That video is from 1994. Kankkunen ran #1 in 1994, in 1995 he was #2. You also hear the commentator mentioning the car debuted earlier in the year, in 1995 they ran the full season. Also in 1995 this type of special stage was run at night.
Yeah, not so much off the line in 1st or 2nd gear, but you can see it when he’s exiting a corner, perhaps in 3rd or 4th gear. There’s a significant amount of extra torque being delivered. You can hear the extra boost and see the additional acceleration when compared to the Subaru.
1995..... The St205 debuted in October 1994 at the Sanremo rally driven by Juha Kankkunen at the end of the championship as a test for the following year. I was present during the race !!!
It cant be, KKK was nº2 in 1995 and McRae 5, that was the Australia non WRC event from 1994, just Asian-Pacific championship, it was even explained in the video.
ST205 debuted in the Mänttä Rally just before Finland. In WRC Finland itself KKK drove again the ST185. Then he drove the ST205 in F2 only Australia 94, then in the last WRC events San Remo and RAC, all part of preparation of the 95 WRC season. So indeed this is Australia 94.
It was never written anywhere that what Toyota did was legal or illegal, just coz the other companies dont have such tech, they made it illegal ... later on everyone is using it when they caught up in tech :P
