The Greatest car driver ever in motorsports! These drivers really flouts the death! 200 km/h in narrow gravel roads or asphalt roads or snowy roads. Alen drove and (maybe) still drive maximum both of them three.
@kekkonen10 He still has the record number of Stage Wins, with 796. Won in all types of cars and could race the wheels of anything. Great diversity and speed.
@MargusKiistheCritic He got the 78 title (which was the FIA drivers' cup for Rallying) and therefore isn't mention as an official WRC title, which started from the 1979 season. He still had the record number of Stage Wins though with 796.
Old comment but it wasn't thanks to the rain. It was thanks to him. Driving a RWD in the rain on gravel stages requires more skill and concentration than doing so in an AWD car. Not even touching horsepower :)
Alén and McRae were the only Rallye drivers I ever cheered for... Röhrl was sublime, Ari and Juha were fast, Henri was a superstar, Stig and Hannu revered, Michelle was unique!
They are all champions, I think. Driving those so difficult roads. ...and I think I might get my computer driver gear from my bedroom, under some *umm* cartboard boxes and drive again. This video is for Markku but Ari!
Markku Alen, no fué nunca campeón de mundo, aunque pudo serlo en mas de una ocasión, de hecho en 1978 fué campeón de la copa FIA, es decir lo mismo pero con otro nombre. Tal vez no fué el mejor en su época, pero siempre estubo entre los mejores y, en Finlandia era inalcanzable. Para mi es el mejor.
Huomasin huutonetissä aika mehukkaan kohteen keräilytavarat osiossa. Alenin paita missä oli Räikkösen, Häkkisen, Alenin yms nimmareita. Se paita on Alenin Martini racing ajoilta sellanen kauluspaita ja siinä on kaikki lancian teamin sponsori merkit kiinni. 8) Ettikääs tällänen sieltä ku "Markku Alenin paita MM-tason nimikirjoituksilla".
yes, not crappy music. the supercharged enginesound is the second best sound in the world. Only audi S1 was better :) Luckily i was able to go watch the last finnish rally with these 1000hp monsters.
It just baffles me why I have to listen to horseshit dutch pseudometal in a Markku Alen tribute video. After all this cat won 1978 FIA rally cup with Fiat Mirafiori and continued to create havoc with Lancia Stratos and 037. The 1986 S4 Integrale team of finnish dynamites Toivonen and Alen is something that only referees can deny - or death.
