Now the dust has settled and I’ve caught up on some sleep, I wanted to post some reflections on a clear highlight from my motorsport TV presenting career.
With star drivers including WRC stars, super rare cars returning to the rally stages after years out of the limelight and a big build-up to the longest rally for over 30 years, I knew this year’s RAC was going to be special.
I was privileged to join a team of nine highly talented and professional presenters, camera ops, producers and drone pilots at Special Stage to deliver an ambitious live broadcast package, quite unlike anything seen in recent years. Live broadcasts from the stages brought the action into homes and offices across the world, with a live studio-based highlights show each evening – inspired by the Top Gear Rally Report programmes of the ‘80s and ‘90s – complete with period studio detailing and dress code!
There was a time when the RAC Rally attracted an audience significantly bigger than an entire season of football match attendances. We’re a million miles from those days, but we reached over 1 million viewers across 5 days, three countries, 33 special stages and 350 competitive miles.
I’ve never been involved in something so exciting, and I’m really proud of the whole team for their passion, dedication and professionalism. This really was the biggest broadcast adventure of my 15 year career and I can’t wait to see what happens next!
Here’s the final RAC Rally Report show, from the final day of the event in Carlisle if you want to see an example of the coverage…
Paul Woodford 
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