, I've been a fan and even used him as part of an application for a media course at the BBC.
Nice!
No Question! Puma ☝🏽🛸🔥💙🤍🚀⚔️🦾
More of this please Nicky..ace stuff
Still the proud owner of focus Mk1, 1998 year model, and still nothing replaced on the drive train, toughest car ever, and still puts smile on my face driving it on open roads
The smile says it all!!
Please give us all you can you legend
This is now one of the best channels on YouTube. Keep up the good work
Really enjoyed it Nick. What an experience! Woody
100% listening to you Nicky talking about days with Colin and your career in general is so fascinating and knowing you know rallying like you do brings such value to the videos you're creating, Keep doing what you're doing!
New subscriber love your videos so far only watched a couple. Will be good to bring some new eyes on rallying.
Thx Nicky! More of that. Very interesting! 👍
Always love your videos Nicky. You have sat in with some of the best drivers on the planet, but you are a legend in your own right. Keep them coming please 🙏
Really loved this one Nicky so interesting to see your feedback on a modern car…
Either way you go I'll b along for the ride/watching it your a legend mate an u manage to keep us entertained even better !! Much respect to this man!!
Great video. I've subscribed
Nicky and mccrea 👍
I'm loving the videos and hearing the tales from back in the day, from the generation of WRC I watched. There's a video of you and Wilson doing the '90 monte in the sapphire (almost stage by stage), I'd love to hear more about that event, more driver talks like the ones you had with KKK and Howard
Might find stories of some of the UK rally names of the past. Harry Hockly, Andy Burton etc
More videos yes please. They're always interesting.