By Colby Buchanan
It’s no secret that it takes extreme skill and a massive set of (figurative) cojones to be a professional rally driver. But at the same time, the co-drivers have a massive responsibility as well. Learning the track and making sure to take crystal clear pace notes is imperative to securing any victory. I’m sure Ken Block is experienced enough of a driver to make it through this on his own. However, there are many examples where the co-drivers read one note wrong and the car ended up on its head.
Like I said, driving is no simple task, but riding shotgun and trusting this guy to drift at high speeds and hit hairpins at the end of a cliff based almost entirely off on what you say is impressive too! One wrong call, a left instead of a right, forgetting to say there’s a jump, could completely ruin everything and we’ve seen it happen many times before. So show the codrivers some love, they deserve it.
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Jeff Glucker
Co driving is an art and talent in itself, the two most memorable co drivers in videos were the yin and yang of a Polish woman screaming after the intercom died and the mellow tones of an Irish co driver.
don’t forget “YOU ARE BREAKING THE CAR SAMI”
All of those classic Irish rally driver/codriver intercom exchanges are Youtube classics.
And if you can make out what they’re saying (even we have trouble with Cork/Kerry accents), usually hilariously NSFW.
Sainz/Moya were on the stoic side, borderline to bored: “mumble mumble derecha, mumble mumble izquierda…” And the straight cut diff singing to it.
The co driver missed the GoPro 90 call.