Le Jog, described by one German magazine as “the hardest rally in the world”, is like no other motorsport event in the UK. The combination of nearly 1,500 miles of driving, the unpredictable December weather and a demanding series of tests and regularity sections means the crews can’t afford to relax over the event’s three days and two nights, yet Le Jog has never been filmed in its entirety – until now.


The 2006 Le Jog – the 12th running of the event – is now available as a DVD, which tells the stories behind those 1,500 exhausting miles. How, one by one, all but a handful of crews lost their grip on a coveted Le Jog gold medal, why one crew chose to drive over 400 miles to rejoin the rally after retiring and the many struggles to remain in the event when mechanical problems threatened to force a premature end.


Produced by Mark James, the BBC’s World Rally Championship reporter for eight years, the DVD is aimed at Le Jog competitors, the event’s 500 or so marshals and officials and anyone who’s already a convert to Historic Endurance rallying or just “loves old cars”.