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From winning Rally Finland to being chased by five teams to winning the World Championship in his first full season, Marcus Grönholm rise to the top was as rapid as his driving. While his driving made him a legend within rallying, it was his end-of-stage quips that made him truly transcendent. Finally, the two-time world champion has sat down with Becs Williams for one of the most-anticipated Backstories ever.
Rising before dawn and switching off the lights each night in the team service areas is just one of the daily sacrifices required to be a mechanic in the FIA World Rally Championship and no one knows this better than Garry Barker. Currently serving his 26th season working for M-Sport World Rally Team, Barker has picked up a story or two along the way, working with nearly every modern day WRC champion from Colin McRae and Carlos Sainz through to Sébastiens Ogier and Loeb. He is ready to share these now with Becs Williams on the latest edition of WRC Backstories.
One of only four co-drivers to start more than 200 FIA World Rally Championship events, Jonas Andersson finds himself in elite company and despite closing in on his 50th birthday, is not ready to contemplate life post-rallying - quite the opposite in fact!
From eSports WRC world champion to preparing for a Rallye Monte-Carlo debut in a Rally1 car, Jon Armstrong’s journey to the elite level of rallying is one of boyhood dreams, as well as example of incredible perseverance as the Irishman worked his way up the rallying pyramid. Hear his incredible story, in his own words, as told to Becs Williams in the first edition of WRC Backstories for 2026.
Perhaps most famous for a line he never delivered, Timo Rautiainen has been a central figure in the WRC for more than three decades. A two-time world champion co-driver, Rautiainen was well versed at reading regulations and rules with a fine-toothed comb, setting him up perfectly for his post-co-driver career, as an FIA sporting delegate. Now, the self-declared 'nerd' sits down with Becs Williams for the final Backstories of 2025.