Could this weekend's sixth round of the 2007 Asia Pacific Rally Championship be 'Deju-vu' - an exact copy of last years event where Australian Cody Crocker comes to the Indonesian island of Sulawesi only needing a a few more points to wrap up the championship. Its all remarkably similar to last season but there are a few subtle differences. One is that this year Crocker has taken every point on offer - a total of 64 points to be exact, whereas last year he only had 63!. Another difference is the state of the opposition, last year Katsu Taguchi came to the Indonesian round with a mathematical chance of taking the championship - and so he does this year, but in 2006 he at least had 39 points -24 behind Crocker, while this year the difference is 28.

The Motor Image Subaru driver should therefore deservedly take out the championship for a second season and there-after the interesting fight will be for second position . Its close with Taguchi on 36, Valimaki on 33, Kumar 28 and Sungkar 21 and sitting in 6th spot is Hiroshi Yanagisawa on 20 points. After finishing second in the '06 championship the CUSCO driver has had a lousy time this year, with 2 major crashes and a costly puncture in his home event in Hokkaido. Valimaki is another that is blindly fast when things are going well, but some bad luck, mechanical woes and bad tyre choices have usually seen the Finn finishing behind his Japanese team-mate Katsu Taguchi.

Katsu-san has again been the most consistent of the top drivers (other than Crocker of course!) and he and Valimaki must be rueing their double DNF in Malaysia as that really did finish-off their title aspirations for 2007.

Hopefully now we might see some real fireworks - with nothing to lose Taguchi, Valimaki and Yanagisawa may decide "lets just go for it". And why not - even if all those three drivers fill the podium in Indonesia, Crocker could still have the last laugh, as providing the Australian driver finishes 5th or better - 4 more points will be enough to win the title.

Behind the 'fast four' is India's Naren Kumar and Rifat Sungkar from Indonesia.

This pair has battled it out all season, swapping times and positions in all the events they've competed in. Kumar has a slight edge in points, but Indonesia will be his last event for the year, while Sungkar still has two more chances including his home event. Kiwi veteran driver Brian Green showed in Malaysia that consistency is king by finishing in 3rd place and the same approach will pay dividends in Indonesia. Gaurav Gill drove sensibly in Malaysia to finish 5th and the MRF youngster shouldn't find it too difficult in Indonesia, as the heat and roads are similar to his home in India.

Rally Indonesia is usually hotter than Malaysia, but with less humidity, however the roads are rougher and dustier. The organisers have moved the service park closer to the stages, resulting in one of the most compact events of the championship. The event start this Thursday(6th September) with shakedown, followed by a ceremonial start on Friday in the city of Makassar, with two days of competition over 226 kilometres of stages on Saturday and Sunday.