2016’s been a year of learning for me. I’ve learned, not just from that able teacher called Life, but from motorsport’s many brave people
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Life’s got a lovely way of keeping us in check. It’s got crests that make us feel invincible, troughs that remind us that we aren’t. It’s eternally in flux. It’s beautiful. It’s unpredictable. Just like a race or rally. And just like the quest to keep racing and rallying. But perhaps one of the most beautiful things in life, and in motorsport, is the resilience of the human spirit. It’s something that I was reminded of repeatedly in 2016.
STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD Which is probably why my most popular columns this year were about precisely that. The first is about…
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