BACK TO THE FUTURE: After winning their maiden Irish Tarmac Rally Championship title in 2016 in a Citroen DS3 R5, Ballylickey’s Keith Cronin and his Killarney co-driver Mikie Galvin, who won the ...

Tackling the magnificent Glens stage on the Circuit of Ireland, rally winner Craig Breen is mesmerizingly fast to watch as he skilfully guides his DS3 R5 down the narrow strip of tarmac.

Mini is still the original, but the Fiat group has risen to the challenge with the 500, Alfa MiTo and new Lancia Ypsilon, Audi entered the fray with the A1 and Citroën is fielding the DS3.