There are no tailored circuits or well-maintained oval tracks in rally racing. It’s just you, your navigator, your rally car, and the great outdoors.

The elements are far different in rally racing. The best rally racers in the world have mastered that craft in ways that allow them to keep their focus even when they make mistakes on a circuit. Yes, rally racers make mistakes. Even the best ones like Sebastian Loeb. They make mistakes far more often than other racers in other racing series. But because mistakes in Formula One or NASCAR often result in the end of the race for the drivers, mistakes in rally racing are brushed aside in the name of continuing the run.

The WRC’s compilation of the best rally saves in 2020 perfectly captures that ethos among rally racers. Brake too hard and leave your car dangling from a cliff? Ask the help of the fans to push your car back so you can continue. Turn your car sideways in the vicinity of sponsor billboards? Plow through them with reckless abandon. Flip your car over and luck into the car landing back on its wheels? Carry on and keep on racing.

Short of the cars breaking down completely, rally racers are determined to keep going even after mistakes that would’ve otherwise spelled the end of the race for most drivers. it doesn’t matter if panels of the car are missing; as long as it’s running, it’s going forward. That’s the mindset that makes rally racers different from the rest. Mistakes are often preludes to comebacks. There’s nothing in between.