WRC Finland Channel 5, 7pm

Tonight's coverage of the WRC Finland rally was obviously done on a shoestring.  The commentator couldn't afford a side-kick and there were not many camera placements on the road.  Most of stage coverage was seen from in car cameras with very occasional backup from camera phone footage.

Nevertheless it was engaging if you like that sort of thing - which I found that I did.

The event was won brilliantly by Northern Irish dirver Kris Meeke but the star of the show for me was the young Irishman Craig Breen who came third in only his fourth ever full WRC event and broke out in floods of tears at the finish line.

The rally as a whole was full of action including brilliant ragged edge driving and occasional serious looking accidents none of which proved too serious for the drivers or co-drivers involved.

The hour's broadcast was only very heavily edited highlights of several days action (I would like to have seen more) but it made for gripping viewing and I'll be looking forward to the German WRC rally which takes place on 18-21 August and will hopefully be broadcast on the 22nd.  Well done Channel 5.