Just imagine trying to read pace notes at those speeds and beyond. Include trees, slippery roads and people and then you can truly appreciate the true masters of the sport.
The drivers and spectators knew the risks and accepted those risks willingly. That's all, including the tragedies, part of what defined Group B and what makes it extraordinary. Toivonen, Vatanen, Kankkunen, Rorhl are all known to be quoted for it, I'm sure other drivers as well).
Certainly. I'll give you Vatanen: ?v=wDxt7a7Zov8 If you'll research/google a bit more, you can find all the other mentioned ones as well (for sure, because I did :) ) ...
***** No, you're the one being confused ... or just plain ignorant. Vatanen almost died and still drove even more Group B rallies afterwards; so hell yeah he was accepting the possibility of dying and not seeing his family anymore; all drivers were !
Nobody ever said/claimed deadwish; don't put words in my mouth. And no, the drivers did not back away from Group B after the incidents, eventhough they were the first to warn about the risks involved (before the deadly incidents).
Transcription from 0:55. Malmedie (left) is M. Schelle, the driver, is S: M: "You do the start yourself, I'll press it" S: "And then we go. Ok. Three, ..." [driving] S: "Ah. Fuck. Wasn't that great, it could still go better. Matthias, I'm sorry. I'm not quite one with the thing yet. Can that be?" M: "Are you completely nuts?" S: "But there's something [special] to it, right?" M: "Dude..." S: "We could've done more, at times, eh?" M: "You know what I was wishing for at times? A HELMET! S: [chuckles] M: "After the first two meters, I was only like 'GIVE ME A HELMET' ... Dude, this is totally insane!" S: "Yeah, it's wicked." M: "Old Swede!" [German idiom; in this case equivalent to "Dude!"] S: "You have to imagine..." [accelerates] M: "Yea yea yea, it's fine" S: "You have to imagine, normally the co-driver would be reading out loud where to go. Can you imagine... or rather, can you imagine actually understanding what you're being told?" M: "Ey, that's... one can't describe what is happening in this car. I think... that was the very first time that I was sitting in a car and wasn't telling any stories. Because I couldn't. Because I didn't want to. Because I was solely focused on surviving. This car accelerated forward like such a grenade, Niki was only driving this little... this little past this wall. [fingers spread apart] And there, by the boulders, this much! [fingers spread apart a bit closer] And at the same time..." S: "Well... a little wider than that, really" M: ".. and at the same time, he does this:" [gesticulates wildly] S: "Well yeah, you have to, right?" M: "Ey that's just... what he feels while he's driving up with this car... we have ice, we have snow, we have dry sections, we have turns, we have straightaways.... And Niki, he's doing this... [gesticulates wildly again] He's doing this the entire time!" S: "Well, we don't have any grip, that's the problem. I'm in the third gear [inaudible, but I think he says he's going out of gear], and that's why you always have to look out. He's not quite doing what I really want here." M: "Yeah but your... your head has to be... I mean, your head, your feet, your hands have to be faster than the car is driving, so that you can think ahead and at the same time... I mean... you have absolutely no time in here. S: "Right" M: "You have no time." S: "Right. It's like drifting on a runway where you oversteer... No. You have to do exactly what is necessary right now or else there's nothing." M: "And you only have one try." S: "Exactly." M: [Shows stopwatch] "53:48. Errr, 53:84." S: [To someone outside] "53:84. Let's see what that time is worth."
That’s why there is no rally without Lancia. The Fulvia, Stratos, the 037b the mighty S4 aaaand the best of the bests, the HF Integrale. Good ol’ times...
@@andrearosato2161 già, peccato che non abbia più potuto correre, ho avuto la fortuna di vederla girare tanti anni fa al Rally Legend con Biasion alla guida e Volta navigatore!
I dont think you know what you are talking about, your comment hints at that since it is a stupid comment. i dont know if you have ever seen any of these cars let alone sat in one or better had a ride in it. i doubt it very much.
@@robertorichiusa988 e poi scoppia il diesel gate ahahahaha dove immettevano il 40 percento delle sostanze nocive in più con motori merdosi ahaha....inquina meno la delta s4 di 35 anni fa di una moderna tedesca
L’ing. Lombardi ha compiuto l’ennesimo miracolo ingegneristico con un un motore che è un prodigio assoluto. È un vero peccato che la delta ECV2 non abbia mai corso ufficialmente perché il suo motore “triflux” era qualcosa di assolutamente pazzesco.
SE LA CASA LANCIA GLI VERREBBE IN MENTE DI PRENDERE LA LANCIA DELTA INTEGRALE EVOLUTION E DARGLI UN LOOK NUOVO MA NON TROPPO XCHE E GIA BELLA ABBASTANZA MOTORE SEMPRE 2000 PIU AFFIDABILE E CON PIU CAVALLI SUI 280 O 300 IO CREDO CHE IL MERCATO ESPLODEREBBE XCHE GUARDATE IL STILE TRA MUSO E POSTERIORE THE BEST THE BEST
Ich weiß es ist respektlos aber dennoch klingt das Auto schon immer wie ein alter Trecker der zusätzlich mit extrem vielen Bohrmaschinen und Akkuschraubern betrieben wird... der Sound ist so krank... aber auch ich durfte mal so etwas fahren - das ist unvergesslich!
Matthias , prima di salire su una S4 lancia , nn mangiare salsicce , altrimenti le vomiti .... Quella macchina lì ti ricordo nn e Tedescha , e italiana......
Una dura lezione per la Germania che si presentava con un audi a dir poco vergognosa e si la lancia s4 era un astronave da marziano in quel campionato... peccato che la dovettero togliere dalle gare era una vera furia... il video è il saund spettacolo ma raccontata da due tedeschi e vergognoso anche perché al ritorno sbaglia mettendo una marcia troppo alta e per poco nn gli muore sotto... italy come te nn cera nessuno...
