Hello all. My second Rally New Zealand was more of a success then I thought! What a fantastic event based in Auckland but of course the stages were way out of the city in very beautiful landscaped regions!

Early mornings to head out to the stages, surprisingly of course the World Rally Drivers are there before us. And I'm talking about 5am wake ups for me, and an hour or so drive to the stages. I've posted up a gallery here on WRS which can be found here: http://www.worldrallysport.com/content/rally-new-zealand-2010

Let me know what you think. I've also got previous Rally Australia, Rally NZ and Rally Japan photographs on my website: http://MattJelonek.com. All World Rally Rounds from previous years.

I do photograph for a living and I had the best set up and access this year. I'm keen on heading over to Japan in a few months for the WRC as well as France... but I might just have to pick one... Ok maybe both!

It was a fight right to the final stage for those of you who followed live where ever you were around the world. The most hardest part is actually getting to know the results when your going and at stages. But you do get to find out. Ogier crashed 3 corners before the end of the stage which he could set him to winning his first World Rally event! Loeb wasn't doing so well on Day 1, picked it back up on Day 2 after slamming into a bridge and then climbing back up to the top 4 positions on the final day but then also spinning a few corners on the final stage! P. Solberg hit a telephone pole on the final stage in which he could have had the chance to win rally in so many years. After struggling with Subaru and finally in a winning car he's coming back!

Out of the blue with the consistency Jarri-Matti Latvala won the rally! Excitement and surprise from everyone out on the stages spectating it was defiantly an event to remember and too of course bring back into the calendar for 2012!