Top Irish rally driver Craig Breen is your passionate guide on a journey into the heart of a sport which has given him some of the most thrilling but also traumatic days of his life, writes Liam Mackey.

This weekend is likely to be a defining moment in the annals of the Cartell.ie Rally of the Lakes in Killarney. A glance through the list of previous winners reveal that drivers of World Rally Cars have triumphed since the Millennium, but that thread is tenuous as the new breed of R5 cars is set to bring the sequence to an end.

Extra gardaí from all over the southern region will be drafted in to cover the Killarney Rally of the Lakes this weekend, including the Air Support Unit and Traffic Corps.

As much as motor racing fans might try to downplay it, crashing is part of the spectacle, and widely enjoyed - as long as no-one gets hurt.