Rally Finland, leg one

GUY and co-driver David Moynihan have made a stunning start on Rally Finland.

They ended leg one as leading front-wheel-drive car in the JAS Motorsport-run Honda Civic Type-R R3 and a giant-killing 26th overall.

Guy starts day two 18.5sec ahead of JWRC leader Michal Kosciuszko (Suzuki Swift Super 1600) with Martin Prokop (Citroen C2) a further 4.9secs back and Patrik Sandell (Renault Clio S1600) 3.8secs behind Prokop.

Guy said: "It's really cheesing them off with us being in an R3 car! Yes, we've made a good start but we've still got work to do."

Guy was an incredible 23rd fastest on the penultimate stage, the 22km Jukokarvi stage. His time of 11mins 52sec was less than a minute off Dani Sordo who finished fifth in the Citroen C4 world rally car!

Click on blog above to read Guy's Finland diary in full.

Day two comprises of 10 speed tests totalling 165km on super-fast gravel roads littered with big, big jumps.

Good luck, Guy.