The Isle of Man TT may be the crucible of speed on two wheels, but Subaru is attempting to crack the four-wheel record in a new WRX STi
It’s the start of ‘Race Week’ at one of the most exciting motorsport events anywhere in the world: the infamous, incredible Isle of Man TT.
The island is buzzing with the zap of motorbike engines; its fields crammed full of the campers and tents of the thousands of spectators who make the trip here every year to watch so many riders put everything on the line.
And this year, not just riders. As you read these words, ex-British rally champion Mark Higgins may very well be on his way to becoming the fastest man to drive around the island’s spectacularly scary mountain road. Again. Higgins has just left the paddock in his 2014 Subaru WRX STi, with the intention of breaking his own lap record – set in 2011, in a different Subaru Impreza STI.