The Evolution of Rallying Volume 1

This comprehensive history of fifty years of international rallying was a labour of love for producer Helmut Deimel – including 120 days straight in the edit suite combing through hundreds of hours of archive footage! 

It was worth the effort, though, as this masterful film is gripping, fascinating, exciting and very, very thoroughly researched. 

Covering all the greats it shows how rallying, in parallel with other motorsports, developed from enthusiastic amateur diversion to a professional, multi-million dollar industry.

The Evolution of Rallying Volume 2

In 26 action-packed chapters, this film tells the exciting story of the WRC from the first Makes World Champion in 1973, Renault Alpine, to the reigning VW Polo and its driver, the new rally virtuoso Sébastien Ogier. 

Writer/director Helmut Deimel steps in front of his camera to share some his own anecdotes from a lifetime spent in love with rallying. 

This personal history of WRC makes a great companion piece to Evolution of Rallying (see below), filling in some gaps and adding details as well as bringing the story fully up to date. 

It also takes a look at some of the quirkier aspects of rally such as the often quite wacky fans who flock from near and far to witness the action. 

Another chapter underlines the incredible feats of the mechanics, how they manage to resurrect battered cars through day and night, in all weather, before hurtling off in their own very special kind of race to make it to the next service point in time. 

It’s a brilliant film that really conveys its maker’s passion for the sport to which he has dedicated much of his life.