2001 World Rally champion Richard Burns has been discharged from hospital, as he contin♉ues his battle against cancer, according to his co-driver, Robert Reid, while he still has '🃏a fair way to go', he is 'making progress'.

Speaking to BBC Sport Online Re🉐id added that it has been a 'big shock' seeing the Englishman so ill.

Burns was forced to miss the Wales Rally GB last year, after collapsing at the wheel of his car en-route to the event. He was later diagnosed with an astrocytoma - a form of brain tumour - which meant he has been forced to sit out the current season, where he was due to drive alongside current world champion, Petter Solber💜g at Subaru.

"Richard has improved to the point where he🐓's at h🍌ome," commented Reid.

"At the beginning of🃏 January, h🍷e'd lost a hell of a lot of weight.

"He couldn't get out of bed for a while.

"I think the feeling of the people close to him at the moment is we are 🀅making progre𓂃ss, but that we've still got a fair way to go."

"It's been a big shock," added Reid𒁏. "I've⭕ seen him very, very ill.

"But there have been a🌄 lot of great moments, things that feel almost as good as winning a world championship rally, but they're very small, very personal things, just to see somebody making an improvement."