This photographic guide will focus on the event but also discuss methods for taking motorsport images, in this case rallying. 

Rallying can be described as Driver and Co-Driver (navigator for all you old fellas out there) driving at speed over a known length course, on a variety of road surfaces in the shortest possible time. 

These Special Stages are interspersed by a pre-set schedule on normal public roads to get them to the next check point on time.

The Driver and Co-Driver will get to drive and walk the route before the official timed stages, preparing pace notes as they go. A subsequent run at high speed ensures the car is set up for the main event and the notes are correct.

As a photographer these shakedown days are worth a visit as there will be fewer crowds around you can also do a reconnaissance of the best photographic spots. 

Not the most comprehensive or particularly accurate description of a motorsport I've done, but I'm not a Rally expert. True Turbo Media are the experts - more information about them can be found at the end of this article.

The Dayinsure Wales Rally GB was run over three days and divided into a number of Special Stages. We popped along to stage 22 and 23 on the beach front in the town of Llandudno. 

Rallying is regarded as one of the more demanding motorsports and one of the best to photograph. Loose road surfaces and high-speed equals dynamic action - filled pictures that are relatively easy to take if you know what you are doing.  

Most of the time the vehicles will be heading towards you, so panning is not something that is seen often in rallying as there isn't the distance to do it with the forest tracks being so narrow.

The classic shot is head-on when the car is at its most dynamic. In the air, splashing through water or spraying gravel round a bend. A DSLR capable of quick auto focusing and a high shutter speed is a must to get that pin sharp image.

The other main consideration is the ISO. If the light is low you will need to increase the ISO, effectively increasing the sensitivity of the camera sensor. This enables you to gather more light allowing you to close the aperture down to a smaller hole, which will increase the depth of field (DoF).

It is also advisable in motorsport to set your shutter to the highest burst or continuous shooting mode that the camera can manage. The top of the range cameras are now shooting at 14 frames per second; 5-8fps will do for most occasions. 

So let's take a look at some of the drivers and co drivers. Winning the WRC3 category in their Ford Fiesta R2T was a great result for Tom Williams and Co-Driver Phil Hall. They were also placed in the top 30 of the FIA World Rally Championship at the end of the Welsh 318km race. 

This is only the second time Phil has taken part in the Rally, last year he was fifth in the RC4 class. By the end of the Rally they were five minutes ahead of the next best. This excellent result takes Phil and Tom to fifth place in the WRC3 rankings. 

Elfyn Evans and co driver Daniel Barritt pushing it to the limit in the M-Sport Ford World Rally Team Ford Fiesta WRC. Evans' father, Gwyndaf Evans was in the crowd to watch his son and critique his driving which he is allowed to do, being a former British Champion.

Sébastien Ogier has been dominant in the World Rally Drivers' Championship, having won the title for the last five years. He was crowned overall winner of the Dayinsure Wales Rally strengthening his bid to make it six in a row. The French rally driver, competing for M-Sport Ford in the World Rally Championship is partnered by co-driver Julien Ingrassia. 

That concludes our coverage of this years Dayinsure Wales Rally GB part of the 2018 World Rally Championship.